The Government of Ghana is expected to solve the country’s energy crisis through the construction of a 2x350MW supercritical coal fired power plant in Ekumfi Aboano in the Central Region of Ghana. The project, which was initially scheduled to commence in August 2016 has been postponed to April 2017. The [...]
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On Earth Day, Ghana Youth Environmental Movement – led by Gideon Commey, and Green Africa Youth Organization – led by Tunza ambassador, Joshua Amponsem held a street press conference to educate the public on coal fired power plants, its associated health implications, and ecological impacts. For the first time, an [...]
Hello everyone, Our planet is dying and #ClimateChange is affecting the air we breath, the water we drink and the food we eat, right here in Ghana. Rainfall patterns keep changing and our farmers are at risk of loosing their yield to drought. Our pathetic environmental stewardship has led to [...]
Ansah Boatemaa is an environmental activist in Cape Coast, Ghana. She is the Programs Manager for Green Africa Youth Organization in Ghana and a teaching assistant at the University of Cape Coast. She is passionate about food security and climate change. Agricultural waste management and climate smart agriculture – aiming at combating [...]
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Earth Hour is nearly here (Saturday from 8:30-9:30pm). We invite you to join our first Earth Hour Campaign by following these three simple steps: Take a picture of yourself putting off your non-essential lights and electrical appliances just before 8:30pm (do not put off security lights, stay safe). After [...]
Environmental sanitation drawing competition was launched to evaluate the four workshop organized with support from Environment 360, and Tunza Eco-Generation. The competition was launched on Tuesday 17th may 2016 by IDEAS – UCC team. The participating schools were Imam Khomeini Primary School and Samrose Complex Academy, both in Amamoma community [...]
2015 was noted worldwide as the year of global action and 2016 has begun well with many shut-down of dirty energy sources and large investments into renewable energy. Despite this progress, environmental protection is not yet at its peak and even minimal in some regions of the world. This clearly indicates [...]