SKYVIEWS SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS PROGRAMME LAUNCHED ON JULY 11, 2014 AT THE 3rd SYMPOSIUM FOR INNOVATORS IN COASTAL TOURISM IN GRENADA SKYVIEWS SUSTAINABILITY AWARDS Jessica Bensley, CEO of Skyviews Inc. successfully launched the Skyviews Sustainability Awards programme on July 11, 2014 at the 3rd Symposium for Innovators on Coastal Tourism where stakeholders were able to see how their businesses can derive direct benefits from participating in the Awards programme and how the Caribbean and its tourism product will benefit from adopting more sustainable practices. The Skyviews Sustainability Awards programme will help guide businesses through a process to engage better practices that will not only have global impact in terms of who we attract to the Caribbean but also on our communities. The Skyviews Sustainability Awards will achieve the following: Phase 1: Show businesses that have not engaged in sustainability practices, ways they can adopt best practice measures and do so through a very cost effective process. Phase 2: Gather quantitative and qualitative data that can be used to implement solutions and create synergies between NGOs, Governments, donor agencies and the private sectors. THE BIG PICTURE We in the Caribbean must play our part; we MUST act now! Be awarded for your sustainability initiatives. Make more money and save some through...
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Sea level has risen 4-8 inches over the last century. Continuing sea level rise and increasingly frequent and fierce hurricanes and storms in the Caribbean will worsen flooding, storm surges, salinization of coastal aquifers, and erosion of beaches, all threatening island communities. Over 18 islands around the world are on the verge of being totally...
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424 000 tons of waste are generated daily in Latin America and the Caribbean, and less than 35% is processed into regulated sanitary landfills. Nearly two-thirds or 275 000 tons daily ends up in open-air dumps or local waterways. An estimated 57% of the debris is related to shoreline recreational activities, including tourism. During storms or coastal flooding the water can easily bring the waste from the open air dumps and rivers into the...
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called for building linkages between agriculture and tourism as “the obvious solution to addressing our high food import bill and our food and nutrition security.” The cost of food imports to the Caribbean has roughly doubled over the last decade, and hotels and restaurants account for 40%-45% of consumer-related agricultural...
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Demands in the Caribbean are expected to double by 2027, and both economic and environmental costs are high. Electricity rates in the region are typically around US 35¢ per kilowatt-hour, versus 12¢ in the USA, and continued dependence on fossil fuels will exacerbate pollution and other environmental...
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