Engage, Culture, Environment, Food and Cuisine
By Denise Chin ● Issue 122 (July/August 2013)
The organic Caribbean way
Have we come full circle? Is the old becoming the new? From food to clothing, cosmetics to feminine hygiene products, spa treatments,...
Engage, Culture, Environment, Science, Dominica
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 121 (May/June 2013)
Dominica’s great frog rescue
Leptodactylus fallax was always going to have it rough. Of all the places on the planet for this giant frog to call home, it picked the...
Culture, Environment, Travel, Lifestyle, Dominica
By Simon Walsh ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Dominica’s Waitukubali National Trail: up hill and down dale
As you fly into Dominica, the spectacular view over the island’s rugged interior may cause trepidation in the most die-hard hikers. Among...
Community, Culture, Environment, Trinidad and Tobago
By Skye Hernandez ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Fondes Amandes, Trinidad: It takes a village
The month of March is when Trinidad’s dry season, at first so welcome, becomes fierce, turns the vegetation yellow, and parches the...
Culture, Environment, Antigua and Barbuda
By Bridget van Dongen ● Issue 119 (January/February 2013)
Martha Watkins-Gilkes: a tale of two ducklings
Early last June, an employee at the West Indies Oil compound in Antigua noticed a disturbance at the pond where the company stored waste...
Culture, Environment, Science, Jamaica
By Odette Dixon ● Issue 118 (November/December 2012)
Jamaica’s Nature Conservancy: guardians of the sea
The location of one of the Nature Conservancy’s Jamaican projects has been in the news lately, and not in a good way. The buzz is that...
Culture, Environment, Travel, Lifestyle, Grenada
By Paul Crask ● Issue 115 (May/June 2012)
A Green [Organic] Valley in Grenada
“Try the goat’s cheese. It’s amazing.” Shadel Nyack Compton, managing director of Belmont Estate, is buzzing with enthusiasm. She...
Culture, Environment, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 110 (July/August 2011)
Akilah Jaramogi: green days by the river
“I always start my day with bush tea,” says Akilah Jaramogi. This is her time to meditate, to prepare herself mentally for a long...