The Sustainable Lifestyle

Despite multiple efforts having been taken between 2020 and 2021 to support the addition of dune building plants on Saunders Beach via fundraisers, donations and the help of numerous volunteers, our actions done in support of Climate Action have simply been bulldozed for a "beautification affect" of white sandy beaches. This is actually counterintuitive as the purpose of restoring the dune (beach) by adding native stabilizing plants would support the natural ecosystem functions including sand capture (thus preventing the need for excess cleaning of the roads), by default the plants would additionally add a level of wind and water breakage during weather events while also providing a bit of habitat area for our native wildlife (such as birds, crabs, lizards, etc.) and providing a cooling effect (more shade) to those enjoying the beach once more plants are allowed to mature. The restoration process was still in need of more stabilizing plants to be added, yet a SIGNIFICANT amount of progressive work was done. This bulldozing activity is actually the second interruption to the progress made as staff were observed removing plants earlier in the year with the explanation that "only weeds were being removed", despite key stabilizing plants having been part of this removal (a short article referring to this is in the comments).

To all of the donors, volunteers and supporters, we are deeply sorry that we must witness the counter productivity to the progressive restoration efforts made. We assure you that the matter will be addressed with the respective authorities / agencies in an attempt to request that efforts be made to mitigate the work that has been undone.

It was amazing working with Margaux Dempsey, a 15 year old Life Scout from Arvada, Colorado in the development and implementation of her Eagle Scout Project (highest scout rank obtainable) which doubled as our celebration for the International Day of Forests 2022. For her project, with the help of various volunteers, we planted 100+ red and black mangroves at Bonefish Pond National Park and 30 native trees at the New Providence Ecology Park. We are so proud of Margaux and her accomplishments. As a tenth grader who spent her sixteenth birthday in The Bahamas planting trees on her spring break, she sets an example of good moral and environmental stewardship. It’s also worthy to note that this project met requirements for Margaux to start her Duke of Edinburgh - Gold Rank Exhibition 👏

Special thank you to the Bahamas Forestry Unit, the Bahamas National Trust, the US Embassy, the New Providence Ecology Park, project volunteers and all others that helped in making this project a success! 🌱

STOP WASTE AND PROTECT THE PLANET!

♻️ RECYCLE: Turn waste into new material or objects. Recycling reduces the number of items sent to the landfill.
♻️ REUSE: To conserve natural resources and decrease harmful emissions
♻️ REPURPOSE: Get creative and find new ways to repurpose an item used for a different task.

WATCH our TRASH TALK series to learn the many different ways you can reduce, reuse and recycle right at home!

Native Bahamian Plants: Volume 2 is live on the blog page. In this volume we’re learning about Bahamian flowers. Many flowers that we covet are non-native and sometimes even invasive.

To learn about these 5 native flowers, their benefits and their cultural importance, click here https://ecotingsbah.squarespace.com/ecoblog/native-bahamian-plantsvolume-2!

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Island Eco Diary - 5th November 2021 This latest edition of the Island Eco Diary newsletter showcases how the IWEco The Bahamas project has been engaging citizens, assessing the extent of nature's loss and monitoring encouraging signs of

Thank you to all the partners, individuals and companies that assisted us in achieving our goal. 🙏🏾

We love our special advisors so much. The wisdom and expertise they provided was invaluable.

We would like to say thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of our heart.

Check out our profile to follow our recap 😌 we reached our goal of 100K trees planted.

We not only reached our 100K goal. We reached it plus tax!🤩

A special thanks goes out to our landscaping companies that played a big role in our 100K goal.

It was a pleasure working with Bahamas Environmental Group and Transformation Landscape Development.

We couldn’t do a recap without highlighting these two special projects.

Special thank you to Bonefish & Tarpon Trust , MANG, The Bahamas National Trust and Friends of the Environment and the Kiwanis Club of Central Abaco

We not only got trees planted…we also trained some new tree planters that are ready to plant even more trees.

A special thank you to Dr. Ancilleno Davis and Ms. Agnessa Lundy

Follow our recap on our journey to 100K trees.

How else would we celebrate CIBC’s 100th birthday but with some tree planting?

Thank you CIBC and The Bahamas Forestry Unit for making this event a success.

Here’s a few pics from the various planting activities on Saunders Beach.

We planted over 400 plants on Saunders Beach. These plants not only helped us reach our 100K role but will also play a major role in protecting Saunders Beach against beach erosion.

Special Thank You to and

Follow our recap of our journey to 100K trees planted. 🤩

We shipped over 1500 trees to islands all over The Bahamas.

A special thank you to the Bahamas Forestry Unit. We could not have done it without their tremendous assistance.

We did it. we planted 100K Trees. 🤩

We’ll be recapping the past 6 months to show you how we got to our goal of over 100 thousand trees planted.

We thank everyone that help made it possible.

We welcomed 1,008 breadfruit trees this week thanks to Mary and Mike McLaughlin of and Karin of Tissue Grown! Thank you for your continued efforts towards food security in The Bahamas!

A special thanks to all persons that were part of ensuring this process was smooth and successful.

Mobilising climate philanthropy in the Caribbean By Professor Rosalea Hamilton, Chair, Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance In April 2019, at the WINGS peer-learning event in Jamaica, the seeds of a dynamic climate philanthropy initiative, the Caribbean Tree Planting Project, were planted. The event, which brought together foundations from a...

Join us as we embark on a 7 part read-through of the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group 1 Report for Policy Makers. 🥳

We invite you to show up ready to have fun and prepared to leave our shared time together having learned one new thing.🦹🏿‍♀️🦸🏼‍♂️

Registration link below .🌊💙
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqcOCtqzovEtaTTFIrULbbpBHZVn6peIpq

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Happy World Mangrove Day!

After hurricane Dorian in 2019, 73% of mangroves on Grand Bahama and 40% of mangroves on Abaco were destroyed.

As we should know by now, mangroves protect our coastlines and provide homes for juvenile and mature animals. Without mangroves we may not have our islands because they help to build the land that they protect.

A Mangrove restoration project has been going on, on Grand Bahama and Abaco. Contact and or to see how you can get involved.

We need our mangroves and they need us! 🏝

To learn more about mangroves, checkout the post on our blog.

Happy World Mangrove Day🌱

The Perry Institute for Marine Science (PIMS) has recently been awarded a grant to conduct mangrove restorations in Grand Bahama and Abaco. This project aims to address critical gaps by engaging local communities on these islands, as well as using in-water and aerial surveys to assist with restoration efforts.

The PIMS Community Conservation Education & Action (CCEA) program team will be conducting community consultations via an online survey and virtual community meetings. Relevant stakeholders are encouraged to participate and use their local knowledge to indicate priority sites for mangrove assessment and restoration.

We welcome you to participate in the below survey or attend the virtual meetings next week.

Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pimsmangroves

The PIMS CCEA team will host virtual focus meetings as follows:

• Thursday, 29th July @ 12pm – 1pm
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95625106184?pwd=Y3dyZ1hCQ1d3aFlwOEprTkRGbTZFUT09

• Friday, 30th July @ 2pm – 3pm
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95625106184?pwd=Y3dyZ1hCQ1d3aFlwOEprTkRGbTZFUT09

Island Eco Diary In the midst of towering, headless pines, darkened mangroves and an eerie silence, hope grows. A cluster of young Silver Top Palm dances in the sunlight, a symbol of the life that is returning to the

We have been receiving some reports of people giving manatees water - manatees in the Bahamas get fresh water from the sea grasses and algae they eat as well as from rain water runoff, rainwater that collects at the surface in calm water, leaky pipes, a/c and freezer condensation drains, natural underwater springs and possibly even blue holes. There is no doubt that the resident manatees in the Bahamas are capable of finding their own fresh water supplies because they are healthy animals and have maintained their health status for decades. Their greatest risk is boat strikes which is why providing water from a hose at a dock is a double whammy. Please don't provide manatees in the Bahamas with fresh water from a hose.