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“We cannot continue to have activity on our beaches where people come bring chairs, tables, and leave them on the beach; where they bring vehicles, park them ...
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012 – Madam Speaker, it is fortuitous that I am making this statement on this day. Madam Speaker, our ponds and mangroves that surround them ...
Government is still awaiting the environmental impact assessment study from Kraus Manning for the airport extension project that was announced by Deputy Premier and ...
Tuesday, May 1 – The Conservation and Fisheries Department in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour in an effort to building a better ...
Caribbean governments have been called upon to do what ever is necessary to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels which is said to be damaging the environment. The ...
Ogier, in a effort to support a greener, cleaner and healthier BVI, have sponsored green reusable shopping bags that will be used as a fundraising tool for Green VI. ...
Wednesday, April 25 – The Conservation and Fisheries Department in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour is encouraging the community to ...
Road Town, Tortola – April 23, 2012 – LIME has commended Green VI for its work in promoting environmental conservation and the use of renewable energy ...
On Friday, 20th April, staff, students, parents and volunteers of St. Mary’s School walked to Taylor’s Bay Beach on Virgin Gorda to collect garbage in honour ...
On Saturday March 31st, residents in the East End/Long Look community and organizations joined Eight District Representative and Member for the House of Assembly ...
Green VI is a local not-for-profit organisation working toward a greener, cleaner and healthier British Virgin Islands. Come and join us on 21 April 2012 in Cane ...
Recently, our Grade Eleven class from Cedar International School went on a recycling tour of Tortola. We visited places where metal and glass are recycled, the sites ...
Territorial At-large Representative Archibald Christian says there are serious problems existing at some beaches in the territory, particularly at Long Bay, ...
Minister for Natural Resources and the representative for the Seventh District, Dr. Kedrick Pickering, will be ensuring that the Brandywine Bay Beach located in his ...
Friday, March 30 –The Conservation and Fisheries Department has planned a week-long coastal cleanup along the coastlines of Baugher’s Bay, Brandywine Bay and ...
The recently piloted “Green Scheme” at the annual Night of Nations event held at Cedar International School was deemed a great success as 85% of the waste of the ...
Litter wardens who approached persons about their untidy environs and properties have been threatened, At-large Representative Archibald Christian announced in the ...
Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Kedrick Pickering said the BVI cannot move forward without taking care of the environment. Debating the 2012 budget in the House of ...
Green VI has handed over to Government draft legislation that could swiftly revise current legislation that restricts the use of renewable energy in the BVI. The ...
Amongst the ugliness of discarded equipment, bottles, tires, and excessive litter that has plagued one the territories most beloved beaches emerges a shining hope ...
Wednesday, February 22 – A two-day workshop on Greening the Economy towards Sustainable Development in the BVI began yesterday at the Treasure Isle Hotel. The ...
Wednesday, 22th February, 2012 – My Government has entered office at a time of great political and economic upheaval around the world and at a time when we ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 20th February, 2012- The BVI Tourist Board is challenging primary and secondary students territory-wide to put their best ...
Tuesday, February 7 – As the Solid Waste Department’s cutting crew works to clear the Territory’s roadsides and keep them litter free for the benefit and ...
Monday, January 30 – The Virgin Islands will join with this rest of the world on February 2, 2012 to observe World Wetlands Day under the theme, “Wetlands and ...
On Saturday, January 14, 2012, the proud winners of the East Beautification Committee’s first annual Deck Your Yard Contest received their cash prizes and other ...
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 23rd December, 2011 – Visitors come from near and far to experience the lush green lands, clear blue seas and enchanting ...
Tuesday, December 20 – The Solid Waste Department is urging private truckers and waste disposal contractors to sort bulky waste items such as metal, concrete, ...
Thursday 15 October 2011 — A new cactus species has been identified for the BVI. A columnar cactus, known scientifically as Stenocereus fimbriatus, has been ...
The East Beautification Committee (EBC) continues its recognition of property owners in the East End, Long Look and Hope Estate communities. The most recent ...
Minister of Communications and Works Mark Vanterpool said authorities have begun to remove materials from the cruise ship dock area as the Road Town Rehabilitation ...
A fun environmental initiative just in time for the holidays is being unveiled through the partnership of the East Beautification Committee (EBC) and the BVI Tourist ...
Friday, November 25 – The National Parks Trust (NPT) of the Virgin Islands hosted its annual Arbour Day Ceremony today at the Queen Elizabeth II National Park ...
What kind of society do we need for a sustainable future? This question is raised every day by a world that is changing quickly. Natural disasters remind us of the ...
Marlon Penn, the eighth district candidate for the National Democratic Party, has said his party plans to develop a beach management policy for the district if ...
Ms. Pearl Smith receives this week’s recognition from the East Beautification Committee for having a “Best Kept Yard.” EBC appreciates her contribution to ...
While the residents of Windy Hill and Handsome Bay continue to cry and plead for some kind of government intervention into the seaweed invasion on their senses and ...
From Dominica to Jamaica, the Caribbean’s green energy movement has made significant strides over the last several years. But for those in the British Virgin ...
Nutmeg Designs, a producer and retailer of green gifts and furnishings, teamed up with TICO, Baker Tilly (BVI) Limited, Caribbean Insurers, Going Green on Gorda, ...
Island Resources Foundation (IRF), a non-government environmental leader in the Caribbean since 1972, has launched the second phase of its BVI Environmental ...
In an effort to underscore the need to recycle in the British Virgin Islands, a group of businesses have put together Tortola’s 1st Annual CHAIR-ity Exhibit and ...
The Moorings Interline Regatta takes place October 11 – 20 celebrating thirty years of racing, parties and activities in the BVI. This year, Sol has teamed up ...
Ten days after the BVI coastal cleanup Governor Boyd McCleary posted a blog, complete with pictures, about the event on the Foreign Commonwealth Office website. In ...
Zoe Walcott-McMillan has encouraged the British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) review its policy and legislation in an effort that, she believes, ...
The Conservation and Fisheries Department is appealing to all volunteers who participated in the 2011 International Coastal Cleanup to submit the collected data as ...
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is said to be up and running but residents of the community are questioning whether things have changed at the site. The residents have ...
During the month of September, the Public Information and Education (PIE) sub-committee of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) will focus on climate ...
The Virgin Islands have been chosen to host the first workshop, entitled “Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into the National Comprehensive Disaster ...
Forty years ago, the elkhorn coral was one of the most common species in the Caribbean. Five years ago, it was listed as critically endangered. The coral’s woes ...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Conservation and Fisheries Department invite volunteers to take part in the 26th annual International Coastal ...
The court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has confirmed the validity of the planning approvals for the development of Quorum Islands (BVI) Ltd. ...
The CGB EcoAction Committee held the first meeting with key stakeholders from various government entities to address environmental issues that are plaguing the ...
Recently the Cane Garden Bay Environmental Action Committee made an appeal to the government to cease a project which it believed posed a serious threat to the beach ...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Conservation and Fisheries Department are inviting volunteers to take part in the 2011 International Coastal ...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour in collaboration with the Conservation and Fisheries Department is informing the public of upcoming meetings ...
Residents of the Territory have been urged to have a waste wise emancipation festival season, and to properly dispose of their waste in the receptacles ...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour, the Conservation and Fisheries Department, the Cane Garden Bay Beach stakeholders, key local agencies and a ...
Recently the Cane Garden Bay Environment Action Committee made a strong appeal to the Conservation and Fisheries Department for an immediate end to a Government ...
Caribbean officials on Thursday called for an immediate halt to a European shipment of reprocessed nuclear waste that will pass near the islands on its way to Japan, ...
The Territory received its annual summer make-over as young people from all districts united to clean and maintain the roadsides during their summer vacation ...
The Conservation and Fisheries Department is proud to announce the formation of the Cane Garden Bay Environmental Action Committee of which they played a ...
The European Union (EU) on Tuesday announced that its Commission approved the first seven sustainability schemes for biofuels. The EU has set the objective of ...
Global temperatures during the month of June were the seventh warmest since record keeping began in 1880, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Communications and Works Minister Julian Fraser says the sewage from the many areas in Road Town and surrounding areas that are dumped in Slaney in the Third ...
H. Lavity Stoutt Community College has formed a “Green Committee” which has been tasked with the responsibility of promoting greater environmental awareness ...