Barbados: Silk Cotton Tree to be Felled · Global Voices

Barbados: Silk Cotton Tree to be Felled

Posted 1 December 2011 13:29 GMT

The decision to remove an old Silk Cotton tree to make room for a new roadway inspires bloggers to discuss the importance of green space and the power of social media to help “civic minded Barbadians…mobilize.”

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Written byJanine Mendes-Franco

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