93 results returned for search: "" category "Environment" author Sékou Hendrickson
Environmental problems unique to islands will be in the spotlight at a marine science lecture series.
The problems of islands and their special difficulties will be discussed at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute’s BUEI Talks: Island SOS, s...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A youth-led environmental initiative has appointed a new leader, the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute announced this morning.
Rosemarie McMahon has become the consulting director of the Youth Climate Initiative, organised by the BUEI, and wil...
DATE: Feb 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful got a $10,000 boost thanks to the Gardening Club of Bermuda.
Katie Berry, the executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, thanked the club for its donation and congratulated the group on its 100th annive...
DATE: Jan 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A school has turned trash into treasure to create a calendar designed to highlight plastic pollution.
The 2022 calendar for Mount Saint Agnes Academy features works of art created by pupils from discarded pieces of plastic collected from around the i...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Shoppers can receive a ten cent discount on their purchases if they bring a reusable shopping bag, a grocery store chain announced.
The discount will be effective immediately at all MarketPlace and Price Rite stores as part of a move to become more e...
DATE: Dec 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Piles of trash have grown around the Botanical Gardens for months as Government staff ignored the mess, members of the public have claimed.
A woman who walks her dog through the gardens, who asked not to be named, said two piles of trash had formed o...
DATE: Dec 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Young people responded to a call to take climate action with “overwhelming enthusiasm”, the head of an ocean conservation group said.
Karla Lacey, the executive director of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, added that the response to the ...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Youngsters who have pledged to help reverse the effects of climate change yesterday met potential sponsors.
Hundreds of middle and high schoolchildren gathered at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute for the second last day of the Youth Clima...
DATE: Nov 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Flooding will become a major problem for Bermuda as global warming increases, a risk analyst warned yesterday.
Angela A’Zary, the senior vice-president of client risk analytics at reinsurance firm RenaissanceRe, said that flood-prone areas such as M...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 14-year-old campaigner who brought a contaminated water crisis in a US city into the national spotlight yesterday told young Bermudians to make their voices heard.
Mari Copeny, who has campaigned for social justice since she was 8, said that yo...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson