62 year old Alice Kiwanuka lives with her four grandchildren in Uganda’s Namuzzi parish in Ssisa Wakiso district central. While Namuzzi is fast transforming from rural to urban neighborhood, some parts, like Kiwanuka’s home is in the off-grid area, referring ...
“Our village was an easy life. We had a lot of wild food to consume. Our bodies were healthy,” said Constance Okollet, who lives in Osukuru village, Kayolo Sub-county in Eastern Uganda. In 2007, her village Osukuru experienced torrential rains ...
Shea trees act as a carbon sink, playing an integral role in maintaining biodiversity, and supporting the livelihoods of communities. ...
Activists want the government to stop the project in order to reflect the government’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and energy transition. ...
Climate experts are attributing the invasions of pests to the changing patterns in rain and temperature. Most pests are running towards the areas with cooler breeding areas, especially in East Africa. ...
Agroecology is a production system that considers the interaction between plants and animals, diversifies crops on farms, regenerates soils, and uses organic fertilizers in food systems. ...
In early 2020, shortly after the Covid-19 epidemic started in Uganda, Lake Albert experienced record breaking floods, sweeping and submerging all houses and other property nearby. Wamaani’s family scampered to safety. ...
Despite its dangers to human health and the environment, charcoal is the leading fuel source in Uganda. More than 90% of the population depends on firewood for domestic and commercial energy. But locals are trying to change this. Isaac Nydamuhaki, an entrepreneur ...
Agroforestry is a natural climate solution that helps mitigate the effects of climate change while ensuring food security. ...
As the UN climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, came to a somewhat disappointing close on Nov.12, indigenous community rights activists gathered outside the offices of banking giants, JPMorgan Chase, in Glasgow, to demand big banking institutions stop financing oil ...