U.S. President Obama Leaves Monsanto in Charge of Ending Hunger in Africa
At the Group of 8 (G8) meetings recently, President Obama and the leaders of the rest of the world’s richest nations abandoned their governments’ previous commitments to donate $7.3 billion a year to end hunger in Africa, after disbursing only 58 percent of the total pledge of $22 billion and giving less than 6 percent in new money they pledged three years ago. Instead, rich nations will leave the problem in the hands of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition where private corporations will invest $3 billion over 10 years – Monsanto has committed $50 million – beginning in three countries, Tanzania, Ghana and Ethiopia. This is a worrying development.
Getting a laugh ‘best way to save the planet’
What’s one of the best ways to save the planet? Simple, says renowned visiting environmentalist and educator Arron Wood: Teach kids not to be boring. Wood, who has inspired more than 55,000 Australian kids in 13 years to educate their peers about environmental issues and to instigate thousands of projects to clean up waterways, plant trees and better protect animal species, knows what he is talking about.
Environmentalist urges Nigerians to embrace Green Initiatives
A Lagos-based environmental activist, Mr Taiwo Adewole, has advised the state governments to embrace the “Green Initiative” to protect the environment.
