From Waste, We Create

15/09/2026

🌊♻️ CLEANING UP THIS SATURDAY? MAKE IT COUNT!

As schools across Grand Bahama head out for International Coastal Cleanup Day this Saturday, September 19th, don’t forget: your cleanup data can also count toward the FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! GB School Clean-Up Challenge! 🇧🇸

The Challenge runs through February 2027, so schools can continue organizing and submitting clean-ups throughout the season as they compete for a $1,000 cash prize for their Eco Club, Science Department, or Art Department.

Simply record what you collect using the GB School Clean-Up Challenge Inventory Form and submit it to us.

📋 Learn more & download the form at beribahamas.com/fwwc/ or email [email protected] to request a copy.

Want to clean up with us? 🪣 BERI will be at Smith’s Point (East End) this Saturday from 8:00–10:00 AM for International Coastal Cleanup Day. Come join us!

Every cleanup counts! Good luck to all of our Grand Bahama schools hitting the beaches this Saturday! 💙🌊♻️🇧🇸

14/09/2026

A HUGE thank you to local artist Sylvie Carey for donating an incredible collection of bottle caps to FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! 💙♻️🎨 We are so grateful for the generosity of our Grand Bahama community!

Need bottle caps for your FWWC piece? We have plenty to share! Send us a DM, WhatsApp 813-1539, or email [email protected]. We’ll also be opening a material collection centre at MOSAIC Art Hub this November, date coming soon!

And if you have materials you’d like to contribute—bottle caps, can tabs, corks, or other interesting finds—we’d love to hear from you. Every contribution can become part of someone’s creation. ♻️🇧🇸

Thank you, Sylvie, for helping us turn what might be discarded into creative possibilities! 💙

12/09/2026

We’re so proud of Dinah Dean! 💙🇧🇸

Dinah joined us last season as a BMES student artist with her incredible reclaimed-material piece, “Our National Fish: A Symbol of Perseverance,” and this summer took her talents all the way to Estonia for CyberWizards Camp 2026, where she was the only female participant representing Grand Bahama!

From art to technology and beyond, Dinah continues to impress us with her creativity, talent, and drive. We can’t wait to see where she goes next! We’re rooting for you, Dinah! 🌎✨♻️🎨💻

05/09/2026

🎨♻️ SAVE THE DATE! 🇧🇸

We’re SO excited to announce that, for the second year in a row, the FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! Award Ceremony & Eco-Art Exhibition will be held at MOSAIC Art Hub!

Join us on Friday, February 19, 2027 | 7:00–8:30 PM for an evening inspired by Rake ’N’ Recreate: Art Celebrates Culture, showcasing the incredible creativity, resourcefulness, and Bahamian pride behind the selected works.

We can’t wait to showcase the art, celebrate our artists, and share this special evening with you!

Save the date! We’ll see you at MOSAIC! 💙♻️🎨🇧🇸

01/09/2026

♻️🇧🇸 RAKE ’N’ RECREATE: ART CELEBRATES CULTURE

What do you see in a pile of discarded materials?

A Junkanoo costume? A Rake ’N’ Scrape instrument? A Bahama Parrot? A coral reef? A palm tree? A piece of Bahamian history?

This season’s FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! theme invites you to look to the sounds, sights, stories, traditions, and natural beauty of The Bahamas for inspiration, and recreate them using materials that might otherwise be thrown away.

Think Junkanoo, Rake ’N’ Scrape, bush medicine, straw work, Bahamian wildlife, mangroves, beaches, shells, conch, fishing traditions, folklore, architecture, family traditions, or the everyday details of island life.

There are no limits to how you interpret the theme.

What does The Bahamas look, sound, feel, or mean to you? Find it in the materials around you...and Rake ’N’ Recreate! Register now at beribahamas.com/fwwc 🎨♻️🇧🇸

28/08/2026

Thank you to Bahamas Latest for featuring FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! ♻️🎨

We’re excited to share what’s ahead for this season and grateful for the opportunity to spotlight the artists, creativity, and environmental action at the heart of this initiative!

🌊♻️🎨From waste to art a creative idea is growing into a meaningful initiative for a cleaner and more sustainable Grand Bahama. The Bahamas Environmental Recycling Initiative BERI is launching the second season of “FROM WASTE, WE CREATE!”, now open to students, artists, families, schools and the wider community. Participants will have the opportunity to transform materials that would otherwise be discarded into unique works of art inspired by Bahamian culture and island life.

Last year’s winner, 17-year-old Aiden K. Rahming, took home $1,000 for his sculpture “A Turtle’s Tail,” created from debris collected from beaches. This year, the programme will also continue its school clean-up challenge, encouraging students to help remove waste from beaches and communities. The message is simple what was once considered rubbish can be given new life through creativity, art and a love for the environment.

27/08/2026

A HUGE thank you to GrandBahama242News and Around Da Islands for helping us spread the word about the next season of FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! 🎨♻️

We’re so grateful for the support and for the opportunity to share our vision of turning waste into creativity and celebrating the incredible talent in our community. 💙

17/08/2026

Thank you so much Poinciana Magazine for this beautiful feature and for helping us share the story behind FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! 💙♻️🎨 We’re so grateful for the support as we launch Season Two and can’t wait to see what Grand Bahama creates this year! 🇧🇸

15/08/2026

🇧🇸 FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! — SEASON TWO IS NOW OPEN! ♻️🎨

We’re back—and this year, we’re expanding the canvas.

Rake ’N’ Recreate: Art Celebrates Culture invites artists, families, schools, community groups, and creators of all ages to celebrate the sounds, sights, stories, traditions, and natural beauty of The Bahamas by transforming reclaimed materials into extraordinary works of art.

Inspired by the rhythm and spirit of Rake ’N’ Scrape, this season is all about taking something discarded and giving it a new rhythm, a new purpose, and a distinctly Bahamian story.

🏆 $1,000 FIRST PRIZE IN EACH DIVISION
🎨 Student & All-Ages Community Divisions
♻️ Individual & Group Entries
🖼️ Public exhibition of selected entries
💙 Completely FREE to enter

FROM WASTE, WE CREATE! Season Two is proudly presented by the Ministry for Grand Bahama.

Ready to Rake ’N’ Recreate?

👉 Learn more, read the Entry Guidelines & FAQs, and register at:
beribahamas.com/fwwc/

Submissions close February 12, 2027.

Take something discarded. Give it a new rhythm. Create something distinctly Bahamian. 🇧🇸♻️