Welcome to my blog. I’m Daniel Cox and I’m doing my BSc Environmental Science and Sustainable Technology (Special) at the University of the West Indies (UWI). I am doing a course called ESST 1004 – Science Communication which provides students with the help needed to develop effective skills in scientific communication, relevant to research and employment. It’s a lot…I know. The course requires me to create a blog on an environmental topic, so here I am. The topic I chose is Waste Management in the Caribbean and my subtopic for this blog is the Hierarchy of Waste Management Solutions and though I never really considered myself an advocate for it, hear me out.
I’m sure that you’re
familiar with the family/comedy Evan Almighty and if you’re not, then you
should give it a watch. It’s based on Noah and the ark from the bible. I’m not
super religious but like I said, it’s a comedy. An underlying theme in that
movie was an “Act of Random Kindness” (ARK) could change the world. Nice idea but
for me, I usually have a Moment of Random Epiphany (MORE).
With that, one morning I
woke up and decided that my family and I were going to start recycling. My
mother usually buys 4 cases of water a week, so it was perfect. I went to her
with the plan and she just declined…apparently, it’s too much work to carry
bags of plastic bottles to an iCare bin. My newly found passion for recycling didn’t
take that well so I had a change of heart. Instead, I suggested that we all buy
water bottles and a jug to filter water. Care to wager what her response was to
that? Well, I’m sure you lost your money because I was met with, “That’s too
much of a hassle because I would be the one always refilling the jug because
you all would leave it empty.” Now obviously I told her that made zero sense
but in truth, she was right. With that, my hour of being an Environmental
Studies professional was over. I carried on with life but did start using a
water bottle from that day on.
I started UWI in
September 2023, but this conversation between my mother and I took place in the
middle of August. I’m from Marabella but to make life easier for me to get to
and from school, I moved in with my eldest brother and his family in Cascade.
Not one week yet into university, I received a video call from my mother, who
was excited to show me her new purple, one gallon water bottle and a filter
jug. I felt good about that and so my random epiphany turned into a something
I’m truly passionate about. I think my mother just realized that I wouldn’t be
home to leave that jug empty as she said but little does she know, every weekend
I spend in Marabella I’ll be sure to prove her right.
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