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Alfred Adjabeng: school farms in Ghana
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/scott-goodwill-CtRE4_4L7b8-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”scott-goodwill-CtRE4_4L7b8-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] Alfred Adjabeng is the founding executive director of Reach Out to Future Leaders Movement (ROFLM), a community-development-based organisation that is responsible for ensuring that young people are educated, empowered and engaged for local development in…
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Wong Siew Te: saving sun bears in Malaysia
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/tarryn-myburgh-eJ9dn_sDHfg-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”tarryn-myburgh-eJ9dn_sDHfg-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] Dr. (Hon) Wong Siew Te, founded the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in 2008. One of the few Malaysian wildlife biologists who was trained in Taiwan and U.S.A., Wong has been studying and working on…
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Tamsin Chislet: in with the new, in with the old
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/mike-von-bWUOx0SaSAk-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”mike-von-bWUOx0SaSAk-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] Tamsin is the co-founder of Onloan, a UK based fashion rental company. Having always been passionate about doing something meaningful, Tamsin has had several impactful roles in her career including volunteering for Technoserve at a…
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Carlee Jackson: minorities in shark sciences
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/09/derek-owens-tN63HVT_Jxw-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”derek-owens-tN63HVT_Jxw-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”] Carlee is a co-founder of Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS), an organization dedicated to amplifying the minority voices in the field of shark science. Originally from Detroit, MI, she moved to south Florida and received her B.S. in biology…
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Jerry Yudelson: Lessons learnt; mindfulness and activism
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/david-matos-xtLIgpytpck-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”david-matos-xtLIgpytpck-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”] Jerry Yudelson is the author of 12 professional books in the field of green building and sustainable design, an arena where he’s known globally as “The Godfather of Green.” As a campus organizer for the very first…
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How to reduce your waste even in university
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||” hover_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/jasmin-sessler-7K17MvT8qBg-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”jasmin-sessler-7K17MvT8qBg-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] I was sitting in class at NYU the day I decided to change my life and start eliminating my trash, so I’m no stranger to attempting to reduce your waste while still in college,…
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Natural dyeing with food scraps and foraged flowers
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/3-1.jpg” title_text=”3-1″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] While there are different ways to dress more sustainably (think: swapping with friends, wearing natural fibers, supporting slow fashion brands, and secondhand shopping. The most sustainable wardrobe will always be the one that you already own. …
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The meat lover’s guide to eating less meat
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/merlin_166151946_479509dd-67c1-4c00-9aef-d01504e72355-superJumbo.jpg” title_text=”merlin_166151946_479509dd-67c1-4c00-9aef-d01504e72355-superJumbo” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false”] For all of my adult life, I’ve reveled in rare rib-eye steaks and oozing Camembert. I won’t let go of my drumstick until I’ve gnawed off every bit of cartilage and golden skin, and it’s…
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How an artist makes art out of Gomora trash
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”http://jmsstudentswebsites.ru.ac.za/design/simamkelegeorge/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/10/mr-tt-xb0wLfZH9Zo-unsplash.jpg” title_text=”mr-tt-xb0wLfZH9Zo-unsplash” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”20px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″] The streets of Gomora might be littered with trash but Ndabuko Ntuli is turning it all into works of art. If this is not the entrepreneurial essence of the people of Gomora, I don’t know what…
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Food waste is the world’s dumbest environmental problem
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_video src=”https://youtu.be/6RlxySFrkIM” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_video][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”5px|190px||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false”] If someone asks you to picture where greenhouse gases come from, images of smoggy traffic jams or billowing smokestacks are likely to spring to mind. But your dinner? Probably not so much. Your…