The Caribbean Marine Etiquette PSA is an entertaining visual experience starring Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro. It engages, intrigues and educates residents, tourists, and children alike with stunning underwater imagery of the Caribbean Islands. Important messages of marine conservation are delivered by animals in their environment “talking” to the viewer.
Archive | March, 2011
Marketing solar technology in Trinidad and Tobago
The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian profiles two businesspeople who are hoping to increase their country’s use of renewable energy: As T&T’s energy resources continue to decline, two young businessmen are making a concerted effort to develop a solar technology industry and promote green business in T&T. Curtis Noel, CEO of Minerals of the Earth (MOTE) [...]
Floating Classrooms raise students’ environmental awareness in Dominica
Writing for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Whale blog, Kara Mahoney-Robinson tells of the success of the IFAW Floating Classrooms programme in Dominica: This year’s sixth graders [at Soufriere Primary School] went through the Floating Classrooms program last year when in Grade 5. So, since our launch a year ago at this time, [...]
Jamaica Protected Areas Trust Forest Conservation Fund
The administrators of the Jamaica Protected Areas Trust Forest Conservation Fund are currently inviting non-governmental and community-based organisations to apply for grants to support short- and long-term forest conservation projects: The United Nations (UN) General Assembly declared 2011 the International Year of Forests. The objective is to raise awareness on sustainable management, conservation and sustainable [...]
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve opens in The Bahamas
The Bahamas is now home to a 25-acre native plant preserve, the first of its kind in the Caribbean: New York philanthropist Shelby White, who has owned a home here for over 30 years, opened the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve on Thursday (March 24) – the first of its kind in the region. The [...]
National Tsunami Protocol Adaptation and Testing workshop in Trinidad and Tobago
The Trinidad and Tobago Officer of Disaster Preparedness and Management, in cooperation in the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, recently held a meeting to meeting to finalise a National Tsunami and Storm Surge Protocol and Standard Operating Procedures: This project which is in collaboration with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) with the support [...]
EPIC fundraiser for the Simpson Bay Lagoon
St. Maarten-based conservation group Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) will be having a fundraiser in aid of the Simpson Bay Lagoon and its water quality: Come on out April 2nd at 7pm to Isle de Sol Yacht Club in Simpson Bay to join EPIC and friends celebrate the Simpson Bay Lagoon and to help [...]
Jamaica celebrates International Year of Forests
The official launch of the International Year of Forests 2011 in Jamaica took place earlier this month: Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo-Forte, says there is urgent need for more attention to be paid to forest protection and management. “There is an urgent need for conservation, [...]
Jim Toomey, author of the Sherman’s Lagoon comic, to headline shark conservation events in The Bahamas
Cartoonist Jim Toomey, author of the comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon (which stars a shark named Sherman), will be joining the shark conservation drive in The Bahamas. On March 31, 2011 at 7:00 pm Jim will be at The Retreat, Village Road in Nassau to help tell the story about Sharks and why The Bahamas should [...]
