Original post on ECOWATCH The 45-year-old rhinoceros, named Sudan, was euthanized Monday at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. He was being treated for age-related complications that led to degenerative changes in his muscles and bones and also gave him extensive skin wounds. “His condition worsened significantly in the last 24 hours; he was unable to stand […]
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At first, the problem of false advertising was mostly annoying, but it is proving to be far more grievous. Turns out that asides processed food companies ‘harmlessly’ overstating the quality of their products, there are some that purposely mislead consumers to purchase fake food. And naturally, rather than taking responsibility for the dangerous outbreaks their food
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Education is the cornerstone of our future. In this present digital age, technology has invented new ways which students can now access useful and vast resources through the four corners of a screen. With simply the push of a button or click of a mouse. In fact, the number of schools with access to the
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I wake up to find that the weight of the world has rolled from my shoulders to my chest. And I cannot roll it off, albeit I have tried my best. My best friends are enjoying the party, partly; they tried to keep me from leaving, but they are leaving me alone. Now alone, I
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Deadline: March 25, 2018 The Obama Foundation seeks to identify a group of emerging African leaders from all sectors — government, civil society, and the private sector — who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the common good. The objective of the program is to build a growing network of innovative and ethical changemakers, who
Deadline: 2 April 2018 In 2018, seven young people – selected from every global region – will be named Young Champions of the Earth . These winners receive seed funding, intensive training, and tailored mentorship to help them bring their big environmental ideas to life. Whose big idea will change the world? Following an open
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The embassy of United States of America in Nigeria has joined other stakeholders and organizations across the world to show solidarity for Nigerian wildlife resources and to restate the need for Nigerians to save the remainder of Nigeria’s threatened species. March 3rd, which is the signing date of the Convention on the International Trade of
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A few weeks ago, a photo posted by Richard Appiah Akoto (registered as Owura Kwadwo Hottish) an Informaion and communications technology teacher in Betenase M/A Junior High School in Ghana went viral on Facebook and twitter. In it, Akoto drawing a diagram of Microsoft Word on a chalkboard and we can see the students copying
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source: ThinkProgress The rapid rise of solar power is one of the most astonishing transformations in the history of global energy use. A decade ago, solar photovoltaics (PV) was just a tiny sapling, easily dismissed by fossil fuel advocates. Today, after a remarkable 30-fold increase in PV sales in just nine years, it has become
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Source: IRENA Around the world, women face the largest burden of not having access to modern energy. More often than not, it is women who have to walk long distances to collect fuel wood, and it is they who spend their days ingesting harmful air pollution from kerosene and wood fires as they cook, care and
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