Judith A. Towle Environmental Studies Fund invites applications for 2020 funding
Media release — The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) announces the availability of funding to support studies and activities that address environmental concerns that transcend the boundaries of a single island or island state in the insular Caribbean. Funded through the Judith A. Towle Environmental Studies Fund at CFVI, up …
CCI-CBF Week: Nature-Based Solutions for our Caribbean Future
The Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) and the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) will be hosting the 2020 instalment of their annual CCI-CBF Week as a virtual event this year, from July 13 to 16, 2020. The theme of the 2020 CCI-CBF week is Nature-Based Solutions for our Caribbean Future, and there …
Climate-resilient greenhouse agriculture in the Caribbean
Writing for Forbes, Daphne Ewing-Chow profiles Alquimi Renewables LLC, a company working to address the Caribbean’s food insecurity through climate-resilient protected agriculture: Alquimi’s mission is for Caribbean farms to expand considerably in scale and diversity to the point at which they can augment local farming of indigenous crops and eventually …
BLOOM Cleantech Cluster Barbados
The BLOOM Cleantech Cluster Barbados is inviting applications to its business incubation and pre-incubation programmes, with a focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency. BLOOM is a national, sustainable energy and climate technology cluster based in Barbados, with a regional and international focus. BLOOM coordinates and provides business advisory services …
How permaculture in the Caribbean can help mitigate climate change
Maintaining and improving soil health is an integral aspect of sustainable agriculture. Not only are healthy soils more productive, they also help to mitigate climate change by absorbing greenhouses gases from the atmosphere. As Daphne Ewing-Chow, writing for Forbes, explains, this is why regenerative agriculture, which reverses land degradation and …
Conserving fish biodiversity helps protect coral reef health
Research from the Dominican Republic shows how greater fish biodiversity makes for healthier coral reefs: The health of coral reefs can be impacted as much by the diversity of fish that graze on them as by the amount of fish that do so, according to a new study by scientists …
Green Antilles interview: Esther Wolfs
Today’s Green Antilles interview is with Esther Wolfs, an environmental economist who has worked across the Caribbean, from Bonaire to Belize to the Cayman Islands. She is the founder of Wolfs Company, a consulting company that focuses on incorporating the value of natural capital in decision-making for sustainable development. For …