Seaweed in Barbados: Sargassum Opportunities and Threats

Sargassum seaweed in Barbados and Beaches with seaweed in Barbados.We have been exploring the possibility of effectively utilizing Sargassum Seaweed to create products and services which have economic, environmental and social benefits. In the process we expect that anyone involved in this experiment will develop a number of skills and gain perspective on how we can convert any problem into an opportunity. We invite any person, organization or business interested in or already involved in using, conducting research or learning more about these possibilities to join us in this exploration. Our goals are to: • Transform this into a national opportunity rather than ignore it into a disaster. • Identify who is doing what to avoid redundancy and optimize partnerships. • Develop skills necessary to convert “waste products” to opportunitiesThere is enough Sargassum Seaweed for each of us to solve one piece of the puzzle and create some kind of opportunity. So please, share what you know, what you are doing and what you envision as possible!!