by Nnimmo | Jan 16, 2020 | Governance, Policy, Stories
The cabal toga is not one most people wish to wear in public. In recent months, we have seen concerted efforts to redefine the cabal as a political concept in order to give it a palatable connotation. In spirited pronouncements on popular television talk shows, we...
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 20, 2019 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Nigerians are not ready for GM Beans or any GMO for that matter. The commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) beans has been celebrated by the purveyors and promoters of the artificial variety. The Pod Borer-Resistant Cowpea (PBR-Cowpea) also known as Vigna...
by Nnimmo | Dec 12, 2019 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Policy
We have entered the era of Nature-based colonialism. Call it the Green Colonialism. The gloves are coming off. The climate crisis in the world is being approached as a mere unfolding change, as business opportunities and not as an emergency that requires drastic...
by Nnimmo | Nov 29, 2019 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy
Myths don’t feed anyone. Small-scale farmers provide 80 percent of global food supply using a mere 25 percent of the resources in the food production sector. Industrial agriculture provides less than 20 percent of the global food supply using 75 percent of cultivated...
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