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One thousand turn up to help celebrate environmental landmarksThursday, June 09, 2022
About 1,000 people turned out to the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo on Saturday to celebrate World Oceans Day and World Environment Day.
The facility, along with the Bermuda Zoological Society, hosted a free Family Open Day, where they demonstrated their “commitment to ocean conservation”.
David Wingate portrait donated to National Gallery
Thursday, May 12, 2022
A leading conservationist was presented with a portrait of himself in honour of his work.
Ornithologist shows David Wingate helping a fledging Cahow from its nest with two of the seabirds in flight behind him.
A dedication event was held at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo on Saturday.
SailGP preparations underway as Cross Island comes to life
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Sailing fever is now in full swing at the West End ahead of the opening races of SailGP this weekend.
Behind the scenes at Cross Island, headquarters of the Bermuda Grand Prix, the sailing teams and their technical support are immersed in preparations.
BZS Welcomes Youth Climate Summit Participants to Trunk Island
Thursday, May 05, 2022
On Saturday, 30th April, the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) invited 6 participants from the Youth Climate Summit, as well as the Youth Climate Initiative Consulting Director - Dr. Rosemarie McMahon, for a morning of planting native trees on Trunk Island, the BZS Living Classroom. Under the careful guidance of Trevor Rawson, the BZS Trunk Island Project Coordinator, the participants were able to plant 30 native and endemic trees - teaching them the importance of placing trees and shrubs in a newly graded and exposed coastal environment.
Warwick Playground Transformed by the BZS Micro Forest Project
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
If you drove along South Shore in Warwick last Saturday morning you may have seen a large group of people planting at Warwick Playground. The Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) was joined by their Junior Volunteers, members of the BZS Science Club, individuals from the Government of Bermuda’s Department of Parks, employees from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo and corporate volunteers from RenaissanceRe and Aspen Re to plant the second plot for the BZS Micro Forest Project.
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Jonathan Bell
Published Dec 7, 2016 at 8:00 am (Updated Dec 7, 2016 at 7:20 am)
Berkeley students build an Xmas display at the Aquarium (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)
Their mission was to put a smile on children’s faces.
“That’s actually our motto,” said Berkeley Institute S4 student Jahkaya Douglas, who teamed up with six others to design and build an elaborate Christmas display from scratch for charity. It worked: “The children lit right up when they saw it,” he said.
The event was the Bermuda Zoological Society’s Christmas party for youngsters last Friday night.
Jahkaya worked with Kevin DaCosta, Jayorie Fox, Jean-Pierre Lucas, Camerin Pickering, Jecoa Thomas and Eduardo Vieira to build a wooden sleigh, a throne and set pieces to transform a room at the Aquarium into Santa’s workshop.
Hosting the party took some costuming as well, so that Santa himself could attend with students dressed up as elves.
The group teamed up with Trevor Haynes, head of Berkeley’s carpentry department, as well as English teacher Tonisha
Key Holmes, to raise money for BZS classes and conservation programmes — and also to fund their school trip in February to look at further education in Rhode Island.
Berkeley is one of eight secondary schools that will be awarded donations by PartnerRe, as part of its Dollars for Hours programme, at a special reception tonight at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute — where their handiwork will go on display.
PartnerRe awards $30,000 to each school, pairing them with a charitable community project in the process. The Berkeley Institute students originally planned a Hallowe’en event for BZS, until Hurricane Nicole intervened.
For the Christmas project, the team had to put in a lot of extra hours outside class time to get their sets built, and the work shows: the sturdy sleigh can comfortably hold the entire group.
“They came through with flying colours; we can’t speak highly enough about it,” said Joanne Chrisnall, the volunteer co-ordinator for BZS.
“You can see the level of craftsmanship — and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea to dress up as an elf.”