Category: Environment

Photos & Video: Earth Day Tree Planting

Minister of Environment Sylvan Richards, Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge and Sousa’s Landscaping owner/MP Jeff Sousa planted a Bermuda Cedar tree in the Queen Elizabeth Park yesterday [Apr 22] to mark Earth Day.They also laid down hundreds of flower seeds that contained messages of love, which were gathered during February 2013, when Sousa’s... Read more of this article

Photos: Agricultural Exhibition Rose Entries

The 2013 Agricultural Exhibition comes to a close today [Apr 20] at the Botanical Gardens, with the three-day event seeing a line-up of displays, performances and competitions incorporating more than 3,000 participants including the Floriculture division which will see some of the island’s most talented gardeners putting their best work on display.... Read more of this article

Photos: Filipino Association Hosts KBB Clean-Up

The Association of Filipinos in Bermuda participated in a Keep Bermuda Beautiful clean-up on Sunday [Mar 24] at Astwood Park. The Filipino Association, a registered charity, adopted Astwood Park as its park to clean up on a regular basis.KBB Executive Director Anne Hyde was present to give a short discussion on how trash is affecting Bermuda’s... Read more of this article

Video: Tommy Outerbridge’s “Mr. Bluebird Blue”

The Bermuda Audubon Society is flying high following the success of its Bluebird Nest Box Workshop held yesterday [Mar. 3] at Aberfeldy Nurseries in Paget. With March marking the beginning of nesting season for the critically endangered native Bermuda bird, Society president Andrew Dobson [pictured here with three young workshop participants] outlined... Read more of this article

SPCA Expresses Concern Over Bird Poisonings

[Updated with video] The SPCA said they are urging Conservation Services to “review their procedures after the third incident since November 2012 where members of the public have come across significant numbers of dead and dying birds of all species following an operation to poison feral chickens.” Last summer Government estimated that there... Read more of this article

Photos: Students Visit BIOS Explorer Program

Local students from schools all across the island will visit the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences [BIOS] over a two week period to participate in the BIOS Explorer Program which provides teachers and students with hands-on experience in marine science. Each year a new theme is chosen to highlight a current topic, and field trips, lesson plans,... Read more of this article

Photos: Primary School Cahow Art Competition

Rebecca Vesey of Somersfield Academy was the winner of the Cahow primary school art competition held recently by the Bermuda Audubon Society. The competition was run as part of the Audubon Society’s efforts to educate young people about the endangered endemic seabird, and saw students from the island’s primary schools invited to submit black... Read more of this article

Photos: Volunteers Working At Spittal Pond

[Updated with photos] Nearly 60 Bermuda-based colleagues of Marsh and Guy Carpenter are volunteering their time today [Oct 19] to re-landscape the Spittal Pond nature reserve. Since 2010, Marsh and Guy Carpenter colleagues in Bermuda have set aside a day each year for a company-wide volunteer initiative. For this year’s Community Giving Day, colleagues... Read more of this article

Photos: South Shore As Hurricane Approaches

The signs of Hurricane Rafael are beginning to show, with increased waves along the South Shore this morning [Oct 16]. The latest update from the NHC said Hurricane Rafael is now 255 miles south of Bermuda moving NNE at 24mph, with maximum sustained winds near 85mph. At 12pm the BWS said its closest point of approach to Bermuda is forecast to be 108... Read more of this article

Photos: BIOS Marine Science Day Open House

On Saturday [Sept 22] the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences [BIOS] hosted its annual open house ‘Marine Science Day.’ A wide range of research and tools were on display, from investigations of the ways climate change is affecting our oceans to studies of the microscopic plants and animals that live there to a fully-equipped ocean-going... Read more of this article