“It was a mistake” “He only hit me once” You can also add to the list of every amazing excuse you’ve heard ladies make for their man in the comment section. “If he hits you once, he would hit you again”, hold on, before you start telling me things like “I know this couple, he hit her […]
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In a campaign focused on a major orangutan stronghold in Indonesia, the not-for-profit group claims that millions of acres of rainforest in the Southeast Asian nation are destroyed each year for the production of Conflict Palm Oil. “Snack food giant PepsiCo uses an immense amount of Conflict Palm Oil and is driving this destruction. As
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In an earlier post, I had tried to summarize the awesomeness of Green buildings, the paradigm shift it is promulgating and the general idea in terms of a definition of what it may be. You can read the article here. But with the thousands of Green Buildings being constructed globally, it just makes sense that
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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
Photos: Yaba Street Conference and all the fun we had preaching recycling Read More »
Nigeria is desirous on eradicating the use of polythene bags for recyclable paper bags and in the process generate wealth from waste, Environment Minister of State, Ibrahim Usman Jibril, has said. Prof. Olukayode Oladipo of the University of Lagos, Akoka making a presentation at the 10th 10th GEF National Steering Committee Meeting in Abuja The
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Akindele Jamiu Seun, an Environmentalist with a strong passion for solving the improper waste disposal problem within Lagos metropolis started an environmental firm called PERFECT ECOSYSTEM CARE SOLUTIONS (PECS). Lagos state with a population of 23 million generates 13, 000 metric tonnes of waste daily and about 30% of these waste is collected which are not
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After a successful selection from the huge applications received for the 2017 fellowship, we are excited to announce the 4th edition of passionate, ethical and social change leaders, women who will lead and change the face of Green business in Nigeria. The 3rd cohort was exciting and excellent and we are happy at the success
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Why do girls need to be in school? What’s the need of education for the girl child when she’ll end up being someone’s wife? How would going to school help her be a wife? These are some of the questions most people would likely ask when Education and the girl child is brought up. Girl
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“Who even sent me to come here?!” Marcus asked. Queues in a bank (Source: www.naij.com) Staying on a queue as long as the BVN queue Marcus had stayed on years ago was not part of his plans. He was not about to stand for another three hours just to make a deposit at the bank
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Waste management is the most pressing environmental challenge faced by urban and rural areas of Nigeria. Nigeria, with a population exceeding 170 million, is one of the largest producers of solid waste in Africa. Despite a host of policies and regulations, waste management in the country is assuming alarming proportions with each passing day. Nigeria
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