Monday, May 17, 2021 (Montego Bay, Jamaica, W.I.) The final Sistas of the D Ankh and Ma’at Sisterhood Circle Programme for the month of May anticipates the wisdom to be imparted by Dr. Kadamawe K'nife and Clarion Phillpotts. Come the 23^rd of May, 2021, in attempt to help transform communities, the experts will speak on ‘Community Development.’ The event will be accessible at 1:00 p.m. (EST /Jamaica time) via the virtual Zoom platform of Sistas of D Ankh and Ma’at Sisterhood Circle. For access, use Zoom User ID: 389 841 7079 or Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3898417079 .

Dr. Kadamawe K'nife is known popularly for his dedicated service to the University of the West Indies, Mona community as a lecturer and researcher. Dr K'nife has also demonstrated his passion for the community through his directorship of the Center for Entrepreneurship Thinking and Practice (CETP) which focuses on entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship and strategic planning for sustainable development. His dedication to community development has also been witnessed in development and support offered to community base organizations throughout Jamaica with special emphasis on ‘at risk communities’ with specific focus placed on Arnett Gardens.

Community Development is also the passion of Clarion Phillpotts, co-founder of A New Jamaica of Peace Foundation. The esteemed community leader has developed a feeding program for the homeless people and after school program for children in Arnett Gardens. Ms. Phillpotts who believes in the importance of children knowing that they have a purpose, is one of the truest definitions of an unsung hero for her unreserved devotion to remould Jamaican communities.

Sistas of D Ankh, is founded by Hazel Yahmin Williams - Vaz; she is joined by Wholistic Administrator, Pettia Williams and other members. Ma'at Sisterhood Circle is founded by Sharon Oshun Parris-Chambers, Spiritual Leader and Wholistic Practitioner. The two groups form a Sisterhood Circle;the collaborative group assembled on August 2020 to host webinars on Zoom platform with the sole purpose of uplifting women. "This collaboration grew to include the original production team: Nadia Oshun - Brown, Theo Chambers and Ralston Francis;the group's aim is widening the network of support available for women in Jamaica and the Diaspora," said Yahmin Williams-Vaz.

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Renewable energy, often referred to as clean energy, comes from natural sources or processes that are constantly replenished

While renewable energy is often thought of as a new technology, harnessing nature’s power has long been used for heating, transportation, lighting, and more. Wind has powered boats to sail the seas and windmills to grind grain. The sun has provided warmth during the day and helped kindle fires to last into the evening

But over the past 500 years or so, humans increasingly turned to cheaper, dirtier energy sources such as coal and fracked gas (Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well.). 

Now that we have increasingly innovative and less-expensive ways to capture and retain wind and solar energy, renewables are becoming a more important source power. The expansion in renewables is also happening at scales large and small, from rooftop solar panels on homes and businesses, that can sell power back to the grid.

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We have heard in recent years that we are moving towards a paperless society, I don’t know about that! Paper is so essential to our very existence, some of us have gotten so used to using paper especially for hygienic purposes, we don’t see ourselves going back to the “stone age”, although paper is made out of stone, but not for that purpose, or even the “leaf age”!

On a serious note though, there have been environmental concerns,with the hewning down of trees, especially the coniferous ones which are said to have the longest fiber,that helps to make stronger paper.

In ancient times, paper was made in Egypt from the papyrus plant and the paper was  named papyrus, and in some places animal hide was used.

With the onset of global warming because of the reduction of the trees and the increase of carbon dioxide in the environment, individuals have in their own way found solutions to help to offset these challenges and to balance the ecosystem?