Hashtag: #KeepBermudaBeautiful
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Bermuda ‘Trash Art’ Shown At United Nations
Every year, students create art from beach plastics as part of a Keep Bermuda Beautiful education program, and this year one of the trash art pieces was selected to be part of a presentation at the UNEP Marine Litter Conference at the United Nations. The artwork — by Prospect Primary School’s Alaysia Swan, Khamanie Pitt-Nesbitt, Alziae... Read more of this article
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Video: Plastic Pollution In Bermuda’s Waters
The Race for Water Odyssey crew visited Bermuda recently, having traveled from the Azores as part of their 300-day expedition that is studying the impact of plastic pollution in the ocean globally. That study continued on the island, with the crews work captured on camera and released to the public. A video released by the team features Anne Hyde of... Read more of this article
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125 Volunteers Remove 4,100lbs Of Trash/Debris
Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] reports a busy weekend of clean-up activities with 125 volunteers in 11 locations across the Island removing more than 4,100 pounds of litter and debris. More people are helping to clean up the Island’s litter problem and are coming out in force to volunteer in their communities, KBB said. On Saturday [Mar 14], eleven... Read more of this article
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KBB Announce Appreciation Award Winners
Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] announced the recipients of its Appreciation Awards at the 51st Annual General Meeting held recently at Masterworks Gallery in the Botanical Gardens. Minister of Public Works Craig Cannonier congratulated the members of the anti-litter organization and Senator Lynne Woolridge, presented the KBB Awards in recognition of... Read more of this article
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Garden Club Of Bermuda Donates $10K To KBB
Keep Bermuda Beautiful has received a $10,000 donation from The Garden Club of Bermuda to go toward KBB’s 2015 fundraising drive. The presentation took place at the Garden Club’s January General Meeting where the Club President, Susan Conyers said, “We are delighted to be able to support this very worthwhile organization.” [Left to Right]: Susan... Read more of this article
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KBB: “Let’s Keep Elbow Beach Beautiful”
Elbow Beach plays host to a popular get-together every Christmas Day, and Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] are reminding attendees to help keep the beach beautiful. KBB Executive Director, Anne Hyde, said, “KBB assists the Department of Parks by ensuring that extra bins, on loan from Waste Management, are placed along the beach. On Boxing Day morning... Read more of this article
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KBB Launch “50 For 50″ Fundraising Campaign
As Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] reaches the milestone of their 50th year, they are launching an appeal through social media with the aim of increasing awareness. A spokesperson said, “Keep Bermuda Beautiful has been ‘talking trash’ for 50 years. Generations have grown up with KBB cleanups, and as a result, respect our Island home and do not... Read more of this article
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9000lbs Of Trash Removed In Coastal Cleanup
EY recently joined with Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] for a cleanup of Bermuda’s shorelines, with 484 volunteers removing some 9,000 pounds of litter and debris. Among the many items removed were carpets, a medical IV bag, a bed pillow, a dozen octopus pot traps, motorbikes, and over 1,500 glass beverage bottles. “We are delighted to have EY play... Read more of this article
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Photos: CedarBridge Students, KBB Clean Up
CedarBridge Academy’s Teen Girls in Focus group helped with the Keep Bermuda Beautiful clean-up of Pontoons in Spanish Point on Saturday [Sept 20], and recorded data on what they found, with bottle caps and cigarette butts the most frequently recorded items. Ms. Alicia Zuill, who has been the team leader of Teen Girls in Focus since its inception... Read more of this article
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EY Bermuda Coastal Cleanup On Weekend
The EY Bermuda Coastal Cleanup will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] has said that they are “delighted to welcome EY as the sponsor.” A spokesperson said, “Bermuda has hundreds of coves and beaches and miles of shoreline, so there are opportunities for more teams and more volunteers to sign... Read more of this article
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Photos: Aon Celebrates Global Service Day
Aon Bermuda marked their 2014 Community Service Day on Friday [June 6] by working with various charitable organizations including Keep Bermuda Beautiful, Bermuda National Trust, Eliza Dolittle Society, Women’s Hospital Auxiliary, The Salvation Army, and The Red Cross. The employees of Aon helped with various tasks, from picking up trash with KBB,... Read more of this article
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Smith’s Parish Groups Clean Up Penhurst Park
The Cameron Close Community Action Group, a Smith’s Parish neighbourhood watch group that started in September 2012, recently held its second annual KBB Clean Up Day, with approximately 80 people from that group and the Jennings Land Community Group working together to remove two truckloads of trash from Penhurst Park and the surrounding railway... Read more of this article
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Photos: Keep Bermuda Beautiful Turns 50
Keep Bermuda Beautiful [KBB] gave top awards to Margaret Fergusson, Greenrock and Rockville Lane Neighbourhood Watch during its recent Annual General Meeting which also highlighted accomplishments made during 2013. Keep Bermuda Bermuda celebrates its 50th birthday this year and Governor George Fergusson, Bishop Kurtz, Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin,... Read more of this article
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BFA Camp Hosts Community Service Clean Up
The Bermuda Football Association National Academy Camp participants conducted a community service clean up on Wednesday [Oct 30], with 65 participants divided into 3 groups. The routes covered included Roberts Avenue, Palmetto Road, Dutton Ave, Parsons Road, Frog Lane and more. There were 8 full bags and 4 recycling bags collected and delivered... Read more of this article
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Photos: Filipino Association KBB Cleanup
The Filipino Association in Bermuda had another of their regular clean up events this past weekend, joining together to clean up trash at their adopted area of Astwood Park on South Shore in Warwick. In their quest to give back to the island, the group collected a large amount of trash, including bottles and big and small plastic items from the beach... Read more of this article
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Montpelier Re Staff & Students Clean Up Beach
Employees from Montpelier Re spent Friday afternoon [Sept 20] cleaning-up Shelly Bay Beach during the Company’s second annual “Global Day of Giving” event. Montpelier chose to clean-up the beach for the second year running to support Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s [KBB] Annual Marine Cleanup which takes place this weekend. Francis Patton’s P6 students... Read more of this article