The Bermuda Folk & Phyto Medicine Society will be presenting a lecture on traditional medicine and folk remedies: The use of traditional medicines and folk remedies in Bermuda dates back four centuries to the time the earliest settlers came ashore here and local herbs and plants are still being incorporated into homeopathic medicines. The Bermuda [...]
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Sea urchin research in Bermuda may increase understanding of how to fight cancer, effects of ageing
Scientists at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences have received a multi-million dollar grant to study how sea urchins fight aging and cancer: The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) has been given a grant of $3 million to help fund research into cancer and ageing. The funds will go towards the International Centre for [...]
Bermuda nature reserve restored by Audubon Society
The Bermuda Audubon Society recently completed the restoration of one of the island’s key waterbird habitats: The Seymour’s Pond Nature Reserve restoration project was capped off today when Governor Sir Richard Gozney planted a tree on the property. More than a dozen members of the Bermuda Audubon Society were on hand to witness the occasion. [...]
Bermuda Footprint: Making Sense of Sustainability
Videos from an educational series produced by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.
Talking environment at TEDxBermuda
The environment was a topic of conversation at the recently held TEDxBermuda event: The big players in the business world aren’t doing enough to help save the natural world, according to polar explorer Pen Hadow. Mr Hadow used his 17 minutes on stage at TEDxBermuda to encourage big-money companies to “unblock the constipation” of environmental [...]
Bermuda Environmental Alliance launches educational video series
The above video is part of a documentary series produced by the Bermuda Environmental Alliance (BEA) to raise awareness about Bermuda’s natural environment. The BEA hopes to distribute the series to schools on the island as an educational learning aid: School children on the Island could soon benefit from the launch of six environmental documentary [...]
Moving Planet, Bermuda
The Bermuda Royal Gazette reports that environmental activist Abbie Caldas is encouraging Bermudians to be part of the Moving Planet global rally: An environmentalist is asking motorists to walk, ride a pedal bike or car pool [today], anything but travel into work on their own. Abbie Caldas is hoping residents heed her plea to use [...]
Bermuda government rejects waste-to-energy proposal
Bermuda’s Public Works Minister has expressed scepticism about proposals to construct a new waste-to-energy power plant: Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess said there was “no hard evidence” to suggest a new sustainable business could convert the Island’s waste into power. Bermuda Environmental Energy Sustainable Group (BEESG) has put forward proposals to build a generation plant [...]
In Bermuda, the lionfish invasion is deemed to be under control
In Bermuda, there’s confidence that the lionfish invasion can be controlled: Lionfish are on the Island for good, according to Chris Flook of the Bermuda Aquarium – but their population can be controlled. Addressing the Hamilton Rotary Club this afternoon, Mr Flook, the Aquarium’s head collector, said that measures intended to reduce the invasive fish’s [...]
