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Blog: Environment Archive
Trash is Not Trash Until It Is Wasted
January 26th, 2012Many of us recycle our bottles and waste without ever seeing the tangible benefits. Although recycling is practiced far less commonly in Sub Sahara Africa, the recycling efforts of two [...]
Can we save Africa’s lions and other big cats from extinction?
December 16th, 2011Panthera vice president George Schaller laments the demise of big cats in the December issue of National Geographic and asks if we as a people have the will to save [...]
Drilling for Water in Africa’s Most Remote Regions
December 5th, 2011They did it! World Hope International recently dug its 700th well and achieved its goal of providing 500,000 people in Sub Saharan Africa with clean water! World Hope and its [...]
Remembering a Legacy of Planting Trees and Building Lives
November 4th, 2011In our previous blog post on the 2011 International Year of the Forest we highlighted the importance of forests in Africa, which account for the livelihoods of more than half [...]
Education on Overdrive—Creating Sustainable Schools
August 26th, 2011In Uganda and Tanzania, students supported by Aid for Africa members are learning more than reading, science, and math. They are learning how to make their schools sustainable.
For the last [...]
Fighting East African Famine Requires both Immediate and Long-term Solutions
August 1st, 2011Food aid has begun to reach people in East Africa who are severely afflicted by the worst drought in 60 years. This emergency food aid is vital to prevent thousands [...]
Great Ape Trust Recognized for its Research Efforts with Bonobos and Chimpanzees
April 29th, 2011Aid for Africa member Great Ape Trust has two reasons to celebrate. In Iowa, the Trust’s Sue Savage-Rumbaugh was named one of the TIME 100 for 2011 for her work [...]
“Greening” Africa
April 21st, 2011Aid for Africa members work to “green” Africa on Earth Day and every day. Sub Saharan Africa is rich in natural resources and the region has great potential for renewable [...]
Working to Save Africa’s Rich Biodiversity
February 25th, 2010The United Nations has named 2010 International Biodiversity Year, acknowledging the continued loss of plant and animal species around the world from population growth, urbanization, deteriorating habitats, invasive species, and [...]
The Nobel Economics Prize and Africa
October 14th, 2009Tapping Elinor Ostrom as one of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics is exciting for anyone interested in issues of saving forests, wildlife conservation, agricultural development, and environmental [...]