Abbie at UNA member of Greenrock Bermuda joined almost 100 representatives from 60 other countries at the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) General Assembly in Copenhagen.

Abbie Caldas, manager for the Bermuda Eco-Schools programme, took part in a conference designed to address environmental education and worldwide sustainability.

ObamaU.S. President Barack Obama announced a plan on Tuesday to create the world's largest marine preserve, significantly expanding a remote region of the Pacific Ocean where drilling, fishing and other commercial activities are prohibited.

Obama announced the proposal in a video at the U.S. State Department's Our Ocean conference in Washington.

Grease BallsGovernment has provided further details on the progress being made in order to stop the appearance of sewage on South Shore beaches.

Among the measures are "significant improvements" to the Tynes Bay septage facility, which are being planned and implemented, and "visiting engineers" will be weighing in on the feasibility of current proposals for a waste water treatment facility, according to a Government spokeswoman.

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RichardBransonI've decided to begin this week's article with a bit of a quiz to try to make sure you are all awake and paying attention.

Let me give you the names of eight of our neigbours to the south and let's see if you can guess what they all have in common: Aruba, The British Virgin Islands, the Colombian Islands, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and Turks & Caicos?

Carbon War Room logoThe Carbon War Room has been named NGO of the Year in the 2014 BusinessGreen Leaders Awards —the largest sustainability awards in Europe.

The award recognised the War Room's impact over the past year, especially in maritime shipping and island economies, as well as its potential for even greater impact in the future.

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