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IWD 2023: Putting digital technologies at the service of the promotion and defense of the rights of indigenous women in the Congo Basin
As the world celebrates International Women's Day, women living in forest areas in the Congo Basin struggle against deforestation, which is a real obstacle to their development. But digital technology can and should be used to promote indigenous peoples' rights.
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Greenpeace Africa responds to 2023 budget speech
Greenpeace Africa welcomes the Minister's awareness of the impacts the climate crisis and resultant extreme weather events will have on South Africans.
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Cameroonians dissatisfied with government response to climate crisis
More than half of Cameroonians consider the government's efforts to fight climate change unsatisfactory, according to a poll of 1,200 people. This data is not surprising, given accelerated deforestation and the ever-increasing use of plastic, and urges us to think about the harmful effects of climate change.
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Enough is enough
Today, I am on board the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise ship, as we confront the fossil fuel company, Shell, for its role in causing climate devastation around the world - while paying nothing for this destruction.
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NGOs demand end to Congo oil auction after leak of secret trade-off deal
A coalition of civil society groups have called for the immediate cancellation of a massive oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following news of a secret deal between Oil Minister Didier Budimbu, Nigerian gambling tycoon Chukwuma Ayodeji Ojuroye, and US consultancy GeoSigmoid.
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Africans weighed down by climate impacts while private jet use to Davos quadruples
New analysis commissioned by Greenpeace International shows that 1,040 private jets flew in and out of airports serving the Swiss mountain resort of Davos during the week of the 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF), causing CO2 emissions from private jets four times greater than an average week.
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What Made MAKE SMTHNG Week 2022 a Special Event
Have you ever heard of buy nothing make something? This is making something instead of buying and reusing something else that you would have otherwise considered as waste.
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LET’S RECAP: MAKE SMTHNG WEEK 2022
I’ll be honest, not until one month ago did I have any knowledge of, or idea about, MAKE SMTHNG week. This is an event that inspires such fervent creativity, joyous fun, incredible ingenuity, inspired pieces of art… I could go on but I may be getting too excited here looking back at the event over…
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Conscious Consumerism: Make SMTHNG Week at a Glance
It's about that festive time, and like the rest of the world, consumption is at its peak in Kenya. During this period, almost everything revolves around celebrations, which then revolves around consumption- because we are buying into the festivity idea, which means choosing on impulse instead on a needs basis.
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Creativity in the Making; Nothing is a Waste!
Deep in ourselves there is a talent that needs to be identified, ignited and nurtured into something unique and amazing; that’s what Make Smthng week was all about at Ubunifu Hub.