SustyViber Diaries

How it all began Must have been two or three weeks ago, I remember nothing when I’m tired, I received a mail on one of my sour days. On such days I’m bland, zero excitement or expectations. It wasn’t a euphoric moment for me. No “yeah! The sustainability show chose me”. Not even an “Okay,

How it all started… While I was trying to tune up my resume 4 years ago after the mandatory NYSC, I came across the resume of a young lady that seemed impressive to me. For the second time I came across “sustainability” being used professionally. The first time was on the business card of a

  I found fulfilment where I least expected – SustyVibes. It all started a year ago (2017) when I saw an ad for a movie screening (The Valuable Waste) about environmental degradation. I wasn’t busy, as at then, due to my break from academic activities and was eager to be occupied with something worth doing

One thing I have learnt in my five months with SustyVibes is that there is a difference between a sustainability enthusiast and a SustyViber. A Sustainability Enthusiast tries to teach people sustainability with their words but SustyVibers let their lifestyles speak for them. Before becoming a SustyViber, I had been introduced to plastic pollution as

Dear Diary, I first stumbled upon SustyVibes on Twitter in May of 2017. I saw a tweet on the environment that caught my  attention which led me to check out the SustyVibes website. I was captured by all the interesting information the website had to offer and  SustyVibes just happened to be recruiting at the time. 

The year was 2016, early April or March ending (can’t pinpoint). I sha remember following Jenny (Jennifer Uchendu) on Twitter, seeing her updates on issues relating to Sustainability, on a new cool organization she called Sustyvibes and publicity for the First Susty Party. I signed up to attend simply because I just thought it would

In October 2016, I unexpectedly had more time on my hands than I wanted. Luckily I was still sane enough to think about what to do with the time. I decided to enroll again in a Masters program in Environmental Management, I think I had a plan this time! I started in January 2017 and

As words can never contain the amount of experience that I have gathered from being a SustyViber, I have divided this entry into two parts — my life pre and post SustyVibes. So let’s begin! Pre- SustyVibes I kick-started my sustainability campaign by accident and walked my way to where I am today; I have