263 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Environment"
Staff from Dolphin Quest Bermuda have made a presentation at an international conference on marine education in Connecticut.
Sundée Faulkner, sales and outreach manager, and Kameron Burgess, marine mammal specialist, both attended the Alliance of Mar...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An environmental charity confirmed it has been forced to cut costs because of the knock-on effects of the 2008 financial crash.
Greenrock said it had taken the “difficult but necessary” decision to make the position of executive director redundant.
T...
DATE: Nov 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s “safest form of pest control” is under threat from water pollution, a researcher who has tracked the island’s cane toad population for about 20 years warned yesterday.
Jamie Bacon, the principal investigator for the Bermuda Amphibian Projec...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Earth Hour celebrations will move to the historic Royal Naval Dockyard this month.
On March 24, unnecessary lights will be switched off throughout the island with support from the Government of Bermuda, West End Development Corporation, Belco, the Co...
DATE: Mar 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Better education on Bermuda’s water tank system could help to reduce health risks, according to a recent study.
A government spokeswoman said the study found there were “striking differences” in awareness of Bermuda’s rainwater harvesting system.
It ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new exhibit about the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle was unveiled at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute yesterday.
Bermuda Triangle: Unlock the Secrets opened at the BUEI’s Ocean Discovery Centre, with John Rankin, the Governor, Jamah...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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More than 600 lionfish were speared last month as hunters dived into the fourth annual Winter Lionfish Derby.
Organiser Corey Eddy, who published a PhD thesis on lionfish in Bermuda, said that while the number of hunters doubled since last year, the ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A reinsurance company has donated $12,500 to the Bermuda Turtle Project.
Global Indemnity Re, which has supported the Bermuda Zoological Society for four years, made the donation to mark the turtle conservation scheme’s 50th anniversary.
Marie Joell...
DATE: Dec 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute celebrated its 20th anniversary this week by announcing that a new Bermuda Triangle exhibition is in the works.
Guests were invited to the event on Tuesday evening where the BUEI’s general exhibition space...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The seventh annual Groundswell Lionfish Tournament was another roaring success this year as 92 fish were swept up from the ocean.
There were 110 lionfish hunters this year and the biggest fish caught on the day was 17½ inches, by longtime tournament ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan