It is much simpler than it appears to be: EQUALITY. I am a feminist and all I want is to be treated equal and fair. I do not wish to have an upper hand on men, and I am equally against being under their thumb as well. Feminism has lost its real essence due to the […]
Sustainable progress or development is the catalyst for the future. The UN earlier this year officially launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aimed at propelling the world towards a prosperous and sustainable future. The idea and promise of a sustainable future though very bright and shiny but recall that development is directly a function of power
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Twenty one-year-old Tracy Kimathi is a student of Environmental Science and founder of Tree_Sea.Mals, a web-based organization for environmental awareness from Kenya. In line with the global theme of promoting young voices leading the way on sustainability advocacy, we caught up with Tracy and are please to have her as this week’s Susty Person. You
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Climate Change is basically a change in our weather condition over an extended period of time, for a long time, the planet’s climate has constantly been changing; the global average temperature today is about 15C, However, the current period of warming is occurring more rapidly than the past years, in fact, every past month is
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We are so excited to announce that the popular Susty Movie – No Where To Run which began series of premieres and screenings last year will be showing in Lagos on the 22nd of November, 2016 and we want you to attend!! “Nowhere to Run” tells the story of environmental threats and unique challenges to security
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Maria Okese is twenty-four years old, she is orphaned, deaf and dumb. But she is a very fast learner, amiable and communicates excellently with sign language and averagely in written English language. Maria became deaf at the age of three but still went ahead to graduate from the Government owned Special School for Handicapped Children
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The last and final day of the Social Good Summit was nothing short of amazing, no surprises here, we had the vice president of United States in our midst, I also got into the main auditorium! (bye DML) Below, I have outlined summaries of the sessions I followed carefully. Introducing the Inaugural class of UN
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I recently interviewed Dr David Nabarro after meeting him at the UNGA 2016. As the world counts down to the Paris Agreement coming into force in the next two days and also the Cop22 event in few days, my chat with Dr David Nabarro is timely as it sheds more light on his office’s plan
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Most cities in Nigeria especially in the South South and South West regions due to their low-lying topographical locations are presently facing a recurring trend at this time of the year. These regions are faced frequent and incessant downpour which leads to flooding and eventually becomes a threat to the environment and the inhabitants at
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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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