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Earth Day 2022 postscript: Two priorities for Jamaica and the Planet

May 2, 2022

Earth Day 2022 just slipped past me, while my back was turned – which is most unfortunate. However, I did contribute to a really nice pictorial article produced by Global Voices’ Caribbean team (headed by my ever-encouraging editor, Janine, in Trinidad). We shared our personal memories and thoughts reflected in the photographs we chose. You … More Earth Day 2022 postscript: Two priorities for Jamaica and the Planet

Save Atewa Forest, Ghana From Bauxite Mining

March 15, 2018

Atewa Forest is far away, in Ghana, west Africa. Yet, Ghana is a country with which Jamaica has a shared and significant history. This story of Atewa Forest strikes some chords with us, too. It is a story of biodiversity; of the threat of bauxite mining; of endangered and endemic species; of important forests; and … More Save Atewa Forest, Ghana From Bauxite Mining

Over 34,000 Jamaicans Petition Prime Minister Andrew Holness: Save Cockpit Country

September 30, 2017

Stunning news, as the petition on the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) website has taken off in a big way in the past week or so. The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) team has collected a large number of “hard copy” signatures, on top of the NOW over 20,000 online signatures, in support of the … More Over 34,000 Jamaicans Petition Prime Minister Andrew Holness: Save Cockpit Country

One Million Homeless Jamaicans is too many. Do Summn.

August 28, 2012

Originally posted on mooretalkja:
almost 1-million people, one-third of our population, live in one of 754 squatter communities across the island that’s far too many people i can’t imagine what it must be like to wake up everyday knowing today might be the day they bulldoz e your house and kick you and your children…