by HOMEf | Aug 14, 2025 | Fossil Politics, School of Ecology
Oil-sacrificed zones, especially in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, bear deep scars of poisoned waters, devastated farmlands, and broken livelihoods. A once-thriving community has been ravaged by pollution, stripped of its resources, and left to cope with the aftermath of...
by HOMEf | Apr 15, 2025 | Fossil Politics, General, Hunger Politics, Ikike, School of Ecology, Uncategorized
There is a swath of current statistics that reveal appalling levels of environmental degradation and climate vulnerability across nations, especially in Global South regions. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), one such statistic, up...
by HOMEf | Jun 14, 2024 | School of Ecology
Currently, the world is struggling to address two major crises – food insecurity and climate change. To this end, various technological solutions have been proposed/implemented. Some of these technologies are being deployed in Africa without adequate regulatory...
by HOMEf | Apr 4, 2024 | Fossil Politics, School of Ecology
In the over 60years of crude oil exploration in Nigeria, oil-bearing communities and their environments have been plagued by heart-wrenching impacts from this unwholesome venture of oil and gas exploration ranging from massive pollution of land, water, and air leading...
by HOMEf | Mar 3, 2023 | Fossil Politics, General, School of Ecology
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) held her first School of Ecology (SoE) session for 2023 on 1st and 2nd March. The SoE which was themed: Extractivism, Climate Change, and Food Crises aimed to show the interrelatedness of extractivism, global...
by HOMEf | Dec 20, 2022 | Ikike, School of Ecology
The last session of the School of Ecology (SoE), for the year 2022, focused on the concept and issues around Political Ecology. The SoE, which was virtual, allowed for the contestation of ideas while discerning the points of convergence and divergence...
