The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.Thank you to Dr Sharda Mahabir, National Coordinator for the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme in Trinidad and Tobago, and Mr. Darion Fraser, Outreach Officer of WASA’s Adopt A River. The Adopt A River programme was developed by Mahabir and it reached 5000 persons and trained over 200 community members in two years. Mahabir has a PhD in Environmental Biology from the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad. Fraser is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine.

Their joint presentation was on Community-based Environmental Projects. One of their emphases was on the requirement and necessity of collaboration and cooperation in all sectors of society and government and especially by the local community for environmental change to take place. Their lecture can be viewed on YouTube here.

Thanks also to my friend and Environmental Fridays regular Dr. Len Archer for co-hosting this session of Environmental Fridays with me. Archer holds the title of Professor Emeritus since his retirement in 2020 from AdventHealth University where he served as the Vice-President for Academic Administration and Academic Dean for Undergraduate programs at AdventHealth University for 10 years. Dr. Archer is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and received his undergraduate degree in Botany and Applied Botany at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. He then completed an M.S. In Biology at Andrews University and a PhD in Microbiology at Indiana State University. He joined the faculty at AHU in 1993 and served as an academic department chair from 2000 to 2011. He has published in Microbiology and presented at national meetings on student retention and student advisement at the American Association of College Registrars and Academic Officers (AACRAO) where he was a member of AACRAO national committees and the General Conference of SDA Health Professional Education Committee. Dr. Archer has been a nominee for several teaching awards and a recipient of the Zapara Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2020, Dr. Archer was the recipient of the AdventHealth University Distinguished Service Award. He remains active as a consultant in academic administration, faculty development, and accreditation