Hashtag: #KeepBermudaBeautiful
Elliot Primary Students Clean Up Devonshire
On Friday, Elliot Primary School and Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] teamed up to clean up parts of Devonshire, with the school children leading by example in giving their time to help clean up the island. Students picked up trash in the Vesey Street, Penhurst Park, and Devon Springs areas, combining for a full community effort. Leading up to the event,... Read more of this article
Shelly Bay Clean Up To Be Held On January 23
Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] is set to host a ‘team up to clean up’ effort, calling on the community to assist in cleaning up the Shelly Bay Beach area. The event will see the team gather on Saturday, January 23, with a rain date set for Sunday, January 24. The event poster says, “Bring your own water bottle and work gloves if you... Read more of this article
Christmas Day Party Set For Elbow Beach
The annual Christmas Day party at Elbow Beach is expected to draw crowds on Friday [Dec 25], with Keep Bermuda Beautiful encouraging attendees to be mindful of leaving the beach clean while enjoying the holidays. A spokesperson said, “Each year the Christmas Day party at Elbow Beach gets bigger as people put on Santa hats, pack a cooler, and... Read more of this article
Colonial Insurance, KBB Team Up For Clean Up
Members of the Colonial Insurance Wellness Programme teamed up with Keep Bermuda Beautiful to help clean up areas in Warwick including around the rubber tree, Khyber Pass and Bulkhead Drive. By joining forces with KBB, the Colonial staff participated in a “Better Health and a Healthy Environment” activity. Related Stories Whitney... Read more of this article
Photos: Saltus Clean Up At John Smith’s Bay
On Saturday [Nov 7] Saltus Grammar School students, parents, staff, and alumni held a clean-up at John Smiths Bay, collecting some 25 bags of regular trash, 12 bags of recyclables and larger items. For the past few years, as part of Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] Adopt-A-Spot initiative, a team from Saltus have turned out for clean-ups at John Smith’s... Read more of this article
Photos: Bermuda Sub-Aqua Club Clean Up
Members of the Bermuda Sub-Aqua Club [BSAC] were taking part in the annual Keep Bermuda Beautiful EY Coastal Clean Up on Saturday [Sept 19] when they recovered a safe and five motorcycles from the seabed at Clarence Cove in Admiralty Park. BSAC had 10 divers and 5 shore crew taking part in the event and used old onion bags instead of the usual trash... Read more of this article
Hamilton Rotary Club Clean Up 350lbs Of Trash
Following their motto ‘Service Above Self’, members of Hamilton Rotary Club and friends took to the Paget shoreline on Saturday morning [Sept 19] to clean up Red Hole in Paget. Supported by their friends at R.H.A.D.C and family members, Hamilton Rotarians collected over 350lbs of garbage from the water and shoreline, with items they collected... Read more of this article
EY Coastal Clean-Up To Be Held On Sept 19
The EY Coastal Clean-up in support of Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] will be on Saturday, September 19th, 2015. The annual island-wide event gives volunteers an opportunity to enjoy combing the beach for the morning, or snorkeling or diving underwater in an effort to remove litter and marine debris and maintain Bermuda’s beaches and coastline known... Read more of this article
KBB Calls For EY Coastal Clean Up Volunteers
Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] is calling for volunteers to assist with the upcoming EY Coastal Clean Up, set to take place on Saturday, September 19. The event poster says, “Calling all divers, swimmers, snorkelets, walkers, beach-combers, individuals and groups. Choose a coastal or water location that needs a clean-up, gather a team from your... Read more of this article
9-Year-Old Donates $275 To KBB After Cleanup
Keep Bermuda Beautiful today [Aug 11] received a $275 donation from 9 year old Rachael Betschart who raised money for KBB over the Cup Match holiday by collecting almost 250 bottles from the waters. Her mother D’Arcey Betschart said, “Our friend Alan Marquardt challenged Rachael with collecting bottles while we were on the boat one weekend, to... Read more of this article
Photos: BTA & KBB Weekend Beach Clean-Up
The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] and Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] recently marked their fourth public beach clean-up this summer as the groups work to enhance the beach experience for all users, visitors and residents alike. This weekend saw them clean up Elbow Beach, and previous clean-ups have included Clearwater Beach, Mangrove Bay, and Warwick... Read more of this article
Clean Ups Planned To Help Beautify Beaches
The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] has two more volunteer beach clean-up projects in its sights in the coming weeks and is calling on volunteers who care about tourism to join. On Saturday the BTA will partner with the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation’s Somerset Economic Empowerment Zone for the Mangrove Bay Beach Community Clean-up Day.... Read more of this article
Ocean Plastic Expedition Arrives In Bermuda
[Updated with photos] More than 35 scientists, artists, and environmental leaders arrived in St. George’s harbour today on the Mystic, a 167 foot tall ship schooner, conducting vital research on the impacts of marine plastic pollution. The SEA Change Expedition, organized by leading plastic pollution non-profit The 5 Gyres Institute, brings together... Read more of this article
Photos: KBB Teams Pick Up 4.5 Tons Of Litter
Volunteers joined in Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s [KBB] National Cleanup over the weekend of May 16, with 28 teams picking up 4.5 tons of litter and debris from neighbourhoods and public parks across the island. “We are pleased to have the Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] support this year’s event and form ‘tourism teams’ at two of our Island’s... Read more of this article
BTA Recruiting For KBB Clean-Up Mission
The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] is teaming up with Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] this weekend [May 16] for the charity’s annual island-wide National Clean-Up Day. The BTA is calling on hospitality stakeholders to join the clean-up mission on May 16 and has sent a volunteer recruitment email to its class of 400 Certified Tourism Ambassadors [CTAs]. “The... Read more of this article
Over 70 People Clean-Up John Smith’s Bay
A large group of over 70 people — including Saltus students, their family members and Saltus staff — turned out on Saturday, 25th April, to clean up John Smith’s Bay as part of Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s “Adopt-A-Spot” initiative. The clean-up was organized by S4 teacher Erika Powell, who said, “In total we collected the... Read more of this article
