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Sustainable development must remain central on the road to fiscal sustainability, according to Greenrock. Described as one of three “mega-trends”, Bob Richards partially credited the drop in oil prices to the island’s recovering economy, in his Budge...

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” — Navajo proverb An international programme from the Foundation for Environmental Education, the Eco-Schools initiative aims to empower students to be the change our su...

Abbie Caldas, the schools programme manager for Greenrock, invited Young Observer to join her at West Pembroke Primary School to learn about what it means and why schools are striving to become Eco-Schools in Bermuda. In its 20th year around the wor...

Environmentalist groups have welcomed the Bermuda Government’s stated aim to move towards “least cost, high quality and sustainable” electricity. This week, the Bermuda Government tabled the Electricity Bill, which will open up the Island’s power gen...

Environmental group Greenrock expressed solidarity with the organisers of a climate change march in Paris. The Global March for the Climate had been scheduled to be held on Sunday, but was banned by the French Government due to the recent terror atta...

Greenrock is holding a rally in Hamilton to demonstrate solidarity with Paris and promote international efforts to mitigate climate change. More than 200,000 people will be taking part in a climate change march in the French capital on Monday and Tu...

A pledge to commit to gender equality and a focus on human rights have piqued the interest of environmentalists. While the Throne Speech neglected to hit a few items from Greenrock’s wish list, Jonathan Starling said there were certainly things he we...

Environmental group Greenrock has called for a range of initiatives in an effort to protect the Island and its waters. Speaking in advance of next week’s Throne Speech, Greenrock executive director Jonathan Starling listed a range of initiatives that...

Greenrock’s new executive director Jonathan Starling has said that social and economic sustainability will be an important factor in ensuring a healthy environment for future generations. Mr Starling, a former aquarist with the Department of Conserv...

Delayed garbage collection may have led to concern among many residents — but sustainable development organisation Greenrock has found a silver lining to the cloud. Group member Abbie Caldas said she is glad waste was allowed to mount, if only to mak...

Dear Sir, I am writing after seeing advertisements placed recently in your paper for leadership positions in two well-known Bermuda non-profit organisations. The St George’s Foundation is seeking a general manager and Greenrock is looking for an exe...

Let’s just start by acknowledging that we are all in this together: we use electricity where and when we want, Belco responds to our demand by investing in generators to supply the electricity that we want, and the Government decides how much we pay ...