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A highly-regarded environmental programme that has been introduced to millions of schoolchildren around the world is set to be rolled out across Bermuda. Two of the Island’s primary schools were given a first taste of what the UN-recognised Eco Schoo...

Opportunities are being missed by overlooking environmental issues in favour of economic ones, according to environmental group Greenrock. Greenrock president Judith Landsberg said that while environmental initiatives could help boost the economy by ...

Residents could wind up being charged 25 cents for every plastic bag they use, if the environmental group Greenrock has its way. Similar initiatives have proven successful around the world at reducing plastic litter, Greenrock president Judith Landsb...

Environmental charities have teamed up with local artists to create a music video aimed at discouraging the use of single-use bags. The music video — described as a parody of a recent radio hit — was organised by Greenrock and the Bermuda Marine Debr...

Earlier this week former Premier Dr David Saul claimed that establishing a large marine reserve around Bermuda would be ‘economic suicide’ because of the untapped potential for ocean-bed mining. But why would we gamble on a slim possibility of mining...

‘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...

Every schoolchild on the island is familiar with the ‘recycle triangle,’ which says we should “reduce, reuse and recycle”. But what we often don’t think about is that this is not a series of equal options but is actually a hierarchy. Instead of being...

Friday June 8 is World Oceans Day and Bermuda has so much to celebrate: Our reefs are among the healthiest in the world, our turquoise ocean and pink beaches are the bedrock of our tourism industry and the sea is the foundation of our community and o...

Greenrock president Judith Landsberg calls herself an enthusiastic trier of green technology, even if it doesn’t always go so well in its infancy. Her electric pedal bike is her pride and joy, but the light-emitting diodes her family once installed i...

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...