There is a new wave of climate action that wants more people to give up meat to save the planet, but before the Nigerian in you proceeds to close this tab, let us think, can we consider being flexitarians? You may have read about the impacts animal agriculture has on the planet; from greenhouse gas emissions […]
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I attended the opening plenary of the Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) workshop hosted by the Climate Finance Accelerator team (Ricardo Energy & Environment, NDC.i Global, Climate Advisors Network) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group held at the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) Building on Tuesday, 22nd January 2019. The Climate Finance Accelerator is an innovative international
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Brain drain is a slang term indicating a significant emigration of educated or talented individuals. A brain drain can result from turmoil within a nation, the existence of favorable professional opportunities in other countries or from a desire to seek a higher standard of living. Thousands of Africans leave the continent shores every year in search of greener pastures, a
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The Street Dreams project is aimed at equipping young girls with skills in documentary photography and also giving them cameras to kick off their photography careers. We are so excited about this partnership with Lensational and grateful to our sponsors: PIND Foundation, Jumia Nigeria, Fifis Food House, Ogoni Stories and Greetings World. We are happy
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There’s a lot to be mad about in the world today. (Think: Trump, Congress, Harvey Weinstein, the wage gap… you get the idea.) Which might be why this new video is really resonating with us. Beyoncé lent her song “Freedom” to the #FreedomForGirls campaign just in time for today’s International Day of the Girl . It features
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My journey as the founder of SustyVibes has truly been interesting in the past few months, I have worked really hard along with our SustyVibers to improve and increase our sustainability advocacy work in light of the economic recession and general state of the country. I still believe in the power of young people to cause positive
We kicked off at about 9am at the Ojuelegba Police Station. We had three sets of volunteers; SustyVibers – our own army, Wecyclers crew and young people who registered to support the movement. We moved from the Police station after being sensitized on how to convince people to recycle and break the litter culture. In
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Hey, have you heard? We are taking new volunteers aka SustyVibers!!! If you are or know a young person between the ages of 16 and 35 – tell them to get in formation and apply to be SustyVibers. With over 50 active volunteers within our network – we are set to change sustainability advocacy in
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All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said! It is hoped the move will improve access to education in a country where many cannot afford sanitary products like pads and tampons. According to the UN’s education agency, one in 10 girls in sub-Saharan Africa misses school during their period. Some
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As you may already know, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 in number, they are a set of ambitious, interconnected goals that aim to end poverty, fight climate change and ensure prosperity for all, one particular SDG which determines the survival of humans and every living thing on land is Goal 15. The goal
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