by Nnimmo | Mar 25, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
“Evolving” Extinction GMOs have no place in Nigeria. While the world was debating the future of new and extreme genetic engineering, proponents of the technology in Nigeria were busy proposing amendments to the National Biosafety Management Act, 2015, with...
by Nnimmo | Feb 10, 2019 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Eating Genetically Engineered Pesticides. All through the ages, in the development of agriculture, humans have selected and cultivated crops and animals that thrive in their environments and are good for their health. Some of the factors that determine what we love as...
by Nnimmo | Nov 28, 2018 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
A Dose of Needless Medicine. In this reflection we are looking at genetically modified cotton (GM) in the light of the Tortoise Principle. There is a folktale about a time a Lion was sick and declared that all the animals in the kingdom should pay him a get-well-soon...
by Nnimmo | Nov 19, 2018 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Development alternatives, Environment, Food, Militarism, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Do Not Betray Africa on SynBio and Gene Drives As representatives of a broad range of African civil society organisations (CSOs), we do not feel represented by the delegations of Nigeria and South Africa, speaking on behalf of African Group, in their attempt to speak...
by Nnimmo | Nov 12, 2018 | Alternatives, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Poetry, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
We can plant a seed Way back yesterday In the glow of nighttime fires We sat around steamy bowls Carving up mounds of foo foo Then dipping our hands in hot soups Mouths long open awaited the feast With every bite our tongues knew the source Jolly jolly bellies, happy...
by Nnimmo | Oct 26, 2018 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Poetry, Policy, Stories
We are glad to serve you a feisty edition of your informative Eco-Instigator. In it you will find articles and reports from our projects and our continuous struggles for ecological justice. Due to the focus of extractive industry on offshore exploration and...
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