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Fairfax teen Vivienne Harr has been an activist for many years. A few months ago, Vivienne Harr, of Fairfax, woke up to texts of congratulations on her phone. To her surprise, during Pope Francis’ Regina Caeli address, he applauded the youth working for the Laudato Tree movement, led by Harr. The 16-year-old San Andreas High School student has been driving the charge for awareness…

Durch das Pflanzen von Millionen von Bäumen nicht nur die große Dürre in Afrika aufzuhalten, sondern auch den Klimawandel und den Exodus von Millionen von jungen Afrikanern zu stoppen, ist eine Idee, die vor mehr als 40 Jahren entstand. 1977 hatte die Kenianerin Wangari Maathai dazu aufgerufen, in 30 Jahren 30 Millionen Bäume quer durch Afrika entlang der Sahel-Zone zu pflanzen. Thomas Sankara,…

NEW YORK, Sep 1 2020 (IPS) - Eight years ago, and at the age of 11, Fuzia co-founder Riya Sinha decided to start the online platform for girls and women. Her story and Fuzia’s DNA are intrinsically wrapped around each other – and highlight how even in the age of feminism where women’s voices tend to be drowned out, a platform for them can become a global success. Sinha in an exclusive…

Communities across the Global South are facing a hunger crisis — one that existed before COVID-19 hit and has since gotten worse. In Southern Africa, record-breaking droughts and floods destroyed crops on a large scale early this year. Meanwhile, massive outbreaks of desert locusts — which can eat as much food as 35,000 people per each square kilometer swarm —continue to threaten crops in Kenya,…

Omkring 15 procent af The Great Green Wall er blevet plantet, men der skal mere fart på, hvis muren af træer efter planen skal nå tværs over Afrika gennem Sahel i 2030, lyder det fra FN. 20 million hectares of land restored to Africa's Great Green Wall About 15 percent of The Great Green Wall has been planted, but more speed is needed if the wall of trees is scheduled to reach…

Better land governance could be a solution to challenges pastoralists face . Ould Ne Salem, a nomadic pastoralist from southeast Mauritania, has been stuck in the country since the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier this year. Like many other nomadic herders in the region, Ould Ne Salem often travels between Mauritania, Senegal and Mali, but he is now facing an almost unprecedented situation: the…