Following the success of their work to Offshore Islands Conservation Programme will be lending their expertise to a very similar project in St. Lucia: The Antiguan Racer Conservation Project, co-ordinated by the Environmental Awareness Group since the first rare snake was discovered in 1995, is world renowned for its enormous success in bringing the population [...]
After success with the Antiguan racer, now to preserve the St. Lucia racer snake
The Nature Conservancy and Caribbean conservation
Came across this via The Huffington Post: an interview with the Director of the Nature Conservancy’s Caribbean programme. Here’s an excerpt: When did The Nature Conservancy (TNC) launch its Caribbean program? As you may know, The Nature Conservancy is one of the oldest conservation organizations in the U.S. We launched sixty years ago with a [...]
CARICOM Energy Awareness Week
November 7 to 11, 2011 will be celebrated as Energy Awareness Week in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM): During Energy Awareness Week (EAW) people will be educated in various aspects of sustainable use of energy, the importance of energy in our modern lives, ways to avoid waste of energy, current forms and future options for the [...]
Antigua and Barbuda’s energy policy includes renewable energy plans
The government of Antigua and Barbuda is planning a shift towards renewable energy: [Currently] the country lacks regulations to foster development of renewable energy technologies, improve the efficiency of non-renewables and take advantage of emerging technologies, officials say. The government hopes to fix that with its National Energy Policy, a first draft of which was [...]
New York Times covers sargassum seaweed invasion of the Caribbean
The New York Times has published an article about the masses of seaweed that have been washing up on Caribbean beaches: Aa invasion of seaweed that is extraordinary in volume and geographic scope has been besieging the eastern Caribbean since June, sending resorts and government agencies from Anguilla in the north to Tobago in the [...]
In Antigua and Barbuda, kids are Gaining Respect for the Outdoors and our World
For a good start to the weekend, a sweet video documenting the activities of Camp G.R.O.W. (Gaining a Respect for the Outdoors and our World) in Antigua and Barbuda. Studies indicate that children who spend more fun time outdoors in nature tend to grow up to be adults who care about the environment. Previously on [...]
Waterbird census in Antigua for International Migratory Bird Day
Antigua and Barbuda’s Environmental Awareness Group is marking International Migratory Bird Day with a waterbird census: Count Waterbirds in the Caribbean – Join the second session of Antigua’s Caribbean Waterbird Census! Do you know of a pond, mangrove swamp, or marsh nearby with waterbirds on it? If yes, we invite you to participate in the [...]
International Coastal Cleanups in the Caribbean
International Coastal Cleanup Day is coming! In Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis (see also), St. Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Cleanup Day will be Saturday, September 17, 2011. The St. Lucian Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, September 24. Coastal Cleanups in The Bahamas [...]
Camp G.R.O.W. for kids in Antigua and Barbuda
The Environmental Awareness Group, the Gilbert Agricultural and Rural Development Center and the US Peace Corps are organising a summer camp for kids in Antigua and Barbuda: Camp G.R.O.W. (Gaining a Respect for the Outdoors and our World) seeks to bring youth together for two weeks to cultivate an appreciation for and understanding of the [...]
Training for birders in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda’s Environmental Awareness Group will be holding a bird monitoring workshop towards the end of June and in early July: Attention All Birders and Soon-To-Be Birders: Want to learn more about Caribbean Endemic Birds and some migratory ones too? Offshore Islands Conservation Programme (OICP) in collaboration with Dr. Jorge Moreno, Dean of the [...]
