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EnvironmentRootz Underground

  Here’s a great story in the Observer about Rootz Underground’s new initiative to encourage persons to plant trees around the world. They are trying to have 100,000 trees planted in the next year. Lots more about Rootz Underground in our archives.  

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Environment

The Green Your Business conference was held on Tuesday, March 22 at the Mona Visitors Lodge, UWI, presented by Shelly-Ann Dunkley and E.C.C.O Magazine, Jamaica’s leading eco-friendly lifestyle publication.  The theme of the conference was “Green Your Biz 2011: Creating ECO-nomic Solutions”. Unfortunately I didn’t get to hear all the

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Environment

On March 22, 2011, E.C.C.O Magazine, Jamaica’s leading eco-friendly lifestyle publication, will host “Green Your Biz 2011: Creating ECO-nomic Solutions” at the University of the West Indies’ Mona Visitors’ Lodge. The inaugural conference will feature organisations that are leading the way in corporate and social responsibility while adopting ways to

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Environment

Here is a statement put out by members of the Jamaica Environmental Advocacy Network (JEAN) on what they are calling a “war on the environment”… Your thoughts? “Reeling from announcement after announcement of the pending destruction of Jamaica’s natural resources, environmentalists and sustainable tourism advocates say the Government of Jamaica

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