Ministry of Environment officials and dozens of volunteers made a wonderful discovery over the weekend while taking part in the International Beaches Cleanup Day. They found eight small hawksbill (carey) turtles at Guibia Beach in the heart of downtown Santo Domingo. The turtles are on the Endangered Species list and thought to be close to extinction because of a loss of breeding areas and human depredation. Read the rest of this entry »
Crisis in the checkout line
Sep 28
I did it again today: I forgot to bring my reusable shopping bags to the grocery store. Actually, I’m a little embarrassed that I didn’t even think of them until my 10-year-old son gasped in horror and said, under his breath, “Mom, she’s putting our groceries in plastic!”
On one hand, I have two antsy kids with me who really have their hearts set on eating today, so I can’t just leave. On the other hand, there’s that dead sperm whale I saw last fall on Warderick Wells Cay in the Bahamas.
The connection? Sadly, the plastic bags. Read the rest of this entry »
