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. Published in the July/August issue of Caribbean Beat When tiny turtle hatchlings dig their way out from nests deep beneath the sand, they face long …
Originally written for and published on the Discover Trinidad & Tobago website in 2016 There are many people and things that have landed Trinidad and Tobago in the history books…or which are just plain cool! Here are just some. And if you know more that you think should be here, feel free to give us a shout! …
Continue reading Did you know? 25+ cool facts about Trinidad & Tobago | Discover T&T
Originally written for and published in Discover Trinidad & Tobago magazine in 2013 SOS Tobago is one of the islands’ most vibrant community-based conservation groups. Over two print editions, Discover interviewed some of its team members. SOS president Tanya Clovis grew up in Tobago and returned home after studying at university abroad. According to her, she was in the right …
Continue reading An interview with SOS Tobago’s Tanya Clovis and Giancarlo Lalsingh | Discover T&T
I wanted to be a marine biologist for a spell as a child. I was particularly fascinated by the "big fish" – the fish and mammals that dominated the ecosystem. Sharks in particular fascinated me, being among the few species that had barely had need to evolve over millennia, so perfect was their design. It …
Continue reading Shark protections — a necessity in Trinidad & Tobago
I don't know what to feel. I love my country. Not just because I was born and raised here, or love the natural environment; the playfulness and creativity of our people (sometimes I wonder if we don't actually have a higher than average talent quotient per capita, despite all); and the simple pleasure of …
You know a country by how it treats its most vulnerable: its children, its seniors, its 'differently abled', its 'minorities', its natural environment - including its animals. Shame on us all, mostly for permitting so many governments and political parties to get it so, so wrong for so, so long. Shame. Shame. Shame. The Dangerous …
Continue reading Trinidad’s ‘Dangerous Dogs’ act and what it says about us
We're fairly tree-huggy over at my day job at MEP Publishers. Over the last few years, we've slowly moved closer and closer to being as green a publishing company as one can be in Trinidad and Tobago. We donate as many working electronic items as we can to schools and nonprofits. We've recycled paper for …
Continue reading MEP partners with Piranha for full-scale recycling programme! 🙂
This is something someone on the Animal Welfare Network (AWN) Facebook Page just posted, and part of what gets me so angry about Trinidadians' excessively setting off fireworks (often illegally, since it's against the law to do so within the municipal boundaries of cities like Port of Spain and San Fernando, which often include suburban …
Continue reading Trinidad fireworks… and their collateral damage
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