By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 174 (January/February 2023)
K2K mas in the metaverse…and beyond | Plugin
Trinidad’s K2K has been innovating with their mas designs since debuting their award-winning medium Carnival band in 2012. Now they’ve moved into the NFT and metaverse landscape. Karen and Kathy Norman, the twin designers and investment bankers behind K2K, talk about what this means for mas — as told to Caroline Taylor
Environment, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 174 (January/February 2023)
Towards more sustainable festivals | Green
With their ephemeral nature and reliance on a great number of “single use” materials, Erline Andrews looks at how Caribbean diaspora festivals can become more environmentally sustainable — and at some of the organisations leading the way
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 173 (November/December 2022)
Caribbean nations sound the alarm on climate change | Green
Erline Andrews explains why Caribbean leaders are taking a much tougher stance at COP27 and beyond
History, People, Science, Barbados
By James Ferguson ● Issue 172 (September/October 2022)
Alain Bombard: the voluntary castaway | On this day
Seventy years ago, Alain Bombard journeyed from the Canaries to the Caribbean in a 15-foot dinghy to prove that man could survive on water, fish, and plankton alone. James Ferguson tells the tale
Immerse, Literature, People, Science, United States
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 171 (July/August 2022)
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: Griot of the universe | Snapshot
With a trailblazing Barbadian mother and CLR James for a step-grandfather, award-winning author and scientist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares with Erline Andrews how her Caribbean roots have shaped her success
Homepage Slider, Immerse, Community, Environment, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 171 (July/August 2022)
Trinidad & Tobago’s turtles: the old girls & the sea | Inspire
Community-based organisations have made Trinidad & Tobago the most important leatherback nesting site in the hemisphere. Caroline Taylor shares how, and why you must see these beautiful creatures up close
Embark, Environment, United States, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 170 (May/June 2022)
Turtle-watching in the Caribbean | Eco buzz
Learn about the best places to see leatherbacks, hawksbills, greens, olive ridleys, and loggerheads across the region — and some of the dedicated community organisations working hard to save them
Arrive, Homepage Slider, Environment, Guyana
By Annette Arjoon ● Issue 170 (May/June 2022)
Guyana’s sacred passage | Offtrack
Annette Arjoon-Martins takes us into Guyana’s Barima Mora Passage — part of the Amazon ecoregion, home to unspoilt mangrove, an array of endangered species, and thriving Indigenous culture — and shares why she and her team are working so hard to protect it