An initiative taken jointly with Action Bequia may be one of the first steps in addressing the problem. It certainly won’t be the last. By Glen Herbert “This may be the worst algal bloom in the history of mankind on earth that we’ve ever seen,” says George Buckley, a professor of the Harvard University ExtinctionContinue reading “The sargassum crisis”
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Kadeen’s story
“On Bequia, if you tell someone that you are going to be a pilot, they don’t believe,” says Kadeen Hazell. “They think it’s just talk.” He feels that’s true for most people on the island: they don’t have a sense of real possibility. Kadeen, from early days, clearly wasn’t most people. Growing up in PagetContinue reading “Kadeen’s story”
Off to school
Every day students need to travel to St. Vincent to attend high school. One of signature programs of the Grenadines Initiative, the in-country scholarship program helps make sure they get there. Lauriel Stowe wants to be a volcanologist. “We had a geography class,” she says, recalling some years ago, “and [the teacher] was talking aboutContinue reading “Off to school”
