263 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Environment"
Education minister Cole Simons chaired the third joint meeting of the Sargasso Sea Commission and the Signatories to the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea in Horta, Azores.
According to a press release, pa...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A satellite transmitter crucial to the Bermuda Turtle Project has been found by a reef diver in the Bahamas.
The equipment was used to chart the progress of Hardy, a green turtle who swam 1,000 miles from Bermuda to the Caribbean country last year.
I...
DATE: Apr 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A floating rubbish bin will help keep the marina at Hamilton Princess and Beach Club free of litter, thanks to Butterfield Bank.
The Bermuda-based bank and trust company has joined the Seabin Global Pilot Programmes and will install a pre-series V5 ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Cases of abuse towards animals are reported on a weekly basis, according to the Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Inspector Chris Coleman spoke about animal abuse on the island, its relation to violence with people, the SPCA’...
DATE: Sep 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A new facility for larger animals has been opened at the Bermuda Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals shelter in Paget.
The Stempel Stables, made possible by the generosity of the Ernest E Stempel Foundation, will allow SPCA staff and vol...
DATE: Sep 21, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Devonshire residents have called on the Bermuda Government to sort out the mountain of blue bags being stored at the old recycling facility. With the Material Recovery Facility in Hamilton Parish only working “sporadically” since March, a backlog of ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The island’s incinerator is burning dirty recyclables that cannot be processed by the recycling plant.
According to Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s executive director, the Material Recovery Facility in Hamilton Parish is not equipped to handle severely cont...
DATE: Sep 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Mounds of building debris, furniture and appliances illegally dumped near the entrance of Fort Hamilton have been described “an extreme case of irresponsible contracting”.
Steven DeSilva, Superintendent of Parks with the Corporation of Hamilton, tol...
DATE: Aug 06, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Saltus Grammar School is going solar in a mission to reduce energy costs and become more environmentally conscious.
This summer, the school will install 212 SunPower panels that will produce approximately 100,000 kilowatt hours per year and supply en...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A Bermudian student has been selected to attend an environmental sustainability conference taking place in New Zealand.
Jendayi Joell was one of 25 students attending North Carolina State University to be given the opportunity to attend the Sustaini...
DATE: May 05, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan