IEyeNews

iLocal News Archives

iEnvironment

iEnvironment News

Turtles get a taste of freedom

A crowd of excited moms, dads, boys and girls waited patiently for the 50 turtles to be released into the waters of the North Sound, and from there to the oceans of the world. The Cayman Turtle Farm’s release programme,…

iEnvironment News

Tiger sharks are coming home

Luiza and Coco, two Tiger Sharks whose movements have been monitored for several months by special satellite tagging devices, were coming home to Cayman Waters. The third shark, Tina, was last heard of off Jamaica in May, but Coco is…

Room to roam for Blues

The Blue Iguanas have now got double the room to roam- thanks to the purchase of a piece of privately owned land in the Salina Reserve. The sale was made possible by willing land owners and an EU grant to…

iEnvironment News

Turning the tide on garbage

The tide is turning for flotsam on Frank Sound’s shores as residents decided to literally take matters in their own hands – filling 27 bags of garbage in one week. Tired of plastic and other debris marring the one-mile stretch…

iEnvironment News

The American ‘allergy’ to global warming: Why?

NEW YORK (AP) — Tucked between treatises on algae and prehistoric turquoise beads, the study on page 460 of a long-ago issue of the U.S. journal Science drew little attention. “I don’t think there were any newspaper articles about it…

iEnvironment News

Foster’s Food Fair IGA introduces another “green” initiative

Foster’s Food Fair IGA is pleased to announce the recent recycling initiative to send cardboard bales to a company in Miami called Miami Waste Paper. Every week a container of about 40 bales weighing anywhere from 600-1100 pounds is sent…

iEnvironment News

Baby Iguanas boom in San Diego Zoo

Over the past week there has been a baby boom for the highly endangered species of the blue iguana in the San Diego Zoo, Two breeding females and their mates remain in the zoo in case the population in Cayman…

Editors Choice iEnvironment News

DOE appeal for public input on marine parks

The Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (DOE) are encouraging the public to speak out  on the desired future state of the marine protected areas in the Cayman Islands. In a series of district meetings the findings from the Darwin…

iEnvironment News

Monitoring your electricity and water makes sense

An innovative way to save money and the Earth is now available to energy users in the Cayman Islands. A system has been developed which allows you to monitor your carbon footprint and counteract increasing operating costs for your home….

iEnvironment News

Dr. Guy Harvey speaks out on local conservation

The impending plight of the endangered Nassau grouper was highlighted in the premier showing of The Mystery of the Grouper Moon on Tuesday. Marine artist and conservationist Dr. Guy Harvey is trying to convince the Cayman Islands government to extend…