The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) implemented by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Community Empowerment and Environment Partnership (CEEP) is bringing together crochet artists across Barbados to highlight the impact of climate change on the land and sea environment.
The GEF SGP UNDP CEEP funded the creative “Crochet for a Cause: Ridge to Reef” project administered by Elaine’s Caribbean Crochet through the Barbados Youth Business Trust uses the artform of crochet to spotlight the opportunities available with renewable energy, while educating participants on environmental issues such as marine pollution and coral reef degradation.
Crochet for a Cause: Ridge to Reef Barbados is Launched 2022
Crochet for a Cause: Ridge to Reef Trinidad and Tobago 2022
Crochet for a Cause: Ridge to Reef Barbados exhibit
Crochet for a Cause: Ridge to Reef Antigua and Barbuda
Crochet for a Cause: Ridge to Reef Grenada
Crochet for a Cause: Ridge to Reef Saint Lucia