Counting Down to Earth Day 2016 in Jamaica (And Go Plant a Tree!)
How is our Mother Earth doing, as Earth Day appears on the horizon once more? How is Jamaica doing? I would say our amazing planet – including our beautiful island – may be heading for the Emergency...
View ArticleNegril Beach Discussions, Bird Shooting Season Opens, Desertification in...
I have been a little under the weather, and so rather late in posting my weekly stories. However, much has been happening in Jamaica and further afield – including numerous stories about the harmful...
View ArticleChildren of the Mountains
I feel a small hand slip into mine. It is dry, and the palm a little rough. I look down and see a girl named Andrina, walking beside me in her dark blue school uniform, keeping up a little monologue....
View ArticleOur School Year Continues in the Garden: A Post from the S.T.E.P. Centre on...
Since it is difficult to share from a non-WordPress blog, I have copied and pasted this beautiful post from my friends at the S.T.E.P. Centre in Kingston. I remember seeing their garden (once a dump...
View ArticleForget the Stinkin’ Toe Tree and Walk-Foot People: Kingston Is The City of...
Our capital city (and my home) of Kingston is upside down at the moment. There is a mania of “road widening,” which has resulted in the destruction of several large (and by large, I mean very old)...
View ArticleIn the Northeast Kingdom
This is the first time that I have written a post on my phone, so this is something of an experiment. We have spent the past week in the Northeast Kingdom – that is, the Northeast corner of the State...
View ArticleTrees of Jamaica (and I Need More Education)
I missed out on International Day of Forests this year (it was March 21). I love trees, and I love taking photos of them, so I thought I would pay a little photographic tribute to these incredible...
View ArticleWhat Is It About Trees That Jamaicans Don’t Like?
Happy National Tree Planting Day! Many years ago, we moved into our house in what was then a relatively green, leafy area of uptown Kingston. Charles, who used to clean up our yard, insisted that we...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Love Trees
Following on from my rather gloomy post earlier today, I wanted to highlight all the reasons why we should love trees. Or at least as many as possible – this is not a comprehensive list of reasons....
View ArticleWe Can Do It: Three Million Trees in Three Years, Says Prime Minister
I confess that I am still a little hazy about the Prime Minister’s plan, announced with considerable fanfare at the recent Climate Action Summit, to plant three million trees in three years. I would...
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On Trees That Feed…and What Feeds Them
The Prime Minister made an announcement about a major tree-planting programme on September 27, 2019 at the United Nations General Assembly. We are waiting to hear details, although I hear that the...
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Ode to a Poui Tree
Every morning, while taking a shower, I gazed out of the window. There was always the poui tree, looking a little different every day. Sometimes its branches looked a little thin, almost leafless,...
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Negril Beach Discussions, Bird Shooting Season Opens, Desertification in...
I have been a little under the weather, and so rather late in posting my weekly stories. However, much has been happening in Jamaica and further afield – including numerous stories about the harmful...
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A Poem for Earth Day 2020: Mother Maple by Brenda Cave-James
I am copying and pasting this from my dear friend Anne C. Bailey’s blog. The link is here. I am sorry that the tree had to be felled (I don’t believe in chain saws). It’s a lovely poem though, that...
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PM Holness, NEPA, KSAMC, NWA – Is Anyone Listening? Communities’ calls for...
I wrote recently about the “uglification” of Kingston. While downtown Kingston is (thankfully) getting some of the attention it deserves, further uptown it’s a developer’s paradise, a free for all....
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Escaping to the country
We had the opportunity for a short break, and it was wonderful. We got out of town. The weather in western Jamaica changed every moment. There was a rushing in the trees as rain approached. The fan...
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“Nature is our lifeline”: A young indigenous Surinamese woman speaks during...
Caribbean Tree Planting Week (July 5 – 11, 2021) was diverse, vibrant, packed with valuable information, and full of youthful energy. Two sessions per day for a week, it covered a great range of...
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“Keep fighting the good fight”: On World Ranger Day, a message from a...
You would not believe how much work goes on in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These beautiful mountains encircle the (not so beautiful) capital...
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Jamaica’s Kids Climate Camp plants seeds of awareness
There is a perception that younger children cannot grasp climate change issues. It’s too complicated. So, at least in Jamaica, education on climate change only begins with high school students, who...
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A passion for Planet Earth
That is all. That’s my passion, and if you read a few of my blog posts, or read my tweets (@petchary) you will quickly realize this. This was a Bloganuary prompt a few days ago; yes, I am still a few...
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