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SEED #Bermuda – Social Economic Environmental Sustainability

SEED aspires to see a genuinely inclusive Bermuda, a Bermuda which is affordable for everyone, where everyone has access to quality education and employment and where the island’s current economic crisis, financial hardship and pervasive poverty are but a distant memory.  We wish to create vibrant, healthy, well-connected communities across the island, communities of island residents who are engaged socially, economically, culturally and intellectually, and where our people enjoy adequate freedoms to live self-directed lives in pursuit of their highest ambitions.

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The Insidious #PlasticProblem by #Bermuda Blue @jfd2205 @PlasticPollutes @Bermuda #PlasticPollution

19278-200While those behind the current road safety campaign, the RG and Piece of the Rock, are to be congratulated there is another insidious problem that has not really been talked about, let alone addressed.

The figures in this story should shock any right-thinking man, woman or child – unfortunately they won’t.

Bermuda’s overall mentality is not geared towards the environment. It is a throw-away society where the first thought is “to get rid of” rather than “to mend” …

271-200The figures are absolutely shocking!

Read Full Article @ The insidious plastic problem — Bermuda Blue

@AmericasCup #Bermuda Turtle Dilemma @bestbermuda

The removal of sea turtles from Bermuda’s waters ahead of the upcoming America’s Cup raises serious “ethical dilemmas”, admit the country’s leading environmental groups.

In preparation for a period of intense “marine traffic”, caused by the arrival of a fleet of 50-foot catamarans for the upcoming America’s Cup, various local authorities are temporarily relocating the growing number of sea turtles that inhabit Bermuda’s near-shore waters.

The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST), however, has warned that …

Read more @ America’s Cup turtle problem poses serious “ethical dilemmas”, environmental groups warn

 

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BEST (Bermuda Environmental & Sustainability Taskforce)

featured image via bermudabiology.wordpress.com

Cahow Cam Project #Bermuda @NonsuchIsland

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This is the LiveStream page for the Nonsuch Island Cahow Cam Project. This project will provide live streaming from the nesting burrows of the Cahow. The Cahow Recovery Project is a long-term management, research and recovery programme aimed at reducing threats to the National Bird of Bermuda, the Cahow or Bermuda petrel (Pterodroma cahow). It also aims to promote the recovery of this endemic species, which is now one of the rarest seabirds on Earth and is completely unique to the island.

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Longtails: The #Bermuda Dream – Dr. Reg Grundy

Reginald Roy “Reg” Grundy, ACOBE (born 4 August 1923) is one of the most successful Australian entrepreneurs, and media and television moguls of his generation.

Since 1995, Grundy has indulged in his life-long passion of wildlife photography. In June 2009, the photographic exhibition “Longtails: The Bermuda Dream” which featured sound and video slides of the Bermuda Longtail captured on film by Grundy, opened in The Rick Faries Gallery at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.

source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Grundy

#Bermuda – Off The Beaten Path #HiddenGems @petersgreenberg

Bermuda is an archipelago of more than 120 small islands, which have some of the country’s richest national resources. There’s Nonsuch Island, the whole of which is a wildlife sanctuary. There, you’ll find Bermuda’s national emblem and one of the most endangered birds in the world.

Back on the mainland, there are some less traditional modes of transportation. Renting a car may only be for residents, but you can hit the road on two wheels. Watch Peter Greenberg as he heads off the beaten path in this edition of Hidden Gems: Bermuda. For more information, please visit

PeterGreenberg.com/category/hidden-gems

#Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences [BIOS] – On the Rock 2008 pt.1-5 @biosstation

2008: On the Rock (Part 1)

Stuart Hayward introduces the 2008 BIOS Explorer series “On the Rock”. Drs. Andreas Andersson and Samantha de Putron discuss the concepts of ocean acidification, including the importance of carbonate ions and dissolution to coral growth. Meanwhile the BioNauts pump exhaust fumes into seawater to see what happens to its acidity (pH).

2008: On the Rock (Part 2)

With the help of coral researcher Kate Degnan, the BioNauts undertake an experiment to investigate the effects of ocean acidification on the growth rate of live coral. They also conduct a fish bite count while snorkelling on a local reef in order see just how much damage parrot fish do to the coral while feeding. Drs. Andersson and de Putron explain how corals reproduce, are ‘recruited’ onto a reef as juveniles and how this formative stage in the life cycle is crucial for the continued health of Bermuda’s reef ecosystem.

2008: On the Rock (Part 3)

BIOS Education Officer JP Skinner explains how Bermuda’s unique cave system has formed over millions of years and in doing so, chronicled changes in sea level as the caves have slowly flooded. Bermudian cave diver Bruce Williams talks to the BioNauts about the wonders (and dangers) of diving the Walsingham caves and the need to protect them for future generations. The BioNauts survey the local coastline for potential new caves systems and take water samples to monitor the levels of pollution.

2008: On the Rock (Part 4)

The BioNauts revisit the 2006 coastal restoration site at Cooper’s Island to check up on its progress, before heading off to a new site to begin the process all over again! Then Patrick Talbot from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo helps the BioNauts construct three Longtail nesting “igloos” to protect the breeding population during hurricane season.

2008: On the Rock (Part 5)

Deep sea explorer Nick Hutchings explains how Bermuda came to be the island we recognise today, from it’s humble beginnings as a bump at the bottom of the ocean to it’s close encounter with a meteor 33 million years ago! The BioNauts perform a depth sounding, just like the original Challenger expedition in the 1800’s and compare it to a modern technique currently being used to map the deep ocean around Bermuda. Finally, the BioNauts watch as BIOS’ remotely operated vehicle surveys the Bermuda sea mount at a depth of 363 metres.

 

Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences  bios.edu

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