Regulatory failures in mining leave Tonkolili communities paying the price
Under a hot, burning February sun, a group of farmers are hard at work, mounding in a swamp, in preparation for transplantation. In Rochen Kamandao, a village five miles from Mile 91 in the northern Tonkolili district, agriculture is an all-year-round activity, thanks to the innovativeness of some farmers who have taken advantage of a […]
Freetown and Floods: the huge cost of poor urban planning and Environment Stewardship
Every year, the rainy season in Sierra Leone comes with its usual ferocity and destruction of lives and property. And every year, the response from government and society remains the same. Such a business-as-usual attitude and reckless environmental stewardship must change if Freetown is to remain a viable community, with people living and working sustainably […]
Battling plastic waste on Freetown’s beachesÂ
On a cool Thursday morning, just as the sun rises over Freetown and the heat peaks, about 45 women gather along Lumley Beach. They have taken on the onerous and elaborate job of cleaning up the beach, which has become an unsightly graveyard of all manner of plastic waste, from empty bottles and sachets to […]