Benefits of Green Economy and How Can it Aid Global Unemployment

Green Economy

Unemployment is one of the major problems of every country. This is evident in the continuous growth of population and the number of unemployed youth.

People in the developing world have vulnerable and informal jobs as per International Labour Organization (ILO). This means that they have limited job security, poor working conditions and low salary payment.

National Framework for Sustainable Development (NFSD) would like to ensure and enunciate the Vision of South Africa’s sustainable development. The vision is to outline that Africa can be a self-reliant nation state, maintained democracy and provides the needs of its people through the use of ecological resources.

Converting Plastic Waste Into Fuel In Africa

Plastic Waste Into Fuel

Researchers in Africa namely Messrs Michael Commeh, Isaiah Nimako and Nene Amoatey, all came from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) saw the need to alleviate the number of wastes including plastics in the country. They looked and address the environmental problem in a positive way. They ended up developing a technology that converts plastics into fuel.

The type of fuel can either be diesel, petrol or even aviation fuel.  In order to do this, they will be using “Reverse Function theory” and “Thermal Decomposition approach”.

Why Biodiversity is Important in Africa?

The Southern African region has a rich natural heritage of global significance to the world’s climate and biological diversity – or biodiversity. It is defined as the degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet.

The Southern African region contains remarkable species richness and diversity. It hosts exceptional ecological processes. South Africa ranks as the third most biologically-diverse country in the world, while in Madagascar, the endemic species richness relative to the land mass area is unparalleled.

The benefits of converting Biogas waste to power in Africa

Biogas is a renewable source of energy generated from both animal and human excreta as well as green waste. A renewed material is produced by collecting waste materials which are going to be processed in a digester. The liquid waste can be used as an organic fertilizer while the energy produced will be used to light households. Converting Biogas waste into a source of power is no longer a scientific wonder. It is widely implemented in different countries worldwide including the African Nations.

How Climate Change affects Food Security in Africa

Undoubtedly, climate change is felt all over the planet. Extreme rains or extreme drought is rampant to almost all regions. Unexpected phenomena happen throughout the globe but most especially stroked Africa. Many African countries are already experiencing longer and deeper droughts, floods and cyclones in its history. Because of global warming, the whole continent is subject to disproportionate food security versus its population.

Kenya's recent environmental dilemmas

Environmental concerns has always been one of the top issues in Kenya especially those who are living below the poverty line. This is because they rely on the water and land reservoir of their society. In addition to that a big portion of the Kenya’s labor force are engaged in agriculture.

The most severe devastation in Kenya’s environment was a drought in 2006. It has brought more than 3 million of people with barely enough food to live. Some parts even experience scarce over water resources and starvation.

Addressing H2O issues in a water-stressed South Africa

With a history of having a great leader, South African politicians now carry a great pressure when it comes to leading the country to a well-nurtured nation. Having the largest and highly developed economy in whole Africa, South Africa still has its issues like any other developing countries. One of which is water shortage. With the country’s economic and political resources available, how can South Africa assure its almost 53 million people a clean water to drink?