Funto Boroffice is the founder/CEO of Chanja Datti Ltd, a waste collection & recycling social enterprise dedicated not only to transforming the waste in her environment to value, but also empowering unemployed women and youth by creating jobs for them along the waste management value chain. Chanja Datti was established in May 2015, and in […]
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We are launching this column to discuss Sustainable buildings we find in Nigeria, seeing that this a topic almost no one gets to talk about, we are excited to be pioneers! A sustainable building would be one that completely has the environment at heart with its features, it would be one that uses innovative technology
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“Sustainability is living our lives in a way that allows the future generations to successfully live theirs. Mad Max: Fury Road (Hereafter: MMFR) shows an undeniable truth; the reality of a world that has refused to heed calls for more eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels. Not only does our continued energy habit pollute the earth,
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I love Times Square. It is the most bustling street in New York and the cinematic epicenter of NYC tourism. Despite the vicious winter wind that literally slapped me across the face last February, I still enjoyed strolling down the street amidst a horde of tourists brimming with enthusiasm. Their excitement created a ripple effect
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Not long ago, Nigerian President Buhari signed the Paris Agreement at the 71st UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, and promised to ratify it before COPP 22 in November 2016. In keeping with the process for the Agreement where countries declare their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Buhari committed Nigeria to reducing “Green House Gas
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With organizational risks from climate change, resource depletion, environmental regulations, social pressures and customer perceptions, businesses now have to find more sustainable ways of operating that will maximize their positive impacts on people, planet and profit. Two young women, Adiya Atuluku and Jennifer Uchendu who connected on social media for the love of Sustainability are
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Many Nigerians assume that creating a focus on waste management will be a major distraction to economic growth and development needed at this critical point of development. To some others, the production of waste en-mass is an inevitable price of development. Some are yet to see the value of waste and why it is important
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The 13th of October, 2016 was a great Thursday for the RecyclePoints team as they hosted Mandela Washington Fellows under the #YaliLearns program for their community service at Yaba CoSoHUB. The Fellows joined RecyclePoints Bottle Sorters in sorting the recyclables collected from Post-consumers based on materials types and colours before bagging them for bailing. The
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When we featured Adesoji Adeyemi-Adejolu as our #SustyPersonOftheWeek, we told you about a susty movie his organisation, The Valuable Waste Initiative was working on, today, we are excited to announce that the movie is about to be released and a line-up of activities have been arranged for the grand launch (details soon). The organisation has four
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World Climate is a group role-playing simulation of the International Climate Change Negotiations. This exercise provides participants the chance to explore the risks of climate change and the challenges of negotiating international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The simulation which was held in UniLag had a face-to-face setting where participants played negotiators representing
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