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Butterfield launches environment scholarship
Butterfield Bank is introducing a new Post-Graduate Scholarship for students studying in academic fields associated with the protection and improvement of island environments. Butterfield has operations in seven international locations, most of which are island/maritime jurisdictions. According to a press […]
Read moreFree ‘Grow, Eat, Save’ Gardening Workshops
As part of activities for Nutrition Month, the Department of Health is inviting the public to a free, five-session gardening workshop every Thursday evening in March. Participants will learn to grow fresh, nutritious food, which will help cut grocery bills. […]
Read moreThe BUZZ – Letter to the Minister
17th February, 2017 The Hon. N.H. Cole Simons, JP MP Minister for the Environment, Planning and Parks Botanical Gardens, Paget Sent by email: [email protected] Cc to [email protected] Dear Minister Simons The BUZZ group formed in 2013 and started work, […]
Read moreHarry’s efforts to safeguard island
A Bermudian student hopes the lessons he is learning studying abroad will mean a more sustainable future for the island when he arrives back home. Harry Masters, 26, who is a member of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce management team, […]
Read moreBEST to join forces with Greenrock
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainable Taskforce is hoping to fight off its financial troubles by collaborating with fellow environmental watchdog Greenrock. President Stuart Hayward, who said he had been uplifted by the community reaction since BEST revealed its cash shortage at […]
Read moreCash-hit BEST future in doubt
The future of environmental watchdog BEST is under threat owing to a lack of funds. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainable Taskforce, one of the island’s most influential campaigners on green issues over the past decade, is currently unable to fully perform […]
Read moreWe Need Your Help!
BEST finds itself in need of urgent financial support and we are asking for your help. Historical funding from donors has declined such that we are no longer able to fully perform our mission. Applications for large-scale development and growth […]
Read moreBermuda Plan under review
The Department of Planning will be conducting a review of the Bermuda Plan 2008 zonings and policies, according to the Ministry of the Environment. In a statement released this afternoon, members of the public are invited to submit requests to […]
Read moreWeedkiller ban will not be lifted
Environment minister Cole Simons is not prepared to lift the ban on weedkillers containing concentrated glyphosates “at this point in time”. The announcement, made at a stakeholder consultation meeting last night on the Glyphosate Monitoring Study Draft Report, was applauded […]
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