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Greenpeace Africa launches online campaign platform to strengthen environmental activism in Africa
Johannesburg, 5 June 2018 - Today, World Environment Day, Greenpeace Africa has launched VUMA. EARTH - an online campaign platform for ordinary citizens to run environmental petitions. The platform seeks to grow an environmental movement and give a voice to millions of Africans across the continent . The tool provides a space for Africans to…
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I can still feel the enthusiasm of our Cameroon volunteers!
As I stepped out of the plane at the Yaounde international airport, the humid twenty-eight degree Celsius (28⁰C) midday temperature engulfed my face and though perspiring, it gave me the feeling…
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A little more on plastics
Plastic bags - what's not to love about them. They are cheap and lightweight enough for us to put anything in them, from food to clothes and so much more. Plastics are more or less a part of us, objects we find it hard to part with. What we probably don’t know are the greater…
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What made me embark on a life changing mission as a Greenpeace Africa Volunteer
My experience of a lifetime as a Greenpeace Africa Volunteer
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Project Sunshine: Powering off-grid communities with Renewable Energy
Barely twenty kilometres from the Lanseria airport in Johannesburg, timidly lies Diepsloot - an informal settlement in the north of the economic capital city.
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We bring culture and nature together to celebrate World Environment Day
Environmental protection is no doubt among the top issues facing the world today. World Environment Day commemorated on June 5, reminds us to sensitise and encourage people to be more conscious of their actions on the environment. This year’s theme was ‘Connecting People to Nature’ and we the Environmental Ambassadors of Cameroon were at the…
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A Wealth of Life – the beauty of West Africa
Sailing across the nutrient rich waters of the West African Atlantic Ocean these past two months, I have been lucky enough to see an incredible array of wildlife. Whales, dolphins…
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“Fishing from the sky”, empty nets, dead fish and the plight of West African fisher folks
Travelling in Africa is bittersweet. I always appreciate the warmth of fellow Africans, the humanity that characterises daily life and the untold stories of Ubuntu. But there is a dark side. If poverty and quality of life are measured by access to clean water, basic health care, roads and infrastructure, most African countries are poor…
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Greenpeace Africa instils forest values to youths during the 5th World Forest Day commemoration
Yaoundé, 21st March 2017. Greenpeace Africa has today organised activities with youths to commemorate World forest day. This year’s festivities celebrated under the theme“Forest & Energy” underscores the importance of the forest with regards to energy. It’s for this reason that Greeenpeace and several young people in the Congo Basin region coined the social media…