2016 SWB Challenge Finalists (Middle School)

Congratulations to all the middle school finalists below who submitted their beautiful creations to this year’s Science Without Borders® Challenge art competition. This year’s theme focuses on “Fishing Under the Radar,” which refers to IUU fishing (illegal, unreported, and unregulated) and …

Helping Students Love Mangroves

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A guest blog by: Cassandra Abraham  Education Officer  Friends of the Environment   Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog Mangroves are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world. In small island nations like The Bahamas, where most people …

Reviving Mangrove Wetlands in the Bahamas

This article featured in Tribune 242 highlights the Foundation’s Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program along with its phases, goals, and hopes for the future of reviving mangrove wetlands and inspiring stewardship of this vital ecosystem through out the Bahamas. …

B.A.M. The Final Phase – Acclimating & Planting Mangroves

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog I’m back in the Bahamas for the final installment of the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program. Students from Abaco Central High School and Forest Heights Academy have been successfully growing red mangrove propagules (seedlings) …

B.A.M. Bahamas Mangrove Planting

We’re back in the Bahamas again for some Bahamas mangrove planting… taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It’s the final phase in a new mangrove education and restoration program called Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.). Forty-five students …

B.A.M. – A New Project to Restore Mangroves in The Bahamas

April 21, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, MD – This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), in partnership with Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS), is taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It’s the final phase in …

Art + Science

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Our Science without Borders® Challenge is coming to a close at the end of the month. This international art competition engages students to promote the need to preserve, protect, and restore the world’s oceans and aquatic resources. It also uses …

There’s a first time for everything

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Mangrove Education and Restoration Program Blog After spending two weeks in the Caribbean, we have successfully implemented the J.A.M.I.N. and B.A.M. programs. This trip, my favorite part has been watching the students light up when they interact with the animals that …

JAMIN Spring 2016

Journey with us through these images from our Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature, JAMIN Spring 2016 project.  Students and teachers alike went beyond just mangrove trees to learn about the entire mangrove ecosystem, its role in nature, and the organisms that …