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Stop order on Shark Hole project lifted as building conditions met
A stop notice on work on a home in Shark Hole has been lifted, the Government said today. The notice was originally filed on July 22 by the Department of Planning relating to a property on Harrington Sound Road, in the Shark […]
Read moreRestaurants to get tips on how reusables can work in Bermuda
Restaurateurs can learn this week about how reusable schemes that have been introduced around the world can also be used in Bermuda. Different approaches to being more environmentally friendly will be covered in a free webinar at 10am on Tuesday. […]
Read moreWebinar On Reusable Schemes For Restaurants
Beyond Plastic Bermuda will host free webinar entitled, “Reusables For Bermuda’s Restaurants”, on Tuesday [Sept 27], at 10:00am. A spokesperson said, “Beyond Plastic Bermuda is very pleased to announce it is hosting a free webinar to be presented by the […]
Read moreTributes paid to Stuart Hayward, ‘a man for all seasons’
The life and work of a visionary environmental campaigner who strived to challenge the status quo was celebrated at a ceremony in Warwick on Saturday. Hundreds of friends, colleagues and supporters of Stuart Jackson Hayward gathered at the Riddell’s Bay […]
Read moreShark Hole cliff house excavation stopped
A “stop work” order has been placed on a controversial project to clear an area of Harrington Sound Road that was once protected as coastal reserve. A spokesman for the Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed that the “stop work” order […]
Read moreAppeal launched for Stuart Hayward scholarship Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online fundraising campaign has been launched to create a scholarship programme to pay tribute to a celebrated Bermudian environmentalist. A GoFundMe campaign started by Jamie Bacon, the wife of the late Stuart Hayward, says that she hopes to raise funds […]
Read moreTravesty of land use in Bermuda
With the new cliffside construction on Harrington Sound Road, we continue to witness the destruction of our precious shorelines and valuable undeveloped green spaces. Parliament passed the Tucker’s Point Resort Residential Special Development Order in 2011. The SDO allowed for […]
Read moreCharity warns of ‘piecemeal destruction of protected open spaces’
Another charity has joined in objections to a development on land previously zoned as coastal reserve. Janice Hetzel, president of the Bermuda Audubon Society, said in an opinion piece that further construction on formerly protected open spaces would come unless there was public outcry. […]
Read moreHuge public outcry needed to halt ‘desecration’ of island’s green spaces, says BNT
The “desecration” of Bermuda’s environment will continue unless there is a huge public outcry to stop development of green spaces, according to the Bermuda National Trust. The comments came after work started to clear a site on Harrington Sound Road […]
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