The heart of Nzambi’s ingenious solution lies in turning plastic waste into sustainable construction materials. Gjenge Makers specializes in producing high-quality paving blocks and construction ...

Maasai lose lawsauit Meanwhile, the Masai members of the Ngorongoro community filled a lawsuit in the East African Court of Justice (EACJ), in attempt to force the government of Tanzania to respect ...

A group of more than 120 leading UK lawyers, known collectively as “Lawyers Are Responsible“, has published a “Declaration of Conscience“. With this document, the lawyers pledge not to work for new ...

Fed up with illegal logging, deforestation, and climate change inaction, Asiimwe wants to be part of the solution in her country. In 2020, she launched a Tree Plant Hope Campaign plan aimed at ...

Isatou Ceesay is a 41-year-old social entrepreneur and the Director of the Gambia Women’s Initiative (WIG), based in the village of N’Jau, 681 kilometres (423 miles) away from the Gambian capital ...

Researchers from the Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin University in Australia have successfully tested a novel method for removing silicon from used solar panels and turning it into a ...

A class action lawsuit has been issued against Anglo American South Africa Ltd on behalf of Zambian communities living in the vicinity of the Kabwe lead mine, who for decades have endured perilous ...

The Colombian government will stop granting new oil and gas exploration contracts. The decision was revealed by Mining and Energy minister Irene Veléz. This course change was promised by president ...

In 2022, new species of plants and animals were discovered, all of which were already extant but had stayed very well hidden. According to our best estimates, we only know about 10 per cent of ...

The island of Tuvalu is the first to call for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at COP27. In 2015, Vanuatu made demands for such a treaty following the devastation caused by cyclone Pam. For now, ...

Ecuador’s closed season bans the fishing of certain species for a few months each year, to help stocks recover to more sustainable levels. Ministerial Agreement 070 establishes a bycatch percentage ...

“The villagers were the first to notice the difference,” Vibhu Prakash Mathur recalls. It was the mid-1990s, and Prakash was working at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan state, India. “One day they ...