BEST Bulletin – January 2021

More effort needed to tackle climate change this year

Environmental organisations and governments will have to focus on better co-operation in the fight against climate change this year, campaigners warned yesterday. Andrew Vaucrosson, the executive director for the Bermuda National Trust, said it would take more than a year […]

BEST Bulletin – December 2021

Open space needs more protection, say campaigners

BEST Opinion article A coalition of environmental groups yesterday appealed to the Government to strengthen protection of nature reserves. Kim Smith, the executive director of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce, said the island had lost “protected” land to development. In […]

BEST Bulletin – November 2020

Marine Life Don’t Need PPE Plastic Pollution

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] has launched a campaign highlighting personal protective equipment [PPE] pollution, urging the community to use reusable/washable masks when possible and properly dispose of single use masks. The campaign poster says, “Fish, turtles, and other marine life […]

BEST looks ahead to collaboration

An environmental group said yesterday it wanted to work more closely with other organisations as part of a new strategy to help protect nature. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce added it had also reorganised its management structure and looked at […]

BEST Unveils “A New Strategy For The Future”

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] has unveiled a new strategy to “guide their ongoing work of ensuring the protection, conservation, and preservation of Bermuda’s natural environment.” A spokesperson said, “One of the island’s leading nonprofit environmental organisations, BEST is pleased to […]

BEST On Slowing Down Global Warming

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] is advising the community to “do our part as a global citizen to slow down global warming.” A BEST flyer says, “Paulette and Teddy would make terrible dinner guests! They were uninvited, ran off their mouths, […]