Tag: engineering

Environment and climate change in Jamaica: Some outstanding matters

May 1, 2024

Some thoughts have been floating around in my mind on a number of developments in Jamaica. So I decided to collect them all in one place. I was just reminded of the George Orwell concept of “Doublethink” from 1984. “Cognitive dissonance” is an internal struggle not quite governed by Orwell’s dystopian stringency – but we … More Environment and climate change in Jamaica: Some outstanding matters

Climate Change Project Funding Opportunities for Civil Society Organizations

March 8, 2020

I must try to share more of these kinds of opportunities online, as not everyone sees emails and social media posts. Here are a couple of funding opportunities for community-based organizations in the Caribbean. Thanks to Katherine Blackman from the Climate Change Division at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation for sharing this.  … More Climate Change Project Funding Opportunities for Civil Society Organizations

Mother Beats Daughter: But Can We Go To the Root of the Problem Please, Asks WROC?

October 5, 2017

Social media is a strange and rather frightening creature at times. Quite regularly, it throws up something that terrifies and shocks Jamaicans, with no context or background of course. Just out of the blue. So again recently, a video of a woman in rural Jamaica beating her thirteen year-old daughter in rural Jamaica suddenly popped … More Mother Beats Daughter: But Can We Go To the Root of the Problem Please, Asks WROC?

Shanice Henry, Treading Her Own Path at Beaches Negril

August 6, 2017

It’s been a weekend of mixed emotions, so far. It’s Independence weekend and many of us are focused on the World Championships athletics meet in London. The results so far have been, well… mixed. On the plus side though, a tropical wave has brought us welcome rain and cooler temperatures. Here’s something more to lift … More Shanice Henry, Treading Her Own Path at Beaches Negril