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New Panigram Intern!

Posted by Kristin Boekhoff on September 5th, 2009

Panigram Intern Molly Johnson Tackles Waste Management

The phones were ringing off the hook on August 18th. My summer interns were due to go back to the United States that day and everyone from the village in Jessore called to say goodbye. It was a tearful departure; I think that most of the interns would have stayed in Bangladesh if they didn’t have to go back to school. Chi Chi’s boy group, Jonathon’s gang, and even our construction manager called multiple times - always asking when the interns were coming back to Bangladesh. As we said our watery farewells, the interns promised to come back for a reunion after the resort is open.

Fortunately, I didn’t have much time to mourn their departure as I had another Cornell intern scheduled to arrive early the next morning. Like my other interns, Molly had seen the summer internship advertisement. She decided that a summer was not enough for her, however, so she worked with the Engineering School to set up a co-operative semester at Panigram Resort. Read the rest of this entry »

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Kristin Boekhoff Talks About Sustainability at Panigram

Posted by Kristin Boekhoff on April 27th, 2009

Khrys Vaughn, the founder of Her Startup LLC, recently interviewed me for BlogTalkRadio.  We discussed the meaning of sustainability and how I would be incorporating socially and environmentally sustainable practices into the development of the resort.

To listen to the interview, click here.

To learn more about social and environmental responsibility at Panigram Resort, please visit our Responsible Hospitality page.