by Nnimmo | Jun 23, 2022 | Alternatives, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Development alternatives, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The Niger Delta is a territory under siege. This siege did not begin today. It didn’t begin yesterday. The siege has been prominent since the 15th Century. The siege has disrupted our ways of living, our communities, our cultures, and our spirituality. It has brought...
by Nnimmo | Mar 10, 2022 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
It has often been said that one of the ways to colonize a people is by dismantling or subverting their culture. This pathway is also effective for building dependency and disrupting the systems that organically secures the health of the populations. In terms of...
by Nnimmo | Dec 20, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Dirty Energy, Poetry, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Having lived millions of years In the bowel of the Earth With occasional forays to the surface You lent yourself to be used as mortar And sometimes tar Sometimes you trapped folks in pits as in Sodom and Gomorrah But finally, some clever folks...
by Nnimmo | Dec 10, 2021 | Analysis, Climate Change, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
THE 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from 31 October to 13 November 2021 and had a loud, but uncertain achievement. No, this was not just about the Glasgow Climate Pact which...
by Nnimmo | Nov 6, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Poetry, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
12 years ago We were already in Injury Time Fighting for a temperature target of 1C Today Nature has been patient enough So patient not to call off the game Though the ball has left the pitch Nature has given humans a moment to think This is extra time in Injury...
by Nnimmo | Jul 27, 2021 | Alternatives, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Poetry, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories
The vital place of the narrative strategy is in awakening memories and building consciousness for action. Over the past months we have experienced an evolving of our understanding of critical storytelling. We have seen the overturning of...
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