Lifestyle

A manmade rainwater catchment on a farm in Antigua. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPS

Caribbean faces forecast for prolonged drought

By Desmond Brown BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (IPS) — The Caribbean Drought & Precipitation Monitoring Network (CDPMN) is warning countries in the region that the same abnormal climate conditions they have experienced over…

2 Apr 2017 7:20AM

Environment

Director of Richmond Vale Academy in St. Vincent Stina Herberg explains how compost is produced using vegetation, cardboard, and animal droppings. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS

How a devastating hurricane led to St. Vincent’s first sustainability school

1 Apr 2017 6:39AM

Digicel SVG gospel fest opens this Sunday

31 Mar 2017 7:26AM

Former resident of home for displaced teenaged girls among Ms SVG contestants (+video)

29 Mar 2017 11:34AM

Rodney Small on pan and Darron Andrews on violin perform at Plug & Play on Saturday. (iWN photo)

Audience plugs in as musical virtuosos play at free concert

27 Mar 2017 6:58AM

Backyard gardening at the Windsor Primary

Students of the Windsor Primary School are engaging in a project that will demonstrate the usefulness of backyard gardening. The project, which is in fulfilment of the students’ Caribbean Primary…

27 Mar 2017 6:30AM

Education