Namibia footing a climate change bill of N$400 billion in coming years
Remember the Paris Agreement? The one the USA pulled out of? Each country should come up with their Intended Nationally Determined...
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Mar 12, 2018
Mapping biodiversity in Namibia through Citizen Science
What is citizen science you say? It is a wonderful concept that has been gaining popularity in recent years which is basically the...
Feb 26, 2018
Itsup2us A message to bring us together for Namibian Independence Day
Featured image credit: The Namibian, www.namibian.com.na Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywGYi4Acp0c Yes, we should celebrate...
Feb 19, 2018
It's not only about the honey, bee
Ever thought about the role of bees in the food that you eat? Bees have played their part in either pollinating the vegetables and fruits...
Feb 12, 2018
Namibia looking at developing environment statistics for national planning
Today a workshop gears off to discuss the implementation of environment statistics in Namibia. After the workshop, bilateral...
Feb 5, 2018
The 'big push' transforming the world's energy systems (Guest Author Alan AtKisson)
As I’m sure you have noticed, renewable energy is taking the world by storm, driven by rapidly falling prices. Ever wonder how that...
Jan 29, 2018
A few thoughts on Sustainable Tourism
Namibia prides itself on sustainable tourism. In fact, many of our lodges declare that their operations are sustainable. Namibia, thanks...
Jan 19, 2018
Namibians make meaning of a good life and progress
“Transformation is our watchword. At this moment in time, we are called to lead and act with courage. We are called to embrace change....
Jan 15, 2018
We are sucking the oxygen out of our oceans
To state the obvious, oxygen is fundamental to life. Carbon emissions (thats on us) have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide by more...
Jan 9, 2018
Lessons from a year of playing 'Games for the SDGs'
For our first news item of the new year, we thought we would share our 2017 experiences with running the series 'Games for the SDGs'. In...
Dec 12, 2017
Namibian Journal of Environment Launched
Last week, the Namibian Chamber of Environment, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and the Namibia University of Science and...
Dec 4, 2017
Thoughts from the Wellbeing Economy Festival
As you know from last week's story, the whole For Progress Namibia Project team attended and participated at the WE-Festival last week in...
Nov 27, 2017
Kicking off at the WE-Africa Network Meeting We need a new system
This week the For Progress Namibia team finds itself getting ready for the Wellbeing Economy Festival, which will bring together some...
Nov 20, 2017
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity A Second Notice
I was going to write about something else this week, when this extremely important news came out and I cannot think of anything more...
Nov 13, 2017
Namibian Education for Sustainable Development Policy is underway
After a month away seeing the consequences of ocean acidification on coral reefs (a very depressing sight and all the more reason to...
Oct 16, 2017
Universities as a catalyst for global change
How important are universities in advancing sustainability, and in fact, the Sustainable Development Goals? Very. In Namibia, there are...
Sep 24, 2017
The Power of Advertising in Shaping Our Aspirations
When it comes to our value system, advertising must be the most dangerous form of manipulation of past and present generations. Our...
Sep 24, 2017
Namibia's Sustainable Development Awards 2017
Last Thursday (21 September 2017), the Sustainable Development Awards were announced at a gala event in Windhoek. The initiative was...
Sep 4, 2017
Life shapes and preserves life on our Planet
Travelling on the train towards Czech Republic, I would like to share a thought with all of you on your Tuesday morning. The air we...
Aug 27, 2017
Stories from Sweden Pushing the sustainability agenda
On my way out of Sweden today on the train to Copenhagen, passing the rolling forests and red painted wooden houses of the countryside....
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