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![The Story of Plastic is an eye opener into the global plastic pollution crisis]()
The Story of Plastic is an eye opener into the global plastic pollution crisis1 June 2020What does an anti-oil & gas activist in Houston, Texas, have in common with a lawyer advocating for plastic bag bans in Jakarta, Indonesia, and a waste picker in Delhi,…
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![34 Plastic Bans in Africa | A Reality Check]()
34 Plastic Bans in Africa | A Reality Check19 May 2020Africa has come a long way on the journey to creating a single-use plastic-free world with many victorious milestones to celebrate across the continent. We’ve been said to be leading…
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![Global crisis now! What nature is reminding us]()
Global crisis now! What nature is reminding us19 May 2020Hello Readers! My name is Enjer Ashraf, founder My Tree Initiative Uganda living in Kampala, Uganda. l love so much working with children. My team and I work with primary…
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![Africa’s Exploding Plastic Nightmare]()
Africa’s Exploding Plastic Nightmare19 May 2020ROSEMARY NYAMBURA SPENDS her weekends collecting plastic with her aunt Miriam in the Dandora dump in Nairobi. Because the bottles they sell to other plastics traders are mixed in with discarded…
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![We don’t need more fishing licences – we need help to fight COVID19!]()
We don’t need more fishing licences – we need help to fight COVID19!18 May 2020There’s been outrage in recent weeks over news that the Senegalese government will start a process which could lead to the issuing of 54 new licenses to destructive, industrial fishing…
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![The blessings and the curses of the day after will be up to us]()
The blessings and the curses of the day after will be up to us7 May 2020Greenpeace Africa Campaigner Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue I started 2020 with a renewed sense of optimism. I promised myself to make the first year of the third decade of the third…
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![Finding the crack in the lockdown]()
Finding the crack in the lockdown17 April 2020Human beings love comfort, freedom and certainty. The COVID-19 lockdown has instantly taken all that away from landing us in a new reality and an unchartered territory. Some react with…
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![Health & the Reuse Revolution: Zero waste living in a time of crisis]()
Health & the Reuse Revolution: Zero waste living in a time of crisis16 April 2020A Blog Series with Tips, Tools, and Reflections In recent weeks, the coronavirus pandemic has sparked a wider conversation about how people who want to continue to avoid disposables, support…
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![You are stronger than you know and you aren’t in this alone]()
You are stronger than you know and you aren’t in this alone8 April 2020Hello fellow Humans! My name is Orieny Japheth, a volunteer for Greenpeace Africa living in Nairobi, Kenya. Till last month I hadn’t really appreciated the importance of freedom of movement…
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![To describe the online Greenpeace Global Volunteer Leadership Training as effective is an understatement]()
To describe the online Greenpeace Global Volunteer Leadership Training as effective is an understatement3 April 2020Online learning is not the next big thing, it is the NOW big thing. Jack Messman, former CEO at Novell emphasises that “online learning is rapidly becoming one of the…
