In the Belly of the Plastic Whale
Inside the Belly of the Plastic Whale. It was a surreal feeling for me to literally step into the belly of a whale in December 2017. It was an unforgettable experience, to say the least. One could not but imagine what wo…
Healing the Earth, Healing Society, Healing Self
Healing the Earth, Healing Society, Healing Self. Health and Wellbeing are central in Sustainable Development Goal 3 (“SDG 3”). But do we know what the art of healing is; are we aware of the four dimensions of health: ph…
Eco-Instigator #18 goes online!
Eco-Instigator #18 goes online! In this last edition of our Eco-Instigators for 2017 we bring you articles and reports on the following topics: Nigeria deserves an unbiased Biosafety regulator. Climate Change impacts on…
Conflicts and the Idea of Land Ownership
Our conception of ownership of any piece of the Earth depends largely on our relationship with the Earth. When land is treated as a commodity, as an article of trade, conflict becomes inevitable. This is the driver of th…
Climate Change, Land, Food and Pastoralism
Soil quality has direct impact on the quality of harvests. Poor soils produce poor yields and climate change affects the quality and availability of soil for food production. We experience this directly when there are fl…
HOMEF, CSOs Reject Transgenic cassava application from IITA
The plans to take total control of Nigeria’s food system is moving rapidly on the genetically engineered organisms (GMO) highway. The list of GMOs being pushed in Nigeria includes beans, maize and cotton. Recently the In…
FishNet Wisdom at Makoko
FishNet Wisdom: Fish not Oil. There must be a time when we sit back to reflect on the things we take for granted in order to avoid being taken by surprise when such things disappear. No one bothers to answer a question …
A Hard Superhighway to Travel
A Hard Superhighway to Travel. The Superhighway project has been controversial from the day it was first announced publicly for many reasons. First, it was routed without regard to the negative impacts it would have on t…
We are no GMO Guinea Pigs
We are not Guinea Pigs. Unjust, unsafe, unsustainable. These are the three key words that can be used to describe food systems based on genetic engineering and other chemical based agricultural systems that seek to pollu…
Unpacking Re-Source Democracy
Interrogating Re-Source Democracy. Progress has been measured by how much humans are able to transform Nature and increasingly this has been seen to be directly related to how exploitative of Nature and how…
Resilience, Resistance
Building a Resilient and Ecologically Engaged Citizenry. Cross River State is generally seen as a green state, with some of the last tracts of pristine rain forests – some of which have been preserved through community f…
Women, Re-sources, Peace and Matters Arising
Although women are rarely those that trigger wars and the arms race, they are often the victims and bear the brunt of the harms that occur during the conflicts. Each International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarma…
In the Shadows of the Future (Poem)
In the Shadows of the Future In a hide-away in Rustlers Valley Lodged where the EarthRises to meet the mountains Drawn by the call of caves and waterfalls Enraptured by the pull of ancestral footsteps Sucked into the sil…
Eco-Instigator #15 : Promoting Biosafety in Nigeria
The heat is on, as the saying goes. As the forces of environmental harm increase the heat on the planet, ecological defenders are stepping up on mobilisations and vigorously standing up for justice. One key trending envi…
What We Eat (must not eat us)
What We Eat (must not eat us): The key myths by which citizens are sold the idea of GMOs as being desirable include that they provide the most assured way of feeding the burgeoning population of hungry mouths in the worl…
