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March 18, 2024
PM Davis encourages students to be environmental stewards: "Our country is worth fighting for -- to preserve all that is beautiful about our environment, our way of life, and our people"
During his Official Opening Remarks at the Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation (BREEF) Extreme Hangout Bahamas climate change student workshop, on March 8, 2024, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis pointed out that the formative experiences in his life continued to be a “guiding light” for him. That included, he said, his early years growing up on Cat Isla...
March 08, 2024
Letter to the Editor: Cultivating environmental awareness
Editor, Many of us grew up in the Caribbean in the last century believing that bushes and weeds were awful sights that needed to be gotten rid of whether on land or water. Similarly, we never gave much thought to land, water, or air because we assumed that they would always be there in more [...]
February 28, 2024
Environmental Health Services Security Officers Successfully Complete Training Course
Thirty-one security officers of the Department of Environmental Health Services successfully completed a 40-hour Security Officers Course at the Police Training College of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, and are pictured with their certificates, February 23, 2024 at the college.
February 13, 2024
Environmental Group Calls on Environment and Natural Resources Minister
Members of the Ethan S. Bain Environmental Health Foundation (ESBEHF) paid a courtesy call on Minister of Environment and Natural Resources the Hon. Vaughn Miller to discuss the group’s current projects and future objectives. During the meeting, representatives of ESBEHF highlighted environmental challenges facing our country, particularly littering and the improper disposal of waste.
Environmental Group Pays Courtesy Call on Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
February 12, 2024
Environmental Group Pays Courtesy Call on Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources
Last week, members of the Ethan S. Bain Environmental Health Foundation (ESBEHF) paid a courtesy call on the Hon. Vaughn Miller, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, to discuss the group’s current projects and future objectives.
Environment Minister presents Strategies for Sustainable Environmental practices at UB Conclave
February 06, 2024
Environment Minister presents Strategies for Sustainable Environmental practices at UB Conclave
In his remarks at the University of the Bahamas’ (UB) Conservation Conclave, the Hon. Vaughn Miller, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources presented five strategies for sustainable environmental practices. These strategies, said Minister Miller, aim to create a “holistic” and “adaptive” conservation model for The Bahamas, addressing the unique environmental challenges and fos...
Ministers underscore environmental awareness and conservation values to students in Andros on World Wetlands Day
February 06, 2024
Ministers underscore environmental awareness and conservation values to students in Andros on World Wetlands Day
The Hon. Vaughn P. Miller, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, the Hon. Zane Lightbourne, State Minister for the Environment, along with government officials led by the Bahamas Forestry Unit, encouraged environmental awareness and conservation values during a visit to Fresh Creek Primary and Central Andros High schools on World Wetlands Day (celebrated February 2nd). Both ministers ...
December 14, 2023
Environmental coalition urges government to join anti-fuel treaty
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Conservation advocates are calling on The Bahamas to join Colombia, Palau, Samoa Nauru in joining the growing movement for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. Our Islands, Our Future (OIOF), a grassroots coalition advocating for a permanent ban on oil exploration and exploitation activities in The Bahamas, has praised the leaders of those [...]
December 12, 2023
Ethan S. Bain Environmental Health Foundation Supports Ranfurly Home
Local nonprofit, Ethan S. Bain Environmental Health Foundation (ESBEHF) recently made a donation in support of Ranfurly Home. Jacqueline Bain (center), ESBEHF’s Founder presented a monetary gift along with two heavy duty garbage bins to the home.
November 16, 2023
Top Winners Named In Lombard Odier’s Inaugural Youth Environmental Initiative
Last month, Lombard Odier Bahamas officially announced the top winners in its inaugural youth environmental initiative. This year’s recipients were asked to describe how a local environmental organization is contributing to a more sustainable future for The Bahamas. A green ribbon panel comprised of Lombard Odier employees and local external stakeholders selected the winners.
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