CARIFESTA: An Explosion of Caribbean Culture
My Instagram feed during CARIFESTA was alive with colour! It was beautiful. I was thrilled to see my friends sharing images and videos showcasing various food, theatre, and artistic expressions from across the Caribbean...
Unearthing the Art of Forest Bathing in the Caribbean
So many persons in search of this inner healing travel to this Caribbean oasis to experience the true benefits of "forest bathing" without venturing to the far East in search of this blessing.
Calypso History Month: From Calypso to Soca Music
Calypso has played a very important role in the processes of confrontation, revolution, and revival in the Caribbean, as well as the invention and establishment of the Caribbean identity and heritage. Overtime, women have...
ICT Development and E-Government
ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is a big topic in developmental forums. From the UN to economic indicators and annual reports, everyone stresses the obligation states have to secure and consolidate their place in the digital world.
Slashing your Grocery Bill with Urban Agriculture!
Food is essential to life and food security is undeniably a necessity for the development of any country. In the Mid-Year budget review, the Finance minister of Trinidad and Tobago reported that retail prices...
Trinidad Carnival on a Budget
The official countdown to the biggest event in Trinidad and Tobago is on - Carnival! Soon, visitors and locals will descend upon the streets of Port-of-Spain for “the greatest show on earth."
Caribbean Immune Boosting Foods
Have you ever thought about what your grandparents ate that made them strong as a lion or solid for years to come? On your Sunday lunch plate or any day of the week rests...
Yachting in the Caribbean
The Caribbean, turquoise green waters, white sandy beaches, tall elegant coconut trees waving in the gentle breezes. Imagine if this was your everyday view from your ‘office’? Sounds like paradise doesn’t it? For some people this is their everyday view, at least for part of the year. The busy season for yachting in the Caribbean is from November, after the hurricane season, to July.
Water Supply in the Caribbean Context
“The energy crisis of the 1970s will take a back seat to the water crisis of the 1980s and 1990.” – United States Department of Agriculture, The Yearbook of Agriculture, 1981
Small Island Developing States...
5 Things You Didn’t Know about the Caribbean
There’s still so much to uncover when it comes to the melting pot of cultures that is the Caribbean.
