{"id":25394,"date":"2012-09-07T09:03:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=25394"},"modified":"2012-09-07T09:18:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T13:18:40","slug":"us-embassy-invests-in-environmental-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/09\/us-embassy-invests-in-environmental-awareness","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy Invests In Environmental Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25395\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25395\" title=\"shielrolle-dinkelman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/shielrolle-denkalman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/shielrolle-denkalman.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/shielrolle-denkalman-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikita Shiel-Rolle and John Dinkelman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASSAU, Bahamas &#8212; U.S. Charge d&#8217;Affaires John Dinkelman met with Ms. Nikita Shiel-Rolle, the founder of the Bahamian NGO the Young Marine Explorers (YME), on Tuesday September 4 to discuss her participation in a U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) from June 11 to 29, 2012 which focused on environmental and conservation education.<\/p>\n<p>The three-week professional exchange took Ms. Shiel-Rolle to Washington D.C., San Francisco, California, Pensacola, Florida and San Juan, Puerto Rico where she visited U.S. research facilities and academic institutions that focus on environmental protection and sustainability issues.\u00a0 She also met with American community-based and NGO leaders that are working to encourage young people to be stewards of the environment on behalf of future generations.<\/p>\n<p>During their meeting U.S. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires Dinkelman applauded Ms. Shiel-Rolle for her efforts to expand Bahamian students\u2019 interest in marine science and conservation issues through YME\u2019s afterschool programs in public schools on New Providence and through experiential based activities on the Family Islands each summer. The Charg\u00e9 also reiterated the U.S. Embassy\u2019s commitment to supporting local organizations that promote environmental awareness, particularly among youth.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Source: United States Embassy In The Bahamas<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Caption: U.S. Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires John Dinkelman with Ms. Nikita  Shiel-Rolle, the founder of the Bahamian NGO the Young Marine Explorers  (YME), on Tuesday September 4 to discuss her participation in a U.S.  Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Charge d&#8217;Affaires John Dinkelman met with the founder of the Young Marine Explorers to discuss her recent participation in an international program focused on environmental and conservation education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[21,76,79,51],"class_list":["post-25394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-educational","tag-environment-2","tag-marine","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}