Change My Community
Big change starts with small steps. It starts with you keeping nature intact. It starts with you demanding change in your community.
It all starts with you
A thriving environment is possible, and so are equitable societies that are just and peaceful. But the world doesn’t get better on its own. It gets better because individuals and communities work together to make it that way. We believe when we stand together and act, we can make the change in the world for a greener, fairer and more peaceful tomorrow.rnrnBe part of our growing movement by encouraging your friends, family and neighbours to get involved.
What you can do
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REPORT | Food or Poison? The Silent Environmental Cost of Highly Hazardous Pesticides in Africa
This report highlights the growing reliance on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across the continent, particularly in Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. While these chemicals are often marketed as essential for boosting crop yields, the report argues they are actually “poisoning the foundations of our food systems” by destroying soil health and killing critical pollinators like…
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Should climate funding be a deal breaker for climate action in Africa?
As the world looks yet again with hope and anticipation to the current round of talks in the global climate conference in Egypt (COP27), it is clear that one of the most critical ways to address the climate quagmire is to make polluters pay.
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GMOs: A neo-colonial technology undermining food and seed sovereignty in Kenya
Kenya has lifted its 10 year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines GMOs as organisms (plants, animals or microorganisms) whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally through mating and/or natural recombination.
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GMOs: A neo-colonial technology undermining food and seed sovereignty in Kenya
Kenya has lifted its 10 year ban on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines GMOs as organisms (plants, animals or microorganisms) whose genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally through mating and/or natural recombination.
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Landmark judgment in South Africa permanently halts Shell’s Wild Coast oil and gas exploration
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has delivered a decisive victory for Wild Coast communities, ocean justice and environmental rights, by setting aside the exploration right that would have allowed Shell and Impact Africa to search for oil and gas off the Wild Coast, and closing any renewal route.
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As the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon roar with pride, Greenpeace Africa calls for a second chance for Ebo forest
As Cameroon celebrates the extraordinary journey of the Indomitable Lionesses, who transformed an unexpected opportunity into a place in the final of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) and qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Greenpeace Africa believes their remarkable story carries a powerful lesson beyond football.
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We are still standing: from Lokolama, our forest continues to speak
The forest of the Congo Basin did not wait for international conferences to be protected. It has been safeguarded for generations by the people who live within it. Indigenous Peoples are not the past. They are an essential part of the forest’s future.