FUEL EFFICIENT STOVE DEMONSTRATION AT YABA LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The fuel efficient stoves demonstration held at the Yaba local government of Lagos on the 25th of July 2012,served as an enlightenment for the women in the local government  on how one can use fuel efficient stoves, in attendance at the demonstration were commercial food sellers ,and regular individuals who use stoves in their homes.

It is a known fact that Nigeria is faced with the challenges of deforestation especially In the Northern part of Nigeria where almost all the tree are gone as a result of excessive use of firewood.

The coordinating NGO –CCDI stressed the advantage of using these stoves to help reduce deforestation, curbs the health hazards associated with using firewood as a result of heavy smoke, reduces communal clashes etc.

The fuel efficient stoves came in various sizes and their prize ranges from N17,000 to N3,500,so depending on one’s income ,there are options to  choose from, although the women were optimistic about using these stoves, some of them had these questions to ask?

Are the stoves readily available?

Can some of them afford these stoves?

Can commercial food vendors use these stoves?

For the purchase and enquiries about these stoves please call these numbers: 08037080251, 08035063456.

Olaleye Taiwo-@greenernaija

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,POPULATION GROWTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change has been an issue that remains on the lips of stakeholders, activist, environmentalist etc. The notion is that population growth affects the climate, but how true is this?
According to the United Nation in 1998,world population will be between 2 and 4 billion more people by 2040.overpopulation is known to be a major cause of increase in global gas emission, efforts towards green energy sources ,reduction in global emission of carbon dioxide will only yield maximum result if population grows steadily and stabilizes.

There is a huge difference in the population growth of developed nations and developing Nations, Developed nations contribute a higher percentage to global emission of green house gases and at the same time their population growth is not as high as the developing nations that contribute a smaller percentage to the emission of these harmful gases.

This puts a question mark on premise that population growth affects the climate, but the truth remains that the continued increase in population increases the demand for these sources of energy, increases deforestation and other human activities that affects the environment.

It is true that the poorest countries that would be most affected by the effects of climate change, making children and women most vulnerable, and if there is a possible link between population growth and climate change, how do you educate an uneducated African man that believes he needs to have more children because his wife is yet to give him a male child? How do you discourage child marriage and empower the women to make the right choice about their reproductive health?

All these question begs for answers and shows the challenge climate change poses has so many faces to it and requires an all round solution, it shows that the solution lies in the hand of stakeholders and individuals, to the stake holders we need good education, proper health care, infrastructures and to individuals we need to make more informed choices and realize that our choices affects not only our environment but the future generation.

For: greenernaija
Olaleye Taiwo