What is ClimateEdu Bahamas?
What is ClimateEdu Bahamas?
ClimateEdu Bahamas' mission is to improve climate change education across The Bahamas and the Caribbean. By empowering learners across the region, we can find more creative solutions to the climate crisis.
One of our projects creates accessible educational resources for teachers and students around the country to build this knowledge on fundamental climate change science and its effects on Bahamian biodiversity and food security.
We also provide assistance with curriculum writing for workshops, summer camps, school lessons and other education missions.
What is The Fin Forecast?
What is The Fin Forecast?
This is a newsletter sent directly to your email that is focused on telling you what the weather will be like across The Bahamas in the most fun way possible! Every week, our chief meteorologist, astronomer and astrologer (Marjahn) finds ways to better prepare you for the challenges for the week ahead.
The Fin Forecast team uses publicly available data to make predictions about the weather. Because the Fin Forecast is a climate impact service, the team will implement climate modelling as a means to better forecast weather AND climate.
We also provide information on weather phenoms which can be purchased here.
Development. Advancement. Preservation. Sustainability.
DAPS is a social enterprise with the mission to create spaces to introduce sustainable practices that align with climate action, such as thrifting in small communities, recycling and providing educational outlets for persons of all ages. This project serves as a means of Community Care and adaptation for climate action in small communities.
Green Settlements
Taking climate action means developing a "green settlement" mindset.
This means re-engaging with inherent sustainable practices and activating community care as a means to combat climate change.
Our Goals:
- Introduce accessible climate education
- Introduce more sustainable ways for waste management
- Work in schools to build these concepts and communities
- Reintroduce sustainable climate adaptation within communities
- Empower communities with these sustainable practices and education
DAPS has been active in South Eleuthera, Bahamas for about a year.
Our Thrift Addicts campaign combats fast fashion and quantifies all inventory in dollar amounts.
Image is from Thrift Addicts event in October 2021.
DAPS In The MEdia!
Thrifting is one easy way to take climate action!
Check out this Our News Report to learn more!
Follow DAPS on Instagram @dapsbahamas to see our work on the ground!
Caribbean Climate Adaptation Strategies
As part of an Open Climate fellowship with the Open Environmental Data Project, we are creating an open wiki page dedicated to Caribbean Climate Adaptation Strategies throughout the Caribbean!
What will be on the wiki page?
- Cultural Climate Adaptation Methods
- Local Expert Listings
- Sustainability Guides (pdfs)
Why Wiki?
To make shared knowledge more accessible.
Join the work in progress!
About Marjahn
Marjahn is a climate change scientist, educator, and activist. She started in science as a tropical cyclone (hurricane) watcher, trying to figure out how climate change will affect these phenomena since she is a native of a hurricane-prone nation, The Bahamas. Through her platform, ClimateEdu Bahamas, she runs the local climate impact service, the Fin Forecast, and the social sustainability collective, DAPS (Development. Advancement. Preservation. Sustainability). As an activist, Marjahn brings concerns about SIDS and underserved communities to work more toward radical climate justice. She is currently working on PhD research on estimating and understanding the regional ocean heat content changes.
Latest Talks
Photo Courtesy of Rhonda Eldridge and UB North
Media Features
- Tamar. Saluting our Sisters this Black History Month. 2023. Action for Conservation.
- “STEM Story: Marjahn Finlayson.” 2023. The GLOBE Program
- Marlena Leonard. “Heatwaves an Invisible Killer”. 2023. Our News Bahamas
- Barber. "The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World."2023. Wired.
- Gelles. "In the Bahamas, a Constant Race to Adapt to Climate Change." 2023. The New York Times.
- Kabukuru. “East coast African states ail from too much, too little rain.” 2023. The Associated Press.
- Zornosa. “Why Abbott Elementary's Charter Schools Arc Hit Home for Teachers.” 2023. TIME.
- Darling. "Blue carbon credits, not a climate change solution." 2022. Eyewitness News.
- D'Souza. "When race and natural hazards intersect: three geoscientists share their experiences." 2022. European Geosciences Union GeoBlogs.
- Finlayson & Darby, “The Problem with The Bahamas’ Blue Carbon Market Plans.” 2022. Climate Home News.
- "Spotlight: Marjahn Finlayson". 2022. The Climate Press.
- Jones. "TRACKING STORMS: Underwater drone improving hurricane intensity forecast in real-time." 2021. Eyewitness News.
Reports and Publications
- Finlayson, Marjahn (2023): 2023 North Atlantic Hurricane Forecast: Concerns for The Bahamas. Fin Forecasts. Report.
- Finlayson, Marjahn; Brown, Zoe; Thomas, Adelle (2023): Perceptions on Climate Change in South Eleuthera and the wider Bahamas. Cape Eleuthera Institute. Report.
- Finlayson, Marjahn (2023): A Year in Weather at Cape Eleuthera (2022). Cape Eleuthera Institute. Report.
- Finlayson, Marjahn (2022): 2022 North Atlantic Hurricane Forecast: Concerns for The Bahamas. Cape Eleuthera Institute. Report.
- Le Henaff, M., Goni, G. J., Bringas, F., Chardon-Maldonado, P., Morell, J. M., Kim, H. S., ... & Finlayson, M. (2021, December). Hurricane glider operations in the Caribbean region for hurricane research and forecasts. In AGU Fall Meeting 2021. AGU.
- Finlayson, Marjahn; Thomas, Adelle; Nicolls, Tatjana (2022): Climate Change & The Bahamas Information Brief. Cape Eleuthera Institute. Online resource.
- Finlayson, M. D. (2015). Influence of ENSO on Tropical Cyclones in North Atlantic in a high-resolution climate model.
Let's Connect!
Let's Connect!
Interested in working with Marjahn?
Email info@climateedubahamas.com with any inquiries about speaking events, educational support and fees.
