by Daru Setyorini, Project Coordinator Zero Waste Cities, ECOTON Gresik is a coastal city in East Java, Indonesia, located downstream between Brantas River and Bengawan Solo River. These two big rivers were included in the Top 20 most polluting rivers in the world,...
Contributed by Junaid ul Shafi and Nalini Shekar of Hasiru Dala (India) The pandemic has shattered the livelihoods and lives of millions of people across the globe. Established states and systems are still trembling with the jolts pandemic gave to their structures,...
The African continent is urbanising rapidly, and with that reality has come the very urban challenge of dealing with plastic waste. For countries like Nigeria, plastic pollution from multinational brand corporations is having a detrimental impact on the environmental...
Contributed by Maricon Alvarez, Raphaelo Villavicencio, and Mary Jane Banglos (Mother Earth Foundation, Philippines) At the height of the pandemic in April this year, the entire population of the Philippines was advised to stay home. Frontliners, however, were...
Contributed by Anilawati Nurwakhidin, YPBB – Indonesia The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted movements in Bandung City and many other places in Indonesia, as local governments impose community lockdowns to control the spread of the virus. The lockdowns have affected...
The issue of plastic pollution is one of our most pressing environmental issues and calls for radical policies to be implemented by governments to solve this crisis. Determined to follow in the footsteps of other pioneering African countries, the Centre for Human...
