The Butterfly Garden
The words of Nathaniel Branden “The first step toward change is awareness” holds true for this fight against the triple planetary crisis – climate change crisis, pollution and biodiversity loss – as ignorance seems to be detrimental. Unaware individuals are less...
Financial Literacy
Globally, only 1 in 3 adults are financially literate. This points to a staggering 3.5 billion adults, majority of whom live in developing economies, lacking basic understanding of fundamental financial concepts. Africa is the least financially literate of all...
Waste Management In Nigeria: A Case For Responsible Citizen Involvement
Introduction Waste generation could be said to be as old as human existence. Man’s survival requires that resources within the environment are exploited for human needs and the sustenance of life. In doing so, a number of waste materials are generated. Waste in itself...
Pesticides and Food Safety – Murdering Tomorrow Today
Pesticides Everywhere! Whether at home, restaurants, pubs, workplace, school/daycare centers, markets or on the farm, largely, the food we consume have traces of chemicals. In Nigeria, domestic and occupational exposure to pesticides is enormous. Synthetic...
What is Education for?
Education has been described as light that liberate recipients from darkness. In 1974, a notable Nigerian professor of education, Fafunwa, said education is aggregate of processes by which a child or young adult develops his abilities, attitudes and other forms of...