archive for Environment

• Climate Change – What Is It All About Really?

  10 March 2013 by Karin in Environment [ no comments ]

  Here's an interesting take on what climate change is all about and what we can do about it. Since starting to work on a public education campaign for the University of the West Indies, Institute of Sustainable Development to raise awareness ...

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• Human Activities Behind Dying Caribbean Coral

  18 February 2013 by Karin in Environment [ no comments ]

    A new study, led by the University of Georgia, solves the mystery of the dying Caribbean coral—as April Flowers reports in this article for redorbit.com. Plunk down a wastewater treatment plant anywhere along a Caribbean coast and watch the coral reefs ...

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• Home Gardening in Jamaica, Part 2

  26 January 2013 by Christopher in Environment,Good Food [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_15552" align="alignnone" width="570"] Basil poking through the soil![/caption] Here's the latest update in my home gardening adventure (see Home Gardening in Jamaica, Part 1). First and most excitingly for me, after one week I've got some little sprouts poking up ...

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• Participate in a Climate Change Resilient Buildings Survey Underway Now

  25 January 2013 by Karin in Environment [ no comments ]

    A study jointly funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona  is now underway to ascertain the climate resilience and status of commercial buildings across the region. According to the “Developing Design Concepts ...

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• Home Gardening in Jamaica, Part 1

  20 January 2013 by Christopher in Environment,Good Food [ 4 comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_15499" align="alignleft" width="570"] Tools of the trade including starter cups, as we didn't have any egg cartons at home for this round[/caption] Eating in Jamaica can be a challenging thing for people like myself with unusual (or as Karin puts ...

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• Join Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) Today!

  17 April 2012 by Karin in Environment [ no comments ]

  Here's a guest post from Mirah Lim Todd from Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) on what's been going on with the organization lately and how you can help by joining JET today! Formed in 1991,  JET is a non profit nongovernmental environmental organization ...

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• New Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust Website Showcases Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

  2 April 2012 by Karin in Environment [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_14506" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Jamaica's beautiful Blue Mountains"][/caption] Check out this cool new website from the Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust, JCDT. JCDT manages the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park. Jamaica's Blue Mountains are famous for their coffee, scenic views, Maroon history ...

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• Birding in Jamaica – Birding on the Edge

  12 July 2011 by Karin in Environment [ 3 comments ]

  Here is an interesting video on birding in Jamaica. It's a great introduction to our great variety of endemic and other bird species (please excuse the few Nikon camera ads). Jamaica is considered a premier birding hotspot for Caribbean birding with ...

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