Contrasts and challenges of Lagos, Africa’s largest city
Lagos, Africa’s largest and soon the world’s largest city, is a city of inequality that faces a multitude of challenges.
Ganvie, Africa’s largest lake village
Ganvie village is a 400-year-old settlement that is built in the middle of a lake in Benin.
How the Plastic Bottle Village is turning waste into a resource
The Plastic Bottle Village is a project in Panama that is trying to solve the global plastic problem by turning plastic bottles into construction material.
How Sonati is raising environmental awareness in Nicaragua
Sonati is a Nicaraguan NGO that is fighting environmental problems through education, community outreach and recycling parks built with reused waste.
How Long Way Home is creating architecture and awareness from trash
Long Way Home is a non-profit that is creating new skills, employment and awareness by building a vocational school out of waste and natural materials.
The floating bottle island of Joysxee
Joysxee is an artificial island built out of plastic bottles that teaches the world about the importance of reducing waste and turning it into a resource.
Invasive water hyacinths turned into a resource
Water hyacinths on Lake Victoria are negatively impacting the lake’s ecosystem and fishermen, but crafts groups in Kenya have found a use for the invasive plant.