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"Giving younger generation a chance to be heard"

A lot of young people feel they have a lot of great ideas about how to make the world a better place if only adults would listen. Now, the Bermuda National Trust is giving youth the chance to be heard through a special film competition celebrating E...
Feb 29, 2012
Budget

"Fishing proposal is at odds with Blue Halo project, charges OBA"

Proposed licencing for foreign fishing vessels stands in complete conflict with plans to preserve the ocean around Bermuda, according to Shadow Environment Minister Michael Fahy. In a statement issued over the weekend, the OBA Senator said he was ala...
Feb 27, 2012

"The Bird Man of Bermuda"

Indulge in something you love long enough and with enough passion and you are very likely to become quite good at it. Bermuda Audubon Society President Andrew Dobson certainly has. After nearly 23 years in Bermuda he has become quite an authority on...
Feb 27, 2012
Local Business

"Belco: Renewables still more expensive than oil in Bermuda"

Solar and other renewable energy sources may be cleaner and cost-effective elsewhere, but in Bermuda they are still considerably more expensive than oil. This from Belco after former CIA director James Woolsey urged Bermuda to go solar in a speech to...
Feb 24, 2012
Other

"Greenrock seeks entries for Green Workplace Awards"

Does your company have a green thumb? Greenrock has announced its second annual Green Workplace Awards competition as part of an effort to highlight small and large businesses’ environmental and sustainability efforts. Launched for the first time las...
Feb 22, 2012
Local Business

"Guardian recycles 22 container loads of shredded documents"

Document destruction firm Guardian has recycled enough shredded paper since starting up in 2005 to save nearly 11,000 trees, the company revealed yesterday. Guardian, which uses an industrial shredder housed in a secure facility in Southampton, sent ...
Feb 16, 2012
Environment

"Brock: I was well within my rights to launch SDO probe"

Ombudsman Arlene Brock has insisted she was entirely within her rights to launch an inquiry into special development orders (SDOs), despite Environment Minister Marc Bean describing her decision to do so as “peculiar”. And she told The Royal Gazette ...
Feb 15, 2012
Environment

"Bermuda cleanest island in Caribbean"

Bermuda is easily the cleanest island in the Caribbean, according to a leading engineer in the United States. Nickolas Themelis, director of the Earth Engineering Center, had positive words for the Island on the Leonard Lopate Show on Friday. In a di...
Feb 14, 2012
Other

"Take a closer look at our forest floors"

Last year was the United Nation’s International Year of the Forest and it was such a great theme that I want to continue the focus on forests. While Bermuda doesn’t have what most people would call forests, we do have stands of trees and shrubs, and ...
Feb 02, 2012
Other

"The benefits of Sargassum"

With so much seaweed washing up on our shores and floating around inshore areas, The Green Pages spoke with Dr Nick Bates, interim director at Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, to get a better understanding of what this important, although unsight...
Feb 02, 2012
Other

"Greening our City"

A city that is green and vibrant not only has aesthetic benefits but also important environmental factors. That is why the Corporation of Hamilton is taking measures to ensure that the City of Hamilton is constantly replenished, even if it means repl...
Feb 02, 2012
Other

"Greenrock says: Protecting the sea that surrounds our Island"

Greenrock is working with other environmental groups as part of the Bermuda Alliance for the Sargasso Sea (BASS) with the goal of establishing part of the Sargasso Sea as the world’s first international marine reserve. Here, Greenrock management com...
Feb 02, 2012
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