Can plastic bricks pave a road out of Kenya’s plastic waste problem?
March 10, 2023

In a month, Nzambi Matee is able to turn between 10 to 20 tonnes of plastic waste into pavers of different colours, with Gjenge Makers managing to produce 1,500 every day.

Is plastic waste the building material of the future?
January 16, 2023

“We’re not just about building houses and reducing plastic pollution. We want to change people’s awareness of plastic.”

Shouldn’t we start talking about social class diversity in newsrooms?
January 9, 2023

When I used to work between Egypt and Europe, I was sometimes paid as low as 10% of what my colleagues working in the same job on the same stories in the same place were paid. I was paid differently because I carried a different passport.

Dispatch from the womb of storms: Cop27 and the reality of loss and damage in the Caribbean
December 14, 2022

“Well the truth is, everything in Caribbean life almost has an outdoor existence. So climate becomes so much a part of our life but it also drives a big part of our economy; agriculture, tourism. When you have any kind of storm event it disrupts life totally.”

Can COP27 contribute to disability-inclusive climate justice?
November 17, 2022

The challenges that disabled people face to participate in COP27 are in the context of existential challenges for civil society as a whole.

The silencing of scientists in the Philippines
November 15, 2022

“This battle is not just for Leonard and for his companions that day. This is for all those who do fieldwork, for the environmentalists. I will not stop no matter what they do.”

Criminalizing feminist solidarity: A firsthand account from Egypt
November 10, 2022

The state wanted to re-educate me again, and not just the state, but the society of the leftists, artists, and even some friends. Because I dared to expose one of their men.

Invisible children: the struggle of Nepali mothers returning home
November 8, 2022

“I became totally helpless. I was there to earn money to support my family, but I was trapped abroad,” Sunita said.

Family First: The Rise of the Anti-Gender Movement in North Macedonia
October 31, 2022

“My existence is not a personal attack on [Prezemi Odgovornost]. Their attack on me, however, is a personal attack.”

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