Category: environment
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A Surprising Turtle Find and Release
Sea turtles are amazing creatures. They roam a vast area of the high seas for much of their lifespan. For all that time at sea, if they survive, they return to the same beach that they hatched on to nest. These beaches can be a small clump of sand at the bottom off a cliff…
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Negril Beach Trip
As COVID19 restrictions eased in Jamaica, I decided I really needed to get out of the house and do something fun! So I ventured to Negril to enjoy the beach for a few hours. Honestly, I haven’t been there in YEARS and I’ve never actually been to the world-famous 7 Mile Beach. I had no…
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Reduce, Reuse and Recycle then Rethink.
I recently created an instagram business page @4rs_jamaica. Over the past few weeks I have been brainstorming ways to channel one of my passions. I wholly believe in the concept of the 3Rs of sustainability; Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. before COVID19 I spent a year highlighting the importance of that concept at my workplace. In…
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8 Unique Environments of Jamaica
In celebration of this year’s World Environment Day I picked 8 unique and important places in Jamaica that highlights different and important natural environments. Cockpit Country – The Cockpit Country is know as the heartland of Jamaica. It spreads over 75,000 hectares into 6 parishes. It contains the highest biodiversity of flora and fauna on…
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Cockpit Country: Issues
In the previous blog post I wrote about the importance of the Jamaica’s Cockpit Country. In this post I will be detailing some of the issues that the Cockpit Country is now facing. “Cockpit Controversy” as aptly described by local journalist Dionne Jackson-Miller. Last week her 2 part documentary bearing that same title aired on local…
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Cockpit Country: Importance
Jamaica is anglicized word for Xamayca. The name that the indigenous Tainos gave to the island. It translates to “Land of Wood and Water”. One of the few remaining areas of Jamaica that to this day still embodies its original meaning is the Cockpit Country. The Cockpit Country spreads over a vast interior region of…
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Earth Day 2020: 5 ways to be sustainable at home
Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, ironically happens during a time of a global pandemic. The organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970 were fed up with the wanton abuse that was inflicted on the planet for economic gain. They organized, protested and lobbied for the protection of our planet. Earth Day marks the birth of…
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