This page will eventually become a collection of my reviews of Environmental Impact Assessments conducted in the Bahamas. The links lead to a Science and Perspective copy of the EIA as published, then a link to my comments on the EIA as submitted to the developer and the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection. I will also include a brief summary of the EIA. Enjoy.

  • Well, Well, Well…

    $2.5 M sourced for oil exploration or at least, to keep BPC going from an administrative perspective. Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or…

  • You, Me and the Coral Reef Webcast will feature Bahamian High school.

    Hello folks, Space to Create in conjunction with students from North Eleuthera Highschool will be featured in the Ocean Webcast entitled You, Me and the Coral Reef on March 21 at 12 pm. Please use the link below to register for the webcast: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehD2nrajPk_MfjKqkw4LLmFutw-Cj5Apzih_VyjmMvJ-vNkw/viewform Feel free to circulate widely!

  • Sustainable development

    There is so much going on here from a sustainability perspective. The coastlines have been altered changing the deposition of sand and potentially smothering nearby coral reefs. The removal of forested areas is problematic, but much of the internal area was golf course and what seems to be invasive Casuarina trees. Newly created marinas and…

  • Thought on sustainability: Waste not, want not.

    The most expensive resources we have are wasted resources. All resources require energy and other resources to create so when we do not take full advantage of the resources we generate, we lose. How many of your employees have skills you are not capitalizing on? That you perhaps do not even know about? When a…

  • International day of Women and Girls in Science (2019)

    Today (February 11, 2019), is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. You can read a copy of the official resolution International Day of Women and Girls in Science as a pdf, on my website . Today, I want to send a shout out to some of my favorite female scientists. First, my mother Vivienne Davis,…