Island Resources Foundation

Yearly Archives: 2012

Richard Branson on the BVI Environment

Pointing out several ills that have taken place against the local environment, Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group believes that the environment is the BVI’s greatest asset and not tourism. [Read more]

The Most Important Climate Change Effect

Forbes Magazine’s columnist Peter Gleick is a hydroclimatologist who writes for the magazine. His recent article on climate change indicators is very instructive. [Read more]

Historical and Archaeological Society, Museum of Antigua and Barbuda, Newsletter #116.

[apologies for duplicate postings . . . bpMost notable in this edition of the newsletter is a short article by Brian Dyde, “The West Indies Federation: A Sad Story—with an evenSadder Ending.” Dyde simply quotes West Indian leaders’ comments on the… [Read more]

Good Presentation of Donor Data on Why Its Hard to Raise Funds for Environmental NGOs

If you’re like most nonprofits, one of your top priorities is to raise money to support your cause and programs. To raise money, you need to craft strategies to cultivate donors and move them up the engagement ladder. To do this effectively though, you need to understand what motivates donors to contribute money to charity. [Read more]

Marine Science Month on Guana and the Kids Week Program

Lianna Jarecki has just distributed the two reports that follow, which should both be of interest to Island Resource Foundation’s members and supporters: Dear All,Please see the two reports attached. The first summarizes and highlights the activit… [Read more]

TNC Uses Benthic Habitat Mapping for St. Kitts-Nevis Marine Resource Management

A copy of the paper describing this project by Steve Schill, of The Nature Conservancy. [Read more]

How Can Environmentalists Take Up a New Sense of Stewardship?

[This front-page article by Joel Achenbach from the 2 January 2012 Washington Post summarizes some of the dynamics which are forcing leading environmental thinkers to move beyond traditional values of preservation and conservation to the realizati… [Read more]