From October 4 to 6, 2010, Dominica will be hosting the Green Investment World Conference: In the face of the economic and financial crisis that continues to plague the world community with disastrous impact on small vulnerable island economies like Dominica, a cluster of organizations comprising private, public and civil society sectors has come together [...]
Archive | September, 2010
the origami whale project in dominica
I had the pleasure of meeting Peggy Oki when I was in Dominica earlier this year, and am delighted to share this video (produced by Elisa Buller) about Peggy’s fantastic Origami Whales Project.
shark research and conservation in the bahamas
The Bahamas Weekly recently posted an article about a new shark research and conservation programme: The Shark Research and Conservation Program at the Cape Eleuthera Institute initiated a new research program this week aimed at investigating the diversity and abundance of deep ocean sharks living in The Bahamas. Collaborating scientists Dr. Dean Grubbs of Florida [...]
cayman wildlife rescue
As a follow-up to this post about Woody the Whistling Duck, I wanted to share a little more information about Cayman Wildlife Rescue: Cayman Wildlife Rescue is a program of the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, tasked with the rescue & rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned wildlife for release back into the wild. [...]
cassava is good food
NaturalNews.com calls cassava a mythological super-food [that] transcends time with health benefits: It’s no understatement to say that Cassava (also known as Yuca, Tapioca, Manioc or Euphorbiaceous) is one of the world’s most nutritious and highly wielded super foods. As a crop plant, cassava, like sugar cane, provides the highest yield of food energy per [...]
no-go for aluminium smelter in trinidad
From the Inter Press Service comes news that the new government in Trinidad has put the brakes on a proposal to construct an aluminium smelting plant in the south-west of the island: The new government of Trinidad and Tobago wasted little time. In fact, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran took less than 30 seconds of a [...]
