Last week, I was meeting a few friends at a popular Lagos lagoon-front clubhouse. We were treated to a scenic view with luxury boats gently bobbing on the soft waves repeatedly crashing against the boundary walls of the clubhouse. With promises of an idyllic sunset, we could really have been anywhere in the world. Except […]
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Original post on CreditCards.com Sustainable living not only minimizes our impact on the natural world, it also creates an avenue for us to chose what we put in our bodies, the clothes we wear and the way we treat our homes. Due to this, going green can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. This
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Lagos state is currently regarded as a mega city because it is home to close to 22 million people. These people are scrambling for limited infrastructural amenities. One of these is waste management. In the last one year, some reforms have come into existence and it can be said that a cleaner Lagos state is
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One of the highlights of my vacation was always seeing Grandpa in the village. I enjoyed not only visiting the village and meeting my mother’s father but the adventure which started once we left the noise and pollution in the city and veered off into places my inner self resonates with. From the trees, mountains,
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The Forum of Young Global Leaders is a multistakeholder community of leaders from all walks of life, from every region of the world. Current members head governments and Fortune 500 companies, hold Nobel Prizes and Academy Award and have become UN Goodwill Ambassadors and Social Entrepreneurs. This year, one hundred of the world’s most promising artists, business
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The design business loves to reveal to you what you completely need to do: wear this best, purchase those jeans, combine that dress with those boots, convey that pack. Yet, with regards to discussing supportable form, they are, generally, really tight-lipped- – and beyond any doubt, you know a green closet has benefits that one
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The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research has held the prestigious “Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” since 2009. The award honours 25 young researchers every year. Thus, the Green Talents Competition successfully encourages the global exchange of innovative green ideas from various fields of research. Since its inception,
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The Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative (SAMI) is a non-governmental organization founded by Ms. Toyin Adesola who has been through traumatic challenges of living with the sickle cell (SC) disorder all her life and she deemed it necessary to help those who may not be privileged like her to have reasonable medical attention, care,
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I dream of a World Where I am free to express myself And reach my full potential Where I don’t have to hide my tears cos Men don’t cry Or where I am seen as weak cos Women are naturally weak. I dream of a World Where things happen at my pace And society doesn’t
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It was a very busy day at work; at 7:30 pm, I closed my laptop and was set to go home. Leaving my office in Lagos Island, I took a ‘keke’ to Obalende where I boarded a bus to Oshodi via the Iyana-Oworo axis (apology to non-Lagos readers). I soon found myself a corner in
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