2012 Sustainability Training

2012 Sustainability Training

IN 2012 GREEN VI TRAINED SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF THE BVI TO BECOME SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS ENABLING THEM TO HELP MOVE THE BVI TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. OVER THE PERIOD OF A YEAR, OUR TRAINING WAS BASED ON THE NATURAL STEP APPROACH AND COURSE ATTENDEES REPRESENTED...
Earth Day 2012

Earth Day 2012

Green VI hosted a family fun day and celebrated the 1 year anniversary of the Green VI Glass Studio. Check out JTV’s coverage of the event!      
Clean Energy Campaign

Clean Energy Campaign

DISRUPTION from Disruption on Vimeo.   Climate change is a global issue but it’s impacts are most readily felt on islands. Although not a big contributor to CO2 emissions, the BVI can take action and use the wind and sun that we are blessed with to produce...

The Problem of Waste on Islands

The problem of ‘waste’ on islands: Islands have a limiting constraint of having little land available for landfill. This is especially true across the BVI – with its’ rolling terrain, making landfill engineering difficult and expensive in this...
Glass Aggregate Experiment

Glass Aggregate Experiment

In February 2011, Green VI partnered with BVI Recycling Ltd and Tortola Concrete Ltd to experiment tumbling large volumes of crushed glass in one of Tortola Concrete’s trucks. The aim was to see how long it would take to tumble crushed glass before it could be...