Topic: Protect Our Future
Legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle celebrates George Town Harbour ‘Hope Spot’
Renowned oceanographer, author and marine biologist Sylvia Earle was in Cayman recently to celebrate George Town Harbour's designation as a Hope Spot by her organisation, Mission Blue.
Young demonstrators call for more renewable energy
Members of the youth environmental group Protect Our Future held a demonstration Friday outside the Government Administration Building to call for early implementation of goals set out in the islands' National Energy Policy.
Youth environmental activists join global campaign against fossil fuels
Cayman's youth environment groups have issued an open call for local students to join the global fight against fossil fuels and send in letters voicing their concern over its impact on the environment.
Students march in protest against single use plastics
Scores of students marched across Cayman's capital in an effort to raise awareness of single-use plastics, and renew their call for a ban.
Youth Climate March against single-use plastic
To raise awareness about the negative impacts of single-use plastic, environmental advocacy group Protect Our Future is holding a Youth Climate March on 4 Nov.
Dejea Lyons honoured with Diana Award for social and humanitarian work
Cayman's Dejea Lyons has been named among this year's cohort of Diana Award winners, for her environmental advocacy.
Protect Our Future launches reef-safe sunscreen campaign
Student-led environmental advocacy group Protect Our Future has launched a new campaign focused on promoting the use of reef-safe sunscreen brands in the Cayman Islands.
Plastic Free Cayman Hosts Community Clean Up on Opening Day
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.
Protect Our Future launches Little Cayman conservation campaign
Student advocacy group Protect Our Future's latest video campaign is focussing on highlighting Little Cayman as a Mission Blue 'Hope Spot'.
Families join forces with Protect Our Future
On Saturday morning, 65 volunteers - mostly children and their families - joined the Protect Our Future students in a community cleanup event at...
Volunteers remove 1.5 tons of trash from Little Cayman beaches
Thirty volunteers removed more than 1.5 tons of trash from the shores around Little Cayman over the weekend, including at one beach that had so much debris on it, the clean-up teams described it as being like a 'small landfill'.
Cayman teen becomes National Geographic Young Explorer
The National Geographic Society has chosen Cayman teenager Ben Somerville to be one of its ‘Young Explorers’.
Protect Our Future takes on road safety
Following an accident in which Cayman International School's physical education teacher Greg Simcoe was badly injured when he was struck by a car, members of youth action group Protect Our Future is calling on government to take stronger measures to make local roads safer.
The future of climate action
The Cayman Compass interviewed some of the islands’ students about their thoughts on climate change, the environmental policies they’d like to see implemented and the role young people play in the climate-change debate.
Protect Our Future calls for mangrove conservation
Protect Our Future members marked Global Wetlands Day on Monday by protesting the destruction of mangroves at an Old Prospect Road site after a developer removed the vegetation and filled the area without planning permission.
Cayman students meet officials to talk climate change
Three members of environmental awareness group Protect Our Future last week brought their concerns about climate change to Cayman energy and regulatory officials.
Cayman students return from climate change conference
Protect our Future members Connor Childs, Olivia Zimmer and Steff Mcdermot recently attended the United Nations COP 25 Climate Conference earlier this month in...
Gov’t: We’re committed to plastics policy
Ministry of Environment officials said they remain committed to addressing Cayman’s single-use plastics usage.
Single-use plastics policy meeting cancelled
Local environmental groups have expressed disappointment over the cancellation of the second meeting of the government-initiated single-use plastic steering committee and the absence of...
Environmental activists take port message to waterfront
Protesters lined the George Town waterfront on Friday, as part of a growing environmental movement driven by student activists.
Student activists turn the lens on Cayman’s growing pains
A new campaign by the student group focusses on the issue of greed by highlighting sites such as the landfill, the cleared KAABOO festival grounds and other locations that demonstrate the strains of development in Grand Cayman.
‘Young people would vote no’
"Long after the ballots on the Port Referendum have been counted, we shall be the ones who will face the consequences," student group Protect our Future writes in a guest column for the Cayman Compass.
Youth group spells out anti-port message
Students from Cayman’s environmental youth movement met cruise line executives Wednesday and urged them to think again about the project to build new piers in George Town Harbour.
