Wednesday, January 14, 2009

AB Car Provides Free Trial of Solar Car for Their Customers

As the Insider reported last October, AB Carrental is now the first rental vehicle company on Bonaire offering “green” vehicles, with its solar-powered vehicle.

Since that time, the staff and customers of AB Carrental have been actively testing the environmentally friendly solar car.  This new vehicle has shown it can handle a trip around the southern half of the island beautifully, while it does struggle a bit to get up the steeper climbs of some of the northern locations, like Seru Largu.

AB Carrental is now offering their customers the opportunity to try the solar car free of charge.  Those who are renting any other vehicle with AB Carrental, may contact them to make arrangements to exchange their current rental vehicle for the solar car for either a morning or afternoon, so they may try it out.  For additional information, visit their web site by clicking here.  (Source:  AB Carrental)

Thursday, January 08, 2009

CIEE Bonaire and STINAPA Announce Joint Public Lecture

On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, CIEE Bonaire and STINAPA will both present short lectures on topics of interest about Bonaire.

Beginning at 7:00 PM, the first presentation will be by Sabine Engel, who will report her results of research done at Lac Bay.  Kristian Kats will follow with a presentation, also reporting results of other research done at Lac.  Finally, Cyril Giry of the MARUM Institute of Marine Sciences University of Bremen (Germany) will present a short lecture on Coral-based Reconstruction of the Southern Caribbean Sea, explaining how they intend to use fossil corals to reconstruct the history of Bonaire’s climate.

Each lecture will last approximately twenty minutes.  All are invited to attend, and the lectures are free.  The lectures will be held at the CIEE Research Station Bonaire at Kaya Gobernador N. Debrot 21 in Kralendijk.  (Source:  CIEE Bonaire and STINAPA)

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

First 2009 Underwater Cleanup is Saturday, January 10, 2009

The first quarterly underwater cleanup will take place at the dive site, Windsock, at Donkey Beach on Saturday, January 10, 2009.  All interested participants should meet at Dive Friends @ Port Bonaire at 1:00 PM.

Everyone is welcome, and those not diving can also help, since shore support is always needed.  This particular dive site, Windsock, is located at an area of popular beach activities, so much debris and trash can easily blow into the water.  This is a new site for the underwater cleanups, so it’s anticipated there will be plenty of trash to clean.

All participants are welcome to return at 4:30 PM for the event’s customary BBQ, held at Dive Friends @ Port Bonaire; drinks and main courses will be provided by Dive Friends and NetTech, but participants are asked to bring a side dish to share.

For additional information about the cleanups, click here. (Source:  Dive Friends Bonaire and NetTech, N.V.)