According to statistics from World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF in 2015, approximately 2.4 billion people lacked access to improved sanitation and 1.1 billion people (15 per cent of the global population) practiced open defecation with 949 million of the open defecators living in rural areas. Nigeria ranks fifth in the world among countries where... Read More

Opinion: Staring down pollution, a catalyst to combating climate change

by Amusa Temitope Victor In the running of a community in a hitch-free way, everyone has a role regardless of the nature of jobs they do: Physicians, Nurses, Teachers, Street Cleaners, Plumbers, Farmers, Traders all have very important roles they play. In like manner, everything existing in nature each has a role in ensuring a... Read More

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June 5, 2017

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Opinion: Mitigating the effects of urbanisation on nature in Africa’s development

by Femi Tunde Okunlola In 1972 following the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden between the 5th to the16th June, serving as the first international conference on environmental issues, the World Environment Day was inaugurated. In its wake, tracking the improvement in the progress of our management of the environment has... Read More

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June 6, 2016

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The Green Campus Initiative celebrates World Environment Day

The World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is celebrated widely in over 100 countries. It serves as a ‘people’s day’ for... Read More

Harpic educates on importance of improved sanitation practices in Nigeria

Opinion: Staring down pollution, a catalyst to combating climate change

Opinion: Mitigating the effects of urbanisation on nature in Africa’s development

The Green Campus Initiative celebrates World Environment Day

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