BECOMING A WASTEPRENEUR: GREEN RECYCLER
Waste-preneurship is a green entrepreneurship model that addresses waste management using cost effective processes. They could be engaged in waste collection, land filling, incineration, recycling, upcycling or reusing of wastes. Waste mismanagement is one of the major challenges of our sustainability drive in Africa and wastepreneurs are solving this problem through processes that offer social […]
Happy 2023 from REES Africa
Hello dear! Happy new year to you! It seems like yesterday when we did the new year countdown and somehow, January seems to be moving at a good pace already. I am optimistic that 2023 is going to be a good year for all of us. I hope you’ve begun making progress towards your dreams […]
Use Solar Power; The Sun is not Complaining
The sun is full of energy; its passion and intensity are endless. All who experience it tag it as “sun-kissed.” The best thing yet is that the sun provides its services for free, and everything the sun touches is made beautiful. Many of us enjoy opening our windows or the veranda doors in the early […]
Rees Africa’s Founder- Yetunde Deborah Fadeyi, at COP27
The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris Agreement, was held from 6 to 20 November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. It is usually a gathering of public- and private-sector leaders to collaborate toward providing sustainable solutions to the effects of climate change. This year, the […]
Oil Spills In The Niger Delta
Over the years, Oil spills in the Niger Delta have threatened lives, destroyed livelihoods, and continuously diminished the environment. Right now, we could rate the Niger Delta region as one of the most polluted places in the world. This rating can be attributed to the many spills that have been recorded. The life expectancy of […]
SOLUTIONS TO AIR POLLUTION IN NIGERIA
According to the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), Nigeria has one of the worst air pollution cases; the fourth deadliest in the world. Several Nigerian cities have been listed as the most polluted in the world. Lagos, the hub of Nigeria’s economic activities, is marked by a lot of pollution. With increased urbanization and more economic […]
Environmental Sustainability and the Workplace
Environmental sustainability can be defined as responsible interactions with the environment to secure and promote long-term environmental quality. But too often, when environmental sustainability is discussed, there is usually the unconscious misconception that it concerns big multinationals and conglomerates. We quickly forget that the famous quote “leave no one behind”, doesn’t only concern rescue or […]
REES Africa: Five Years of Empowering Africa with Love and Light
I envision a continent fully liberated from energy poverty and fully given to environmental sustainability practices. – Yetunde Fadeyi Exactly five years ago, REES Africa (Renewable Energy & Environmental Sustainability for Africa), a youth-led non-governmental organization was founded by Yetunde Fadeyi to redefine the lifestyle of vulnerable and marginalized African communities. The mission was to […]
Ocean Warming
Oceans cover 70% of the globe. It absorbs about 90% of the atmosphere’s heat and interacts with the global climate and weather. As such, oceans influence the climate and weather locally and globally; and the climate can change the oceans. Oceans play a major role in influencing the climate and environment. 83% of the global […]
Let’s Talk about this Our Lagos Flooding
What comes to your mind when you think about floods? For me and many others, it is the story of Noah in the Bible. You have probably heard or read the story before. A quick summary is that God gave a warning to Noah and asked him to build a big ark to save as […]