EFJ|Environmental Foundation of Jamaica

The summer so far has been unusually hot. Farmers in several parishes are suffering from drought conditions, with crops withering in the fields. Also, we are now in the hurricane season. What if a storm appears on the horizon – are we prepared? How can...

“The ocean is the most powerful force on the planet,” says marine scientist, conservationist, and explorer Fabien Cousteau. Indeed, it is so powerful that our very lives depend upon it.
In Jamaica and globally, our living coral is an endangered species, threatened by climate change impacts and pollution of all kinds. Although most of us may not see it with our own eyes, fishers, divers, and all those whose livelihoods depend on the...

Environmental education and eco-tourism in Jamaica received an exciting boost on June 20, 2017, when a ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in St. Ann. The occasion was the official...

Environmental education, especially of the “hands-on” variety, is an essential tool for Jamaica’s sustainability. If the students are themselves training to be our nation’s educators, it has tremendous added value.
The Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) funded two projects, awarded in 2016 and 2017, at The Moneague College in St. Ann, under the Special Climate Change Adaptation Fund (SCCAF). The focus is on food security, water, and soil conservation and...