It is no longer news that an African will be the President of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly starting from Tuesday, 17th – 27th September 2019 in New York, chaired by H.E. Prof. Tijjani Muhammad Bande from Nigeria. However, what is global news is that the United Nations Secretary-General has selected […]
Author Archives: Team 54 Project
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On August 28th 2019, Team 54 Project members in Nigeria led by Mr. Solomon Oluwaseun Samson and in collaboration with De Lifeline Foundation and Education and Environment Network – TEEN Africa visited the local orphanage. “It was exactly 3:00 pm Nigerian time, when we have arrived to the orphanage. The children were very excited and […]
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The World’s Plastic Addiction Is On Horrifying Display In These Photographs When you start looking for trash, you see it everywhere. It flows past you every day, an endless stream of bags and takeout boxes and disposable forks, the blister packs and laminated foils that come wrapped around every tube of toothpaste or plastic toy […]
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“It’s insane that a 16-year-old has to cross the Atlantic Ocean to make a stand.” NEW YORK — Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist who spurred a global climate movement, arrived in New York City on Wednesday to a roaring crowd of hundreds of people. Thunberg traveled for 13 days and 18 hours across the Atlantic […]
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Greta, her father and a 2 man crew have begun the two-week journey to reach the US in a high-speed yacht, called the Malizia II. Greta will be attending two large climate change summits in New York and Santiago, Chile this year. In order to make sure her journey has zero carbon emissions, Greta has […]
Environment, News
Nestle announces new partnership to deliver ‘world’s first’ biodegradable security seals
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Nestle has become the first major company to switch to a new biodegrable seal for use on its transport fleet. Nestlé UK have joined forces with Mega Fortris Group to source and use their world first biodegradable security seal. Security seals are a crucial tool for the logistics team within companies to help prevent breaches of lorries […]
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“Make our voices heard,” “Ditch coffee cups,” –– these are a couple of suggestions the models in Stella McCartney’s latest fashion campaign have for saving the world. As part of her fall-winter 2019 campaign, McCartney invited climate activists Tori Tsui, Deya Ward, Ruby Munslow, and others to share five ways to fight for the planet […]
Awards and honour, Environment, News
Eco-Hero Award (EHA) Winners for May 2019 – Ms. Victoria Andele – dawonou and Mr. Daniel Newman Awomnab
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On behalf of Team 54 Project Members, the entire Board and Management team, we announce the ECO-HERO Award (EHA) Recipients for the month of May 2019. The EHA winners are: 1. Victoria Andele-dawonou: Team 54 Project – Togo 2. Daniel Newman Awomnab: Team 54 Project – Ghana Our EHA recipients have been working hand-in-hand with members of our organization […]
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The United Nation’s secretary-general’s special representative on disaster risk reduction warned, in an interview with the Guardian, that adaption and resilience from climate disasters needs to happen now. While only a minority reach our headlines, at least one climate disaster event is happening each week, Mami Mizutori, the United Nation’s secretary-general’s special representative on disaster risk […]