Government acting unethically on Southlands Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor, July 2, 2025 – The Royal Gazette Dear Sir, The Bermuda National Trust, Bermuda Audubon Society and Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce are deeply concerned about the proposed café and car park development outlined for Southlands park. […]

Dumping of old cars at sea ‘should be banned’

Bermuda should ban the practice of dumping old vehicles at sea — and may already be prohibited from doing so under British conventions, an environmental charity has suggested. Creative solutions to deal with the build-up of cars and bikes at […]

Free Lecture On Climate Change & Fisheries

BEST will hold a free lecture by Dr. Sarah Smith on “Bermuda’s fisheries management and the impacts of climate change” at Bermuda College on Thursday [April 24]. A spokesperson said, “The community is invited to attend a free lecture on Thursday, […]

BEST Bulletin – April 2025

Join us at Bermuda College, in Room H100, The Athene Hall or streaming live: Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheBermudaCollege YouTube: www.youtube.com/@BermudaCollege/streams  

Save open spaces to grow our own food

Opinion Article by BEST’s Executive Director, Kim Smith. The Royal Gazette, April 10, 2025. In recent months, anyone buying eggs, or baked goods containing eggs, has suffered a shock. At one point last month, the price of a dozen eggs […]

BEST Bulletin – March 2025

Lecture On Bermuda’s Waste Management

The community is invited to attend this free lecture on Thursday, February 27th, to discover more about Bermuda’s waste management system, with Solid Waste Manager, Mark Husdan. A spokesperson said, “Mark Husdan has 20 years of experience working within waste […]

BEST Bulletin – February 2025

Hidden risks of an understaffed Civil Service

Royal Gazette Opinion Article by Kim Smith, Executive Director, BEST. February 18, 2025 In a Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce op-ed last month, we highlighted the need for stronger enforcement by the Department of Planning, the weakness or absence of which has […]