Green Technology Initiative

The Green Technology Initiative is a transformative project to galvanize ecologically regenerative action and capacity building in the Wider Caribbean Region. By building on multi-disciplinary collaboration foundations from the Trinidad Ocelot Project, LACCCB 2018, and the Nurture Nature Campaign, our initiative aims to build technological and training capacity for ecologically regenerative development across government, civil society, and other sectors.

Our vision for the Green Technology Initiative is a Caribbean where technologies for collaboration, infrastructure, agriculture, and industry are adapted and invented to harmonize with local ecosystems and socio-economic environments. Our mission is to develop, deploy, and refine tools and training programs that foster talent development and retention, build environmentally regenerative capacity, and promote sustainable practices.

The first formal project in this initiative is the development and pilot testing of the 'Nature Defender' app. The ‘Nature Defender’ is to be deployed across the CAR-WEN Working Group, Nurture Nature Campaign, and Caribbean Songbirds Initiative to reshape the relationships between legal reform, community participation, and economic incentives surrounding the illegal wildlife trades impacting the Caribbean's natural heritage and natural capital. Upcoming missions within this initiative are similarly geared towards using a technological lever to improve collaborative synergies across social, governance, and research efforts for a harmonious balance between environment and economic development.