“A man’s always got choices. Sometimes you just gotta choose the right one” Teddy Oglethorpe The Movie Screening was held on the 5th of June, 2022 at the Ebonylife cinema. The theater was almost filled to its capacity as we had 80 people in attendance, refreshment was provided to all attendees. The event started with […]
“Don’t Look Up” Movie Screening and Panel Session for World Environment Day Read More »
Ahead of World Envioronment Day, SustyVibers in Port Harcourt headed to the streets on June 4 to commemorate this day. The activities include evacuation of organic waste that was collected in bin bags and neatly packaged, while plastic and nylon waste were collected in bin bags for collection by cleaners of the Rivers State Waste
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Governance at all levels is everyone’s business. Our country has been derailed for too long that we can no longer continue to pay cursory attention to issues that are critical to our wellbeing and standard of living. Therefore, we must begin to ask questions and contribute our quota in knowledge and action to governance as
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Scientists reveal 1 million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report
Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth’s natural life Read More »
Data suggests that regions with high rates of open defecation experience severe sanitation and waste management problems. India currently has the highest level of open defecation. It accounts for about 59% of the 1.1 billion people who practice open defecation. Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, is not far behind.
Open Defecation in Nigeria: How Nigeria Can Learn From Bangladesh Read More »
Preliminary investigations by regulatory agencies, revealed that the building had earlier been marked for demolition. This collapse comes barely nine months after another building on the same street caved in. Barely two days after this incident, a building in Ibadan, Nigeria also collapsed. A lot of questions have been left unanswered. How did a school get approval to operate on the second floor of a building? How come a school was situate in a building that residents could barely move around comfortably? With the rate of building collapse occurring in Nigeria, there is need for urgent reforms in the housing sector.
Of Preventable Building Collapses: Call to Action Read More »
Olajobi Makinwa is the United Nations Global Compact’s Chief, Intergovernmental Relations & Africa where she leads high-level interactions with governments as well as strengthening relations and mobilizing political support to advance the work of the UN Global Compact. She also coordinates relations with regional organizations. When we had this interview with her, she was the
Olajobi Makinwa – Susty Person of the Month (February) Read More »
Microplastics permeate the oceans. According to Craig Criddle, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, they are in about quarter of the seafood in stores and markets around the United States. In Nigeria, fishermen have revealed that separating plastic from their fish has become part of the fishing culture. Plastic pollution is also affecting human
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For the first time ever, our street conference is going to take place in the city of Ibadan, Oyo state. This will be our first of many #StreetConferences that will be held in Ibadan, our Ibadan folks also get to #StareDownOnPollution with us. Our street conferences are aimed at sensitizing locals on the ills and
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The 2019 Advancing Development Goals International Students Contest invites teams of Master students from all academic programmes to devise innovative and pragmatic solutions to the Challenges of Global Health. Registrations close on 24th March 2019.Submission is due by 15th July 2019. The Contest Eager to stimulate reflection and innovation on development from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives and
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