An hour from our hotel is Everglades National Park, a unique eco system and home to many rare and endangered species such as the American crocodile. We work closely with the park to learn about the challenges they face and to develop “voluntourism” programs. Our exciting “Miami Everglades” package includes an inspiring day trip to Everglades National Park where you may participate in interesting and fulfilling “voluntourism” activities such as tree planting, recycling projects and weeding out exotic plants, all while staying at Mandarin Oriental, Miami.

We are proud to be a member of the World Heritage Alliance for Sustainable Tourism formed to engage the travel industry in environmentally and economically sustainable business practices around UNESCO World Heritage sites.

If any of our guests would like to join in our Green Efforts to protect the environment we’ve tried to make it easy, with small choices, which are all detailed here under room conservation.

Bed Linens
Upon check-in, your room has been thoroughly cleaned and supplied with fresh linens. If any day you prefer not to have your bed linens changed, please make a request to our Housekeeping department.

Towels
If you would like to re-use your towels please leave them on the towel rack. Otherwise we will replace them daily.

Recycling Program
Through our back of the house program, we recycle white paper products, newspapers, magazines, plastic and aluminum on a daily basis. If you wish to participate simply place your newspapers, magazines and any other recycling products adjacent to the trash bin in your guest room. Our housekeeping staff will collect your items and recycle them daily.

As a member of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Florida Green Lodging Program, we are committed to adopting “green” practices that reduce waste and conserve natural resources. To become a designated member of the Florida Green Lodging Program, hotels must implement a variety of green practices. Here is what we are doing at the hotel.

• Implementation and auditing of low flow systems for faucets, showers and toilets in guest rooms and public restrooms
• Back of the house recycling programs address white paper products, newspapers, magazines, plastic and aluminum
• Recycling of fluorescent light bulbs, pallets, ink and toner cartridges, TVs, computers and monitors
• Office paper is 30% post-consumer recycled content and ordered only once monthly
• Instituted a bulk purchasing program from office supply vendors
• All exterior lighting and lighting in the lobby has been refitted with low energy florescent lighting and room number display lights in guestroom corridors have been changed with LED technology
• Use of timer lighting systems where appropriate indoors and outdoors
• Light Patrol members conduct a daily walk thru in the public areas, meeting rooms and vacant rooms
• Use of programmable thermostats to monitor the temperature systems in our meeting rooms and guest rooms while they are not in use
• Use of computerized Energy Management system
• Use of environmentally friendly cleaning products