A compilation image showing the polluted north coast of Curaçao juxtaposed with the ocean. Photo by Bastian on flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The Caribbean has spoken out against single-use plastics and its inevitable environmental pollution for a long time. In 2006, for instance, one Barbados-based blog advocated for the...
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Art Contest Highlights Environment Threats, Need For Recycling
Two students look on as Sandals Foundation Ambassador Ian Spencer (fifth left) presents a laptop computer and digital projector screen to teachers of the Barracks Road Primary School, winner of the Montego Bay Region of the Sandals Foundation Recycled Art Competition. Ten schools in Jamaica, Grenada and Antigua showed...
Over $3M in Cash and Prizes Awarded in PCJ Schools Energy Competition
Over $3 million in cash and prizes were awarded to the top performers in the 2019 Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) Schools Energy Programme Competition. Approximately 90 students, aged six to 19, from primary and high schools islandwide participated in this year’s renewal, which was held under the theme –...
Holland Primary SEP Champions Again!
Holland Primary School from the breadbasket parish of St Elizabeth was yesterday named winner of the Schools’ Environment Programme (SEP) Research Day, its third time holding the Champion SEP School trophy. The students and their teacher could hardly contain their joy at the news. When the announcement came, Dorothy Wright, a...
St Joseph’s Infant expanding Solar system
St Joseph’s Infant School is no stranger to renewable energy initiatives and the institution is yet again raising the bar. The Duke Street-based school won a 3KW photo-voltaic (PV) system along with installation courtesy of Appliance Traders Limited’s (ATL’s) ‘Go Green’ competition for early childhood institutions in 2017, but through Principal...