{"id":361,"date":"2018-05-20T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/been-going-green-for-years-at-dempseys-guest-house-port-elizabeth\/"},"modified":"2018-05-20T22:20:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T20:20:13","slug":"been-going-green-for-years-at-dempseys-guest-house-port-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/been-going-green-for-years-at-dempseys-guest-house-port-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Been &#8216;going green&#8217; for years at Dempsey&#8217;s Guest House, Port Elizabeth."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">At <a title=\"Dempsey's gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dempseys.co.za\/gallery\">Dempsey&#8217;s<\/a> Self Catering Guest House, Port Elizabeth:-<\/span><\/strong>  <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">We conserve energy by using a heat pump to heat all water on the property.<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"> We use as many energy-saving light bulbs as possible.<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"> All of our showers are fitted with water-saving shower roses.<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"> We harvest rain water for use in our laundry; we plan on having more rain tanks for harvesting of rain water to our guest rooms.<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"> We recycle paper, plastic, tins, glass.<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"> Our garden is completely natural, we don\u2019t apply fertilizers or pesticides of any kind<\/span><\/strong>.  &nbsp;  <figure id=\"attachment_2080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2080\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/environmentally-conscious-at-dempseys\/dempseys_views_05\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2080\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dempseys_Views_05-262x350.jpg\" alt=\"'Camel's foot' tree.\" width=\"262\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Camel&#8217;s foot&#8217; tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_2251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2251\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/environmentally-conscious-at-dempseys\/1dempseysguesthouse-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2251 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1dempseysguesthouse-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"front garden after good rains\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front garden after good rains<\/figcaption><\/figure>  &nbsp;  <figure id=\"attachment_2112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2112\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/environmentally-conscious-at-dempseys\/dempseys_views_23\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2112\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2112\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dempseys_Views_23-350x232.jpg\" alt=\"Front garden at Dempsey's Guest House\" width=\"350\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front garden at Dempsey&#8217;s Guest House<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_2088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2088\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/been-going-green-for-years-at-dempseys-guest-house-port-elizabeth\/dempseys_views_17\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2088\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2088\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dempseys_Views_17-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"Cactus flowers.\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cactus flowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_2087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2087\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/environmentally-conscious-at-dempseys\/dempseys_views_16\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2087\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2087\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dempseys_Views_16-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"Misty morn at Dempsey's Guest House.\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Misty morn at Dempsey&#8217;s Guest House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>  <figure id=\"attachment_2081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2081\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/environmentally-conscious-at-dempseys\/dempseys_views_06\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2081\" src=\"https:\/\/dempseys.co.za\/gh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Dempseys_Views_06-262x350.jpg\" alt=\"All natural at Dempsey's Guest House.\" width=\"262\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All natural at Dempsey&#8217;s Guest House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Dempsey&#8217;s Self Catering Guest House, Port Elizabeth:- We conserve energy by using a heat pump to heat all water on the property. We use as many energy-saving light bulbs as possible. All of our showers are fitted with water-saving shower roses. 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