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We talk about leaving a better planet for our kids, what about leaving better kids for our planet?
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2014 will see Greenrock offer an expanded and deepened environmental education programme in Bermuda’s schools. In October, 2013, Greenrock became ...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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With the holidays behind us, individuals and organisations alike are planning for the new year, mapping out short and long-term goals and looking to capitalise on last year’s accomplishments. The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences is no different an...
DATE: Jan 02, 2014
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Gone are the days when installing a solar panel at your home probably meant you were an environmentalist doing your bit to save the earth.
Today, a broad range of professionals are going solar for the sake of their bank balances, according to renewab...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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Tim Smith
Greenrock says:
At this time of year, most people’s thoughts turn to presents, food and family. At Greenrock our thoughts turn to community today, tomorrow and 50 years from now. Here is our Christmas wish list for a happy future (go ahead and sing ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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Here in Bermuda the vast majority of the waste we produce is destined to be burnt at the Tynes Bay Incinerator, which at last count burns over 60,000 tons of trash a year. Most of the trash we produce is a by-product of our consumption, the packaging...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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While many Bermuda students look for careers in international business, computers and the like as they go off to university, there is one career which they may have overlooked: ocean science.
And there are a variety of majors in ocean science that ca...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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‘Chicken of the sea’ was the brand made famous by an unaware celebrity who confused tuna with (swimming) poultry. Thankfully, the disconnect between the spoils of the ocean and consumers is not nearly as great in Bermuda. Interestingly though, the Bl...
DATE: Oct 03, 2013
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Working for the Canadian Wildlife Service, ecologist Joel Heath travelled to the remote Belcher Islands, located in eastern Hudson Bay in the Canadian territory of Nunavut in 2002. His mission was to study the effects of climate change on Arctic sea ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2013
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Overall, 68 percent of Bermuda’s population is overweight or obese according to the Health Disparity Survey 2013 conducted by the Bermuda Health Council.
Persons between the ages of 40 and 64 are most likely to be more overweight than young adults an...
DATE: Oct 03, 2013
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To highlight the importance of volunteering in Bermuda, the Centre on Philanthropy has paid tribute to the efforts of Eugene Dean, who volunteers for Greenrock.
Greenrock stated: “Eugene lends hundreds of hours of volunteer time to Greenrock by way o...
DATE: Sep 05, 2013
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