Updated: Apr 19, 2022, 07:11 PM
Eugene Dean (second from the left), chairman of Greenrock talks about Earth Day (Photograph: Blaire Simmons).
Bermuda’s environmental charities have joined forces to celebrate Earth Day.
Greenrock, Keep Bermuda Beautiful (Bermuda National Trust), and other groups have announced they will release a list 13 different environmental actions that anyone could take on April 22 to make a positive difference.
The charity challenged the public to use reusable bags and collect trash. They also encouraged them to plant trees, take nature walks, use zero-emission vehicles such as bicycles, reduce their electricity consumption, and go meatless.
Eugene Dean, chairman at Greenrock, stated that the Earth Day Challenge offers everyone, regardless their age, an opportunity to take some form of environmental action.
He added, “I’m going to try to complete all 13 of them. I encourage everyone to do whatever they can.”
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute and Beyond Plastics are also supporting the effort.
Dean stated that Earth Day was established in 1970 by Mr Dean and is considered the beginning of the environmental movement.
He stated that industrialization and the smell of pollution were linked to progress. People had little knowledge about the harmful effects of polluted environments.
Earth Day was responsible to raising awareness.
KBB will host clean ups at 22 locations on the island in celebration of Earth Day. KBB has enlisted the help of eight corporate groups, 14 schools and 600 volunteers.
Buy Back Bermuda, a collaboration of the Bermuda National Trust & the Bermuda Audubon Society, will officially open the Eves Pond Nature Reserve at North Shore in Hamilton Parish.
The group purchased the property eight years back. In the past two decades, the area has been cleared from invasive plants. In addition, the pond has been filled with Flatts Inlet sand.
Myles Darrell from the BNT’s head of natural heritage said: It is an opportunity to learn more about a beautiful space made possible by the Buy Back Bermuda Team.
He said that he was happy that Earth Day would bring people closer together, and that he hoped it would help people form positive habits that can be carried on well beyond Friday.