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The blogs of Green Is Life highlight the environmental challenges facing Sierra Leone and the practical steps needed to create a greener future. They focus on topics such as environmental education, plastic pollution, sustainable agriculture, tree protection, and the restoration of land and water. Through personal stories and real-life examples, the blogs show how environmental problems directly affect local communities. They also demonstrate why awareness, education, and cooperation with schools, farmers, and communities are essential for lasting change. Together, the stories aim to inspire people to take action and contribute to a healthier and more sustainable Sierra Leone.
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From Our First Rice Harvest to a Greener Future in Sierra Leone
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In a village in the Lokomasama chiefdom PORTLOKO district Sierra Leone, Green Is Life was fortunate to gain access to a piece of land. From the beginning, our goal was clear: we wanted to use this land not only for agriculture, but also as a place where we could demonstrate a more sustainable way of…
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Sierra Leone Needs Environmental Education Now
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When I first started travelling to Sierra Leone and looking more closely at the environmental challenges facing the country, I quickly realised how serious the situation was. One experience in particular has stayed with me ever since. Around 2015, I came across several enormous old trees near a cemetery in the Mountain Cut area of…
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Plastic Control: Teaching Children to Manage Waste Responsibly
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Creating an environmental mindset starts with awareness. At GreenIsLife, we want children to understand from an early age how their daily choices can affect the environment around them. Our goal is simple: to help create a future generation that is more environmentally conscious and responsible. We do not want to overwhelm children with complicated rules…