NASSAU, Bahama – Declaring that veteran Bahamian educator Father Shazzasbazzar Turnquest “is doing his part to promote environmental awareness among Bahamian youth,” the United States Embassy Nassau noted on its Facebook page on Saturday, March 27, that the physics teacher at St. John’s College was recently recognized by U.S. Chargè d’Affaires Usha Pitts during her first official visit to the school.
Father Turnquest was honored for his recent participation in the U.S. Department of State’s prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), which focused on “Science and Technology Entrepreneurship.”
“Father Turnquest has returned to The Bahamas to continue to creatively use education to advance renewable energy technologies and empower young people in STEM fields,” the U.S. Embassy Facebook page noted.
In a previous release on its Facebook page, the U.S. Embassy Nassau highlighted the fat that St. John’s College “is now the recipient of an innovative tech tool to be used to power up small devices using state of the art renewable energy.”
In an article headlined “Green Giants” Using Tech to Combat Climate Change, the U.S. Embassy Facebook page noted: “St. John’s College is commonly referred to as the home of the ‘Green Giants’ and now the faculty, staff and students are literally ‘Going Green’ by doing their part in a tangible way to fight climate change. The school is now the recipient of an innovative tech tool to be used to power up small devices using state of the art renewable energy.
“U.S. Embassy Nassau recently partnered with California-based alternative energy company Primo Energy, to facilitate a donation of an EnergiTree and an EnergiSeedling, two state-of-the art renewable energy devices and a project-based STEM curriculum to keep the campus eco-friendly. The St. John’s College ‘Green Giants’ are now the first school in The Bahamas to receive the innovative technology! U.S. Chargé d’ Affaires Usha Pitts and the U.S. Embassy looks forward to continuing to build this exciting new partnership to promote environmental awareness, because as we all know — climate change is real!”
