Environmental Impact of EveryDay Waste Materials
The environment is ours to keep and our everyday waste materials pose a great threat to it. These wastes comprises of the excess materials generated by human activities that are disposed in inappropriate or uncontrolled ways. Every year globally, humans improperly dispose 2.12 billions tons of wastes. These wastes ends up
Tips for Recycling at Work
Recycling can be the start of changes your business makes to save money and be environmentally responsible. Three tips on How on Recycle at Work Find a recycling service provider, Ecobarter offers cooperate recycling service. Set up a recycling scheme or host a recycling event to launch the scheme. Position
A Guide to Leading Climate Adaptation in Your Local Community (Africans)
In the heart of our vibrant African community, we stand at a pivotal moment. The world around us is changing, and it’s changing fast. Climate change has become an undeniable reality, affecting every corner of the globe, including our beloved homeland. The signs are all around us – changing weather
Ecobarter at the African Climate Summit in Kenya
Climate summit is a needed forum to discuss new climate actions strategies and nature based solutions. In September 2023, the Ecobarter platform was showcased at the Africa Union’s climate innovation hub alongside other great innovators. The African Climate Week and Summit which was held in Nairobi, Kenya September 2023 marked
Cleanup with Ecobarter
For this year’s World Cleanup Day, we decided not to go at it alone and so we launched the “Cleanup a Drainage Challenge” to get hundreds of young people in the lead to cleaning our cities and improving our capacity to adapt to the increasing rainfall and threats of flooding.
Save those Soap Scraps
Did you know left over soap scraps can be remolded into new ones or turned into liquid soap? Well great news, I’m going to give you step by step procedures on how to make new bars from soap scraps and subsequently steps on how to turn them into liquid soap.
Driving Change through Green Campaign
In a world increasingly grappling with environmental challenges, the power of collective action cannot be underestimated. Ecobarter launched and implemented the Go Green Campaign, a grassroots initiative across three locations in Nigeria; Abuja, Lagos and Benue, reaching a total of nine(9) communities in these locations (3 communities per location) that
How to Organize a Climate Advocacy Campaign
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and effective climate advocacy campaigns are crucial in driving meaningful change. Whether you’re an individual, a grassroots organization, or part of a larger movement, organizing a successful climate advocacy campaign requires careful planning, strategic thinking, and dedicated effort.
Why People don’t like to Recycle
Recycling seems to be a difficult chore to most people and that’s because they haven’t seen the need to recycle their waste. Globally, we only recycle 9% of our plastic waste while 22% is mismanaged. This shows many individuals still don’t understand the difference it makes. Some popular reasons people make
Go Green with Ecobarter Campaign
Climate change is here, another reminder to go green. it rains historically on dry days and we are experiencing unprecedented heat across our cities. As climate change occurs, Nigerian cities are at an increased risk of extreme weather events such as flooding, pests and diseases, droughts, food shortages amongst other
