Cayman Islands: Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation supports CCMI’s Lionfish Programme
The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation awarded a grant to the Central Caribbean Marine Institute in Little Cayman to support its WILD program (Whole-Island Lionfish Defense). GHOF has been a long time supporter of the research CCMI conducts on the impacts…
7 best tropical cruises during Hurricane Season by Travel Pulse
From Curacao Chronicle Those planning a Caribbean cruise vacation that will take place specifically between the months of June and November have an additional factor to consider: hurricanes. During this time, much of the Caribbean, especially the Bahamas along with…
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Community Events Meeting Requests with Family Support Unit at RCIPS The Family Support Unit (FSU) at the RCIPS has temporarily relocated to Elizabethan Square due to damage to the Smith Road office where it was situated. The FSU would like…
Recycling facilities now available as Cayman Islands Yacht Club goes green
Furthering its commitment to protecting Cayman’s natural environment, the Cayman Islands Yacht Club is expanding it’s recycling efforts and is now a recycling drop-off location for all members of the general public. Bins are available for cardboard, plastic, aluminium and…
Sonar-mapping ship looks for baby lobsters, finds dead volcanoes
By Mona Lalwani From Engadget You never know what you might find when you’re looking for lobster larvae. Iain Suthers, a marine biologist at the University of New South Wales, recently led a team of 28 scientists on board Australia’s…
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Community Events NWDA Visit to Cayman Brac Representatives from the National Workforce Development Agency (NWDA) will be available to meet with Employers and Job Seekers, and assist with online registrations, resume preparation and other job search activities. Wednesday 15th July…
Things that matter: Jamaica joins UNESCO World Heritage list
By Sir Henry Fraser From The Barbados Advocate Congratulations to Jamaica! The magnificent Blue and John Crow Mountains have just been inscribed as a World Heritage site – among a list of 27 new sites announced on July 3rd. It…
Cornell is building an insanely energy efficient dorm in New York City, and it could change how we make buildings forever
By Ariel Schwartz From Business Insider Cornell Tech, an applied sciences program out of Cornell University, is building a giant futuristic campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island. But the most exciting part of the campus isn’t in the academic…
A dust-up from African coast hovers over South Florida
By Joseph Prospero From Miami Herald Every summer Miami is witness to a mass aerial migration — the journey of huge quantities of dust carried by winds from Africa to the Caribbean and South Florida. This journey begins over North…
Gifts of the Solstice: Native St. John’s Wort
From The Medicine Woman’s Roots St. John’s Wort has long been one of those herbs that I have great respect for and love as medicine, but have used it minimally simply because it’s not plentiful in my bioregion. Native species…
