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Saturday, November 16 dawned beautifully and promised to be warm and sunny. On Friday, Brooke and Lillian drove to Vonore to the amazing Overhill Nursery to pick up a big, big load of NATIVE trees, shrubs, and perennials to plant in the bioswale at Mountain Creek Church of Christ. They brought a FULL truck to the Church! Not only did our delightful friend and landscape architect Miko from LandStream Designs arrive to give us direction, Dan from Botanica was also on hand to help with placing plants in the right locations and teaching the volunteers. Best of all, however, were the 45 or so volunteers that arrived to help dig, plant, spread mulch and otherwise make this all possible. Wow!! Even with all that help, we didn’t quite finish, so the landscapers from the church came back to finish getting the rest of the plants in the ground. This church took a huge step toward protecting their creek from stormwater runoff by installing this bioswale! We are so proud of them!! As Kyle, the youth minister from the church so appropriately stated, “Now I really can’t wait until Spring to see how it all looks then!”
https://i0.wp.com/www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dad-and-son-plant-tree-together-e1574714814118.jpg?fit=1512%2C2016&ssl=120161512Mary Beth Suttonhttps://www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/finalArtboard-4-copy-11@4x.pngMary Beth Sutton2019-11-25 16:01:292019-11-25 16:02:23Thanks to Mountain Creek Church of Christ and all of the volunteers, we have a bioswale!
https://www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/finalArtboard-4-copy-11@4x.png00Mary Beth Suttonhttps://www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/finalArtboard-4-copy-11@4x.pngMary Beth Sutton2019-09-04 13:40:412019-09-04 13:40:41From Barbies and Plastic Blobs to a New Outlook
You may have noticed over the last few years, a certain movement, gaining traction each and every day. The spread of photos and videos showing the devastating effects of plastic pollution completely covering wetlands, beaches, and landscapes have been very effective at getting us to open our eyes to one of the most pressing issues of our time.
In the Caribbean, plastic waste makes up a large proportion of debris reaching the sea from
sources on land. In the ocean it harms marine life, threatens ecosystems, health and the
region’s tourism-based economy. Plastic pollution not only diminishes the natural beauty for
which the islands are known; it also compromises the role of the ocean as a provider of food,
other resources, and livelihoods.
In February 2017, the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) launched
the #CleanSeas Campaign to engage governments, the public, civil society, and the private
sector in the fight against marine plastic litter. It aimed to address the root-cause of marine
litter by targeting the production and consumption of non-recoverable and single-use plastic
by engaging citizens to address the problem in their daily lives. More than anything else,
#CleanSeas aims to highlight the scale of the problem.
By April 2019, nine countries in the Wider Caribbean Region had joined sixty other nations in
the #CleanSeas Campaign. These were Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Grenada, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Several of these countries are participating in the IWEco Project which is partially executed
by UN Environment’s Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), Secretariat to the Cartagena
Convention, the only legally binding environmental agreement in the Region.
CEP works to support implementation of the Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution (LBS)
Protocol and the Caribbean Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLI).
In 2018, it prepared a technical research brief on the implementation of Styrofoam and Single
Use Plastic Bag bans in the Caribbean, and, introduced an interactive map to help in the tracking of progress. These products are being used to raise awareness, throughout the region, on progress made to reduce marine pollution from trash.
WaterWays is proud to be a part of the ongoing education in the Caribbean and the Southeastern United States with organizations like IWeco.
Join WaterWays every Tuesday for #TosstheStrawTuesday, and tag us on social media, @mywaterways. Help show your friends, family, and community that you’re breaking up with plastic, one straw at a time.
https://www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/finalArtboard-4-copy-11@4x.png00Mary Beth Suttonhttps://www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/finalArtboard-4-copy-11@4x.pngMary Beth Sutton2019-07-31 19:46:222019-07-31 19:46:22It’s High Time for Us to #BreakUpWithPlastic!
Feb. 20, 2019 (St. Lucia) – Nadia Cazaubon is hard at work in St Lucia. She is busy directing the Caribbean arm of the organization, coordinating with the community, teaching them citizen science, and also looking to expand to new communities.
This talk is the 3rd in a series of 9 talks at the Saint Lucia Knowledge Fair. This event is organized by The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
So what’s the answer? Listen to the talk and find out from Nadia herself! 😉
https://i0.wp.com/www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/nadiacompressed.png?fit=827%2C720&ssl=1720827Mary Beth Suttonhttps://www.caribbean-sea.org/kids4cw/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/finalArtboard-4-copy-11@4x.pngMary Beth Sutton2019-02-22 10:51:482019-02-22 11:25:57Caribbean Programme Director Nadia Cazaubon: Is Clear Water Clean Water?
The title of the catchy calypso song from a few years ago, St Lucia, We Love, really captured the essence of this trip to our Caribbean home base. While the traffic was horrendous, the place and people were simply wonderful. I learned about regattas by being a helper for the Yacht Club’s Mango Bowl Regatta, thanks to Lily! Two experiences made the trip exceptional. One was all about our young people who have grown up into smart, caring young adults who are doing great things in their communities. It made my year to talk to and watch Neige, Kimberly, Keiwa, Kievan, and Pernill in action making their country a better place! The other is working with the
View from Mango Beach Inn
Neige!
The spinnakers are out!
One of the bright young people in Marigot!
Mango Bowl Regatta
Pernill and his friend
Muddy waters entering the sea at Roseau Bay
Newly elected President of the Marigot Pirates environmental club!
Looking East from Dennery.
Neige!
View from Mango Beach Inn
Pernill and his friend
Muddy waters entering the sea at Roseau Bay
kids of today who are participating in community or school environmental clubs and who have such great enthusiasm and joy in being together under the watchful eyes of a caring teacher like Valerie or our fabulous colleagues in the Peace Corps, Sean and Sarah, or our very own Nadia! Our reusable grocery bags were a big hit! The Marigot kids earned money for their projects by selling them all so very fast! Now we are working with a small grocer to also sell them for us. The grocery stores in St. Lucia no longer give out plastic bags, so this is great timing!
If we all just loved St. Lucia (or our own country) just a little bit more, then maybe our waters would be clean again and the plastic bags and straws and bottles wouldn’t be covering our ocean gyres. Love St. Lucia!
Looking East from Dennery.
Newly elected President of the Marigot Pirates environmental club!
One of the bright young people in Marigot!
The spinnakers are out!
Mango Bowl Regatta
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Our website has moved!
/in Uncategorized/by Leslie SmithCaribbean SEA is now WaterWays Caribbean.
Our new website address is:
mywaterways.org
Thanks to Mountain Creek Church of Christ and all of the volunteers, we have a bioswale!
/in Clean Water, Conservation, Education, Green Infrastructure, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Tennessee Valley, Water Quality/by Mary Beth SuttonSaturday, November 16 dawned beautifully and promised to be warm and sunny. On Friday, Brooke and Lillian drove to Vonore to the amazing Overhill Nursery to pick up a big, big load of NATIVE trees, shrubs, and perennials to plant in the bioswale at Mountain Creek Church of Christ. They brought a FULL truck to the Church! Not only did our delightful friend and landscape architect Miko from LandStream Designs arrive to give us direction, Dan from Botanica was also on hand to help with placing plants in the right locations and teaching the volunteers. Best of all, however, were the 45 or so volunteers that arrived to help dig, plant, spread mulch and otherwise make this all possible. Wow!! Even with all that help, we didn’t quite finish, so the landscapers from the church came back to finish getting the rest of the plants in the ground. This church took a huge step toward protecting their creek from stormwater runoff by installing this bioswale! We are so proud of them!! As Kyle, the youth minister from the church so appropriately stated, “Now I really can’t wait until Spring to see how it all looks then!”
Outreach Update
/in Uncategorized/by Mary Beth SuttonFrom Barbies and Plastic Blobs to a New Outlook
/in Uncategorized/by Mary Beth SuttonIt’s High Time for Us to #BreakUpWithPlastic!
/in Caribbean, CaribbeanSEA, Clean Water, Education, st lucia/by Mary Beth SuttonYou may have noticed over the last few years, a certain movement, gaining traction each and every day. The spread of photos and videos showing the devastating effects of plastic pollution completely covering wetlands, beaches, and landscapes have been very effective at getting us to open our eyes to one of the most pressing issues of our time.
In the Caribbean, plastic waste makes up a large proportion of debris reaching the sea from
sources on land. In the ocean it harms marine life, threatens ecosystems, health and the
region’s tourism-based economy. Plastic pollution not only diminishes the natural beauty for
which the islands are known; it also compromises the role of the ocean as a provider of food,
other resources, and livelihoods.
In February 2017, the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) launched
the #CleanSeas Campaign to engage governments, the public, civil society, and the private
sector in the fight against marine plastic litter. It aimed to address the root-cause of marine
litter by targeting the production and consumption of non-recoverable and single-use plastic
by engaging citizens to address the problem in their daily lives. More than anything else,
#CleanSeas aims to highlight the scale of the problem.
By April 2019, nine countries in the Wider Caribbean Region had joined sixty other nations in
the #CleanSeas Campaign. These were Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Grenada, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Several of these countries are participating in the IWEco Project which is partially executed
by UN Environment’s Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), Secretariat to the Cartagena
Convention, the only legally binding environmental agreement in the Region.
CEP works to support implementation of the Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution (LBS)
Protocol and the Caribbean Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLI).
In 2018, it prepared a technical research brief on the implementation of Styrofoam and Single
Use Plastic Bag bans in the Caribbean, and, introduced an interactive map to help in the tracking of progress. These products are being used to raise awareness, throughout the region, on progress made to reduce marine pollution from trash.
WaterWays is proud to be a part of the ongoing education in the Caribbean and the Southeastern United States with organizations like IWeco.
Join WaterWays every Tuesday for #TosstheStrawTuesday, and tag us on social media, @mywaterways. Help show your friends, family, and community that you’re breaking up with plastic, one straw at a time.
What’s going on? What’s all the excitement about?
/in CaribbeanSEA, Clean Water, Newsletter, TenneSEA/by Mary Beth SuttonFifteen Years Really Flew By!
/in CaribbeanSEA, TenneSEA/by Mary Beth SuttonCaribbean Programme Director Nadia Cazaubon: Is Clear Water Clean Water?
/in Caribbean, CaribbeanSEA, Clean Water, st lucia, Water Quality/by Mary Beth SuttonThis talk is the 3rd in a series of 9 talks at the Saint Lucia Knowledge Fair. This event is organized by The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
So what’s the answer? Listen to the talk and find out from Nadia herself! 😉
Sea Currents – Fall 2018 Newsletter
/in Uncategorized/by NaomiSt. Lucia We Love
/in Caribbean, CaribbeanSEA, Clean Water, st lucia, Uncategorized/by NaomiThe title of the catchy calypso song from a few years ago, St Lucia, We Love, really captured the essence of this trip to our Caribbean home base. While the traffic was horrendous, the place and people were simply wonderful. I learned about regattas by being a helper for the Yacht Club’s Mango Bowl Regatta, thanks to Lily! Two experiences made the trip exceptional. One was all about our young people who have grown up into smart, caring young adults who are doing great things in their communities. It made my year to talk to and watch Neige, Kimberly, Keiwa, Kievan, and Pernill in action making their country a better place! The other is working with the
kids of today who are participating in community or school environmental clubs and who have such great enthusiasm and joy in being together under the watchful eyes of a caring teacher like Valerie or our fabulous colleagues in the Peace Corps, Sean and Sarah, or our very own Nadia! Our reusable grocery bags were a big hit! The Marigot kids earned money for their projects by selling them all so very fast! Now we are working with a small grocer to also sell them for us. The grocery stores in St. Lucia no longer give out plastic bags, so this is great timing!
If we all just loved St. Lucia (or our own country) just a little bit more, then maybe our waters would be clean again and the plastic bags and straws and bottles wouldn’t be covering our ocean gyres. Love St. Lucia!