Nnimmo Bassey is a Nigerian architect, environmental activist, author and poet, who chaired Friends of the Earth International from 2008 through 2012 and was executive director of Environmental Rights Action for two decades.
Nnimmo Bassey was one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment in 2009.In 2010, Nnimmo Bassey was named a Laureate of the Right Livelihood Award, and in 2012, he was awarded the Rafto Prize. He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of York, UK, in 2019. He serves on the advisory board and is Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, an environmental think tank and advocacy organization.
In this interview the Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Arch Nnimmo Bassey, warned of failure to take comprehensive action to preserve, maintain and sustain healthy biodiversity in Nigeria will aggravate food crisis, environmental pollution, health, climate change, and other issues affecting the lives of Nigerians as he spoke on salient issues affecting the environment.
In this interview, Nnimmo Bassey talks about the history of exploitation of the African continent, and the failure of the international community to recognize the climate debt owed to the Global South.
Nnimmo Bassey is the director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation in Nigeria. Join us for the launch of the new Manifesto for an Ecosocial Energy Transition from the Peoples of the South on February 10 at 9 am (EST). Register for the virtual event here: https://bit.ly/southmanifesto
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The struggle for environmental justice in Africa is complex and broad. It is the continuation of the fight for the liberation of the continent and for socio-ecological transformation. It is a fact that the environment is our life: The soil, rivers, and air are not inanimate or lifeless entities. We are rooted and anchored in our environment. Our roots are sunk into our environment and that is where our nourishment comes from. We do not see the Earth and her bountiful gifts as items that must be exploited, transformed, consumed, or wasted. The understanding of the Earth as a living entity and not a dead thing warns that rapacious exploitation that disrupts her regenerative powers are acts of cruelty or ecocide.