Our Environment

Celebrating 30 years of ICC, countries around the globe celebrated this year under the theme ‘Fighting for Trash Free Seas.’ On Saturday September 17, 2016, Ocean Conservancy, the global organization behind the International Coastal Clean-up mobilized people all over the world to remove trash from their beaches, oceans and water ways and to identify the […]

Ozone Day The 2016 theme for International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is ‘Ozone and climate: Restored by a world united, with the tagline: Working towards reducing global-warming HFCs under the Montreal Protocol. This year’s theme focuses on the efforts of all parties to the Vienna Convention and Montreal Protocol towards the

In and around our capital city of Georgetown, you can find Parks, Gardens and even a Zoo.

Bees are one of nature’s hardest working creatures, and because of their industrious nature, we as humans owe many thanks to this amazing yet often underappreciated insect. As bees go about their business of collecting nectar, they also perform the vital service of pollination.

Trees are certainly one of the most fascinating things on our planet. Joyce Kilmer, struck by the wonder of a tree, came to the conclusion that it had to be made by God. Besides being beautiful, trees stand tall in keeping our environment in balance. Trees take in much of the harmful carbon dioxide in

‘An old tree is hard to bend’ is an old proverb which implies that it is easier to impress change on the young, compared with older persons, who may be set in their ways. This view is sometimes referred to as the impressionable age hypothesis, which has been supported by some studies. Recognizing this fact,

Have you been thinking about what you can do to help safeguard the environment?

We all have at some time or the other experienced the ‘bystander effect’ – a situation where something was happening where help was needed and everyone thought that someone else would make a call or step in – but in the end, no one did or someone did when it was too late.

As schools prepare to closetheir doors, if you are a parent, you are probably wonderingwhat you can do to keep your children gainfully occupied during the holidays.