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Arrival of Extreme Technology

Arrival of Extreme Technology

by Nnimmo | October 11, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Food, Militarism, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

Technology is defined as the application of  scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. Oftentimes industry is related to the transformation of nature or raw materials in factories. The word, te…

Bitten by Genetically Modified Gnats

Bitten by Genetically Modified Gnats

by Nnimmo | September 27, 2019 | Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

I would rather not be Bitten by Genetically Modified Gnats. No doubt science has meant advancement in many areas and has helped in the fight to overcome many problems. Science has also been the cause of many problems, so…

After the Massive Climate Marches

After the Massive Climate Marches

by Nnimmo | September 21, 2019 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Dirty Energy, Environment, Policy

The massive climate marches of 20th September 2019 demand massive global actions. Extreme storms, hurricanes and cyclones are occurring so frequently that they are almost taken for granted. Recently The Bahamas and parts…

Deprivation, Accommodation and Resistance

Deprivation, Accommodation and Resistance

by Nnimmo | August 30, 2019 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy, Stories

Education on Watery streets. There are some things that are better learned by personal experience than by stories we hear from other persons. However, it is also true that we do not desire to learn or experientially lear…

Perverse Corporate Investment Benefits

Perverse Corporate Investment Benefits

by Nnimmo | August 23, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy

Let us look at forces that lock in perverse corporate investment benefits. The quality of political leadership of nations is often judged by the volume of corporate investments they are able to attract, or trigger. These…

A Knife to the Throat

A Knife to the Throat

by Nnimmo | August 2, 2019 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

A Knife to the Throat. Think before you dance to the GMO beat. A popular saying has it that the person that pays the drummer dictates the tune. That saying may not hold true at all times because the drummer may on occasi…

The Classroom of life has no graduation

The Classroom of life has no graduation

by Nnimmo | July 20, 2019 | Alternatives, Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Poetry, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories

The Classroom of life has no graduation. Life offers classrooms without walls. Increasingly we are seeing these learning spaces to be the streets. They remain enclosed by our environment and our culture. Importantly, the…

Is Transformation better than Change?

Is Transformation better than Change?

by Nnimmo | April 21, 2019 | Analysis, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy

Is transformation better than change? Sometimes we can learn deep lessons from messages or fragments of wisdom on posters and billboards. They may jump at you as slogans and offer no further thoughts as to what they were…

Coloniality and the Geography of Seeds and Foods

Coloniality and the Geography of Seeds and Foods

by Nnimmo | April 15, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

The geography of food shows the peculiarities and patterns of food production and consumption across the world or in particular territories. It tells a tapestry of stories of the individuals or communities where they are…

A Morally Wounded People

A Morally Wounded People

by Nnimmo | March 29, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Culture, Environment, Policy

There are things that we now take for granted that were totally unimaginable a few decades ago. While we are not wishing for a return to the so-called “good old days,” it does appear appropriate for us to remind ourselve…

“Evolving” Extinction GMOs

“Evolving” Extinction GMOs

by Nnimmo | March 25, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

“Evolving” Extinction GMOs have no place in Nigeria. While the world was debating the future of new and extreme genetic engineering, proponents of the technology in Nigeria were busy proposing amendments to t…

Rethink Order on Ogoni Oil

Rethink Order on Ogoni Oil

by Nnimmo | March 18, 2019 | Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Policy, Uncategorized

Government Should Withdraw the Order for Resumption of Oil Exploitation in Ogoni Land. The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and We the People notes with alarm and unease the recent memo reportedly originating fr…

Between Truth and Falsehood

Between Truth and Falsehood

by Nnimmo | March 8, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy, Stories

Fabulous Fake Music (or When Fake is Real). The need to deepen the interrogation of the current tensions between truth and falsehood cannot be overemphasised. With the rise of fake news and alternative facts, reality has…

Eat Today, Eat Tomorrow

Eat Today, Eat Tomorrow

by Nnimmo | February 22, 2019 | Alternatives, Climate Change, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Policy

Eat Today, Eat Tomorrow. Many of us have been advised not to talk while eating, but eating without talking is hardly ever an option. We often muse over many issues as we munch. Meal time offers a time to appreciate the c…

In Pursuit of Our Collective Wellbeing

In Pursuit of Our Collective Wellbeing

by Nnimmo | February 15, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment

Voting for Our Collective Wellbeing . As the polls open tomorrow, Nigerians are faced with hard choices. These challenges include deciding whether to vote on the basis of political party affiliations, or to vote on the b…