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                                                                              YOU! By Satesh Sookhai Most of the times when we think about the environment, we often…

Plastics And The Need For Public Policy

By Delena Indar Waste management is really out of control in Trinidad and Tobago! Just take a walk next to a drain or some grass- you’re almost always guaranteed to find some litter. The World Earth Day theme for 2018 is ‘End Plastic Pollution’. As a global society, it’s fairly impossible at this point to…

The Cashew Gardens Community Recycling Initiative – How one community cleaned up the Caparo River

By Yashoda Singh & Roslyn Williams George HISTORY OF THE PROJECT Caparo River Water Quality Testing (2014-2015) In 2014-2015, the Cashew Gardens Community Council (CGCC), in conjunction with the Social Justice Foundation, participated in a water quality testing programme hosted by WASA. Based on data that was recorded from conception, it was discovered that the water in the Caparo River was heavily…

DIY: A Drip-Bottle Irrigator System for Urbanized Gardening

By: Christopher Kalloo One of the major problems facing the world today is the rate at which human population is increasing. In a 2008 study, the United Nations forecasted that the estimated world population would be just over 9 billion by the year 2050. Estimates also show that by 2020 developing countries of Africa, Asia,…