The Tribune

A NEW music video has been released by Save The Bays, again featuring popular recording artist Kirkland ‘KB’ Bodie.

Joseph Darville, the veteran educator who participated in the making of the video, hailed the energy and passion of those involved in its creation.

“We shot and recorded this on a beach in Grand Bahama with about 20 children who just had a ball,” said Mr Darville, a retired principal and ardent environmental advocate who now serves as education director for Save The Bays.

“KB was wonderful, so full of energy, and the other adult in the video, Gail Woon, put aside her serious science side to show the sheer joy of having a magnificent beach like this to enjoy and the fun of dancing in the sand and raising our voices to call for everyone to respect the land and save the bays.”

Gail Woon is founder of Earthcare Bahamas, founded 25 years ago and dedicated to environmental education.

It is one of several non-governmental organisations partnering with Save The Bays to bring the message that a green economy is the best economy for the Bahamas and to urge passage of laws that would protect the environment against unregulated development and other abuses while ensuring public involvement in the consultation process for proposed projects.

‘KB’ has used entertainment over many years to sing the song of protection and preservation, saying he wants his life and his life’s work to mean something. Like the title song of the new video, he has written six new songs shouting out the message that preserving and protecting the environment is not up to “them”. It is, he says, “up to all of us”.

Called ‘KB & Kids – Save The Bays’, the video is available on facebook.com/SaveTheBays and youtube.com/user/ProtectCliftonBay.

The Save The Bays Facebook page has more than 13,000 friends and followers and a petition calling for environmental legislation has nearly 6,000 signatures. That petition is available at savethebays.bs.