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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Siaya residents reject Kenya’s nuclear plant at public forum, and the government must listen
When hundreds of residents in Sakwa, Bondo Sub-County, stormed what was supposed to be a government public participation forum this week, they were not protesting a rumour. They were rejecting a decision that had already been made for them, without them.
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A world without bees: why pollinator decline threatens Africa’s food security
What if your favourite foods suddenly started disappearing from markets and dinner tables? No creamy avocados, fewer juicy mangoes, smaller watermelons, struggling coffee farms, and declining harvests season after season. I know it sounds dramatic but this is the reality we risk when pollinators like bees disappear.
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When conflict rises, who really profits?
In March alone, oil prices surged to around $100 a barrel. That spike translated into an estimated $23bn in windfall profits for the world’s biggest oil and gas companies during that period. Companies like Shell and BP didn’t earn this because they improved energy access or innovated.