by Nnimmo | Feb 28, 2020 | Alternatives, Analysis, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy, Stories
Let’s look at activism, academia and politics. A conference on the intersection of academics and activism was recently held as part of events marking 40 years of the Right Livelihood Awards. It provided an excellent platform to mingle with ageing activists as well as...
by Nnimmo | Feb 21, 2020 | Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories
Will Ogoni be Cleaned? Recent news making the rounds is that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and their oil company partners, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total Exploration and Production of Nigeria (TEPNG) and Nigerian Agip Oil...
by Nnimmo | Jan 23, 2020 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The tide of GMOs and deadly herbicides creeps on unsuspected consumers as they are literally being ambushed in the night. Twenty countries, including Togo and Malawi, have placed a ban on the use of glyphosate containing herbicides based on health and environmental...
by Nnimmo | Jan 9, 2020 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Policy
These days no one can ignore the sad stories of Fires, Missiles and Climate Change. Watching a video of a cyclist offering water to a koala on highway in Australia, then helping it up a tree on the side of the highway was so touching. The animal turned around and...
by Nnimmo | Jan 2, 2020 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy
2019 was a year of extreme weather events spread across the world. Sweltering heat hit much of the world. Raging wildfires were recorded in Brazil, Bolivia, Australia and the United States of America. Massive floods ravaged even cities like Venice, famed to be able to...
by Nnimmo | Dec 27, 2019 | Culture, Stories
Don’t Call Me at 9 O’clock. Once upon a time, there were very few television stations in operation in Nigeria, and they only operated for a few hours a day. In those days most stations came on in the afternoon and went off at about midnight. The stations would open...
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