Topic: Dejea Lyons

Cheers and applause echoed through the arrivals hall of n Owen Roberts International Airport Monday afternoon as Caymanian student and environmental activist Dejea Lyons received a hero's welcome after receiving the prestigious Legacy Award on Thursday

Caymanian environmental activist Dejea Lyons is among 35 young people from around the region participating in a newly launched Caribbean Climate Justice Leaders Academy programme aimed at building knowledge on issues impacting the Caribbean.

Caymanian environmentalist Dejea Lyons has been named one of 16 ambassadors at international youth environment programme Planeteer Alliance, an initiative of the Captain Planet Foundation.

The National Trust has issued an open call for sponsors to assist in sending two young Caymanians to COP27, the 2022 climate conference, in Egypt next month.

Cayman's Dejea Lyons has been named among this year's cohort of Diana Award winners, for her environmental advocacy.

Plastic Free Cayman hosted a beach clean event at South Sound dock on Saturday. The major focus of this beach clean was not to remove bulk items, but to hone in on microplastics, which have entered our ecosystems at high levels.

Caymanian Dejea Lyons, 18, has urged more and immediate action to address the impact of global warming particularly on the world’s oceans at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow on Saturday.

Caymanian environmental activist Dejea Lyons is one of six young editors of global magazine OH-WAKE, whose inaugural issue was released today (8 June) in commemoration of World Oceans Day.

Wielding placards and megaphones, a group of young Caymanian students led several hundred people in a protest demanding action on climate change and calling for a halt to plans for cruise piers in George Town harbour.