Environmentalism Has Failed: A Biocentric Viewpoint Is Needed Now

Living Green Magazine

May 7, 2012

Environmentalism has failed. Over the past 50 years, environmentalists have succeeded in raising awareness, changing logging practices, stopping mega-dams and offshore drilling, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But we were so focused on battling opponents and seeking public support that we failed to realize these battles reflect fundamentally different ways of seeing our place in the world. And it is our deep underlying worldview that determines the way we treat our surroundings.

We have not, as a species, come to grips with the explosive events that have changed our relationship with the planet. For most of human existence, we lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers whose impact on nature could be absorbed by the resilience of the biosphere. Even after the Agricultural Revolution 10,000 years ago, farming continued to dominate our lives. We cared for nature. People who live close to the land understand that seasons, climate, weather, pollinating insects and plants are critical to our well-being.  Read the whole story here.

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Scenes from the roadside clean up

Caymanian Compass

Apr 18, 2012

The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce’s 15th annual Earth Day Roadside Clean-Up took place on Saturday, April 14.

Although the official start was 7am, hundreds of people were out beginning at sunrise as they committed to their goal of cleaning up Cayman’s roadsides and beaches. More than 1,500 people came out representing schools, businesses, church groups and community organisations. After the clean up, everyone was invited to a brunch at Tiki Beach courtesy of LIME.

Nassau Grouper Recovery Efforts Put Cayman Islands on the World Conservation Map

The Bahamas Weekly

Apr 16, 2012

George Town, Grand Cayman - Recent scientific evidence shows that a ten-year effort to protect the spawning aggregation sites for the endangered Nassau Grouper has resulted in a growing and healthy population of the species on the reefs near Little Cayman, a harbinger that the recovery of the species may spread throughout the Caribbean.

After ten years the detective work is finally done, said an exuberant Dr. Guy Harvey, a Cayman resident and an ardent conservationist and internationally known marine wildlife artist.  Read the whole story here.

Drink a beer, save a shark

What’s Hot Magazine
March 12, 2012

  

The Cayman Islands Brewery has a long history with involvement in green initiatives in the Cayman Islands. From the outset the company aimed to adhere to best practices when it came to limiting its impact on the environment, from limiting pollution to promoting recycling.

It recycles Caybrew bottles, which are washed and sterilised before being reused, limiting the number of bottles that end up going to the dump. It also collects aluminium cans for recycling, while the spent grains from the brewing process is used by local farmers to supplement the diet of their livestock.

One of the more recent initiatives was the involvement of the brewery’s latest brand, White Tip Lager, with conservation efforts in the Cayman Islands. Although the packaging of the beer depicts the shark species for which it is named, all species of shark stand to benefit from the sale of the beer, as a percentage of each sales goes towards the Department of Environment’s shark conservation programme.  Read the whole story here.