The Caribbean region is estimated to have more than 11,000 species of plants on land and an additional 12,000 species in the Caribbean Sea and is one of the world’s thirty-six biodiversity hotspots (Miloslavich, Díaz et al. 2010). This wealth of plant and marine species makes the region ideal for the discovery of novel natural […]
What the Mapmaker Ought to Know – Kei Miller On this island things fidget. Even history. The landscape does not sit willingly as if behind an easel holding pose waiting on someone to pencil its lines, compose its best features or unruly contours. landmarks shift, become unfixed by earthquake by landslide by utter spite. Whole […]
Create Caribbean Research Institute is seeking blog submissions for its Alternate Caribbean Futures blog, a segment of the larger digital research project, Carisealand. Carisealand is a digital research and community-inclusive project that seeks to ask questions about the future of the Caribbean as a livable place in the age of climate change. At the core […]
By Trudy Christian, MPH What do Dengue, Yellow Fever, Chikungunya and Zika all have in common? Yes they’re all viral infections you’d prefer not have. Yes, they all result in some of the same symptoms which include fever, rash, joint pain and muscle pain. But of primary importance is the fact that all these diseases […]
By Sharon Allicock-Joseph Have you ever seen “The Bee Movie”? If you have, I’m pretty sure you saw the predicament the world was in when bees decided to reclaim their honey, and take a vacation from pollinating flowers. If this were to happen in reality, many organisms would be wiped out. Well, there aren’t any […]
By Dr. Hermancia Eugene-Zamore It is a known fact the Caribbean and Latin American region has always been used as an example of beautiful landscape giving breathtaking views and adventures some can only imagine. We have been fortunate to see this beauty everyday, first hand. Let’s think back to our childhood days for those […]
In an effort to extend the conversation about climate change and its human impact on Dominica and the Caribbean, Create Caribbean is collaborating with lecturers from Dominica State College to deepen the inquiry already at work on the project. Through a series of blog posts, these lecturers and scholars explore the research behind some of […]
The Carisealand project is a multimedia project aimed at raising awareness about environmentalism and sustainability in the Caribbean, with a focus on revisiting the region’s history to find out how we got here in the era of climate change, and looking at how we can move forward with the reality of our new ways of […]