On climate conversations: we all can’t sleep and face the same direction. One main factor that limits the conversation and body of knowledge around climate change as we know it today is the fact that many people who rightly “believe in climate change” think that every other person has to agree with them and align … Read more

Not until residents of Misheli community (Nigeria) decided to communicate their priority, 2000+ residents lacked access to clean water for 26 months because no one – including the government saw the need to fix a broken water source (borehole). The government was fixated on non-pressing issues in the community. It took installing this signage on … Read more

Do with these reflections why you wish. Though derived from academic literature, it resonates with our current social (and maybe religious) constructs in many ways, especially during this holiday period. Why do we exchange gifts? It is not so much the redistribution of resources or exchange of goods but to create and maintain relationships. The … Read more

It’s good to be back in the UAE! I still have treasured memories from June – July 2019 when I was one of 30 young folks that the UN had brought together to participate in the UN Climate Summit Preparatory meetings. Besides the long meetings and active engagements (and good food – I must admit), … Read more

A popular #Yoruba adage goes “ti a ba fun were loko, odo ara e lo ma roko si.” I’ll replace “were” with “agbe”, it translates as “when you give a farmer a hoe, he digs the ridges between his own legs.” Not because he is selfish, how else would he use the hoe? As I follow the … Read more