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Does nature really end where cities begin?
#UrbanOctober is exploring how to create safe, clean, resilient cities with nature and life at the centre.
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Africa Climate Summit: Time to shake off colonial legacy and shape up our green pan-African future
Two years after the Just Transition Partnership was announced by South Africa and Global North partners, a similar Just Transition Partnership has been announced with Senegal, as a part of…
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Africa Climate Summit: What is it and what does it mean for young people in Africa?
The Africa Climate Summit is a pivotal moment for our continent and the world. As a young person, I am excited to see how it will unfold and hopeful that it will mark a turning point in the fight against climate change in Africa.
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African feminist academy for climate justice: Uniting feminists for a sustainable future
AFACJ was an experience that left an indelible mark on my heart, mind, and soul and spoke to how far feminism in Africa has evolved from fighting stereotypical gender roles to a more authoritative “I am here.”
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10 big secrets of bees
How much do you know about honey bees? Here are 10 small but important, cute but great stories about bees that we have encountered.
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You need meat and dairy (says the meat and dairy industry)
As the pressure to tackle the environmental, climate and health impact of heavy meat based diets grows, the meat industry seems to be resorting to the same playbook used by the fossil fuel business. It downplays its the climate impacts, disputes the accounting of the its responsibility for climate change, and funds scientists to support…
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How an act of care led to a food revolution
“If people’s basic needs are not provided by those in power, food availability becomes revolutionary because caring for ourselves and our neighbours is a form of resistance — showing that we’re not giving up.”
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Living, loving and learning from the “people of the mountain”
All over the world people are coming together to build a better future for their communities and themselves, despite challenging situations. Their experiences don’t hit the headlines, but offer some help...
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Fighting for inclusion and justice in Brazil’s Amazonas capital
At the meeting point of the Rio Negro and the Amazon lies Manaus, capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, people are connecting younger generations with their roots to help counter the alienation they feel in the modern world.
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The true meaning of economy – the art of taking care of our common home
Brazil’s semi-arid region has dry-forests with immense biodiversity, but suffers from water scarcity, making it a hostile climate, long associated with environmental degradation, extreme poverty, drought and predatory landowning elites.