From the pages of “You and the Earth” Before the smoke. Before the floods. Before the plastics ending up inside the drainage and the heat making it hard to breathe. The earth was beautiful. You and the Earth begins with a powerful reminder of the planet’s natural beauty. Not a beauty defined by skyscrapers or […]
From Lagos to Lahore, from Accra to Amsterdam, we are surrounded by plastic. The sachet water bags littering the gutters in Nigerian markets. The nylon wraps from suya and fried yam. The plastic bottles from every party and street corner. We see it, we live with it, sometimes we even burn it, unknowingly inhaling toxic […]
You do not need a thermometer to feel it. Just walk into a local market, and prices have doubled, maybe tripled. A bag of rice that cost twenty thousand naira last year now sells for over fifty thousand. Tomatoes are expensive. Maize is scarce. Even sachet water has doubled in price. The rains now come […]
Let us be honest — Earth Day celebrations have sometimes felt like a feel-good tradition. A few tree plantings here, a few speeches there, then we all move on. But this year, something was different. A few days ago, I stepped outside just before noon and felt the weight of the sun pressing down like […]
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“𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗴𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘁.” That was the joke a friend cracked last week as we both fanned ourselves under the scorching Abuja sun. We laughed, but deep down, it was far from funny. Nigeria is no stranger to heat, but what we are experiencing lately […]
The heat is unbearable. In recent months, headlines have screamed about “global boiling,” a terrifying new reality where temperatures are breaking records across the globe. Nigeria is no exception. The sun is extremely hot than ever, farmlands are drying, and life is becoming hard for millions daily. Yet, as communities struggle to adapt, climate change […]
In the communities in Bonny, Rivers State, where fishing and farming have sustained families for generations, people watch helplessly as rising sea levels swallow large amounts of land. The salty water seeps into farms, destroying cassava and plantain crops. Mothers recall a time when the tides were predictable, but today, nothing is certain. The climate […]
Every year, world leaders gather at climate summits, delivering passionate speeches and signing ambitious agreements to combat climate change. The headlines scream “historic breakthroughs,” “bold targets,” Time to take action,” and “unwavering commitments or dedication.” Yet, year after year, emissions keep rising, forests keep shrinking, and vulnerable communities continue to suffer the worst impacts of […]
