Gaia Sustainable Solutions Blog

Gaia Couture’s underlying philosophy is to integrate sustainability with everyday elegance through our handmade, contemporary and unique jewellery pieces. The jewellery is inspired by nature – the colours, textures, shapes and motifs are all inspired by the beautiful natural environment. I am blessed to live in the Caribbean where there is so much natural beauty around me and this inspires the jewellery. Our first collection is entitled 'Reef Rhapsody' and is inspired by the beautiful, delicate and resilient coral reef. Coral reefs are found in more than 100 countries around the world in tropic and subtropic oceans. Trinidad and Tobago also have coral reefs, the largest and most popular being Buccoo Reef in Tobago. Coral reefs support Tobago’s two main economic activities - tourism and fishing through enabling both jobs and food. They also protect the coastline from the damaging effects of ocean swells and tropical storms. They provide a habitat and shelter for many marine spec...

DATA IS KING BUT COMMUNICATION IS KEY. This was one of the key themes that consistently emerged over the past few days at the International Climate Change Conference, hosted by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre ( CCCCC ) which was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from October 9 to 12, 2017. Over the past four days researchers, scientists, policy-makers and key stakeholders across the Caribbean discussed key issues ranging from current climate change research, climate actions and policy and climate finance. Relevant and highly useful climate information is being generated by various institutions across the Caribbean countries from scientific analysis and modelling of water availability or tropical storm paths to livelihood vulnerability assessments. This international conference served as an important forum to communicate results and lessons learned as well as recommend future synergies and applications of this climate information with Caribbean stakehol...