Climate Smart Nigeria

Congratulations and very thrilled to present to you the newest #ClimateEnergyFellows. Happy to receive 30 competitively selected fellows for the #Climate Leadership Fellowship; #ENERGY chosen from a pool of nearly 400 highly qualified applicants. The 3rd cohort of the CLF formally begins on 11th August. Thank you for your application and interest in the CLF. Together let’s shape young minds for a better, more prosperous and sustainable environment. The Climate Leadership Fellowship (CLF) is initiated by Climate Smart Nigeria, the environmental arm of Glow Initiative for Economic Empowerment and supported by Access Bank Plc. Learn more about the CLF here: https://lnkd.in/d_ircEYs

Congratulations to the #Climate #Leadership #Fellow of the Week Jesam Igbor @jesamikoi for outstanding engagement during the Adopt a school this week where himself and his students built a plastic house from waste plastics. Plastic containers and other single use plastics contribute over 70 percent of items in a landfill that will never decompose, burned and cause pollution. Plastics also block drainages causing flooding which leads to death and loss of properties. Jesam creatively engaged his students in upcycling using waste plastics to build a house. This innovative activity do not only reduce plastic waste in the school environment but provides shelter. Beyond this, the students have learnt a very creative way to put plastic to good use. Congratulations Jesam. Become a climate leader. Applications for the 3rd cohort of the Climate Leadership Fellowship Open on 20th July! Stay tuned. Cc Glow Initiative for Economic Empowerment, Climate Smart Nigeria, Kosiso Iwugo, SULEMAN IBRAHIM, @myaccessbank

Congratulations to the #Climate #Leadership #Fellow of the Week - Tashi Manasseh David For outstanding creativity during the #Adopt #A #School through upcycling - creating usable materials from waste which would have gone in a landfill or blocked a drainage. The students he teaches have now learnt that waste can be used for something important instead such as - hats, baskets, belts, roof for houses etc. Encouraging the students to pitch sustainable ideas is also a way to help them become solution providers, instead of the opposite. The overall impacted knowledge and skill will guide them make informed decisions thereby enhancing the community’s climate resilience which is one of the main goal of the CLF.

See how this #ClimateLeader and storyteller spent his first week. The #Climate #Leadership #Fellowship is ongoing and our fellows are scattered acros 30 schools within the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria conducting the #Adopt #a #School, Teach Climate Change section of rhe program. ClimateLeader- @DavidAdefunmilayo shares with us how he spent his first week engaging at his adopted school. Kudos to the CLF team - Victoria Edeha-Anthony, Arowojolu Irewole, Ijere Eugene, WILFRED OKEKE for their ardent dedication towards the programs success! Cc @myaccessbank #climateaction #energy #co2 #trees #Greenclubs

We are proud of the #Climate #Leadership #Fellows who are engaging schools across 20 states in Nigeria teaching climate change using innovative approaches to ensure easy comprehension. From the pictures - Abigail Okpebholo, Sadeeq Ahmad Gumel, #Grant #Onyema, Jairus A., Jiata Ekele, #Bonny #Oboh #DrChikaodri, IGIETSEMHE EMMANUEL, Tashi Manasseh David are seen engaging students across Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Anambra, Benue, Rivers, Niger and Nasarawa states of Nigeria. As #climate #change continues its ravage through the earth, more and more persons must receive the adequate guidance and knowledge to help create the required change. Our fellows are educating and raising climate champions to promote national climate resilience. Education is a powerful tool that will speed up the attainment of net zero. Thanking Access Bank Plc for supporting the Climate Leadership Fellowship for its second cohort.

Our focus for this project was three communities affected by illegal #oil activities. Our team successfully completed the #Save #Biodiversity #in #Delta project in Olomu, Emeragha and Okpare communities and reached 2800 students from three secondary schools with tailor made climate education during the schools tour. We reached up to 1200 community members during the door to door campaign on biodiversity conservation across 5 busy streets and engaged both students and community members during a tree planting exercise. The Save Biodiversity campaign is raising climate champions and enlightened community members and leaders who will take action to preserve biodiversity in their communities and say no to illegal oil activities. This project is championed by #Glow #Initiative #for #Economic #Empowerment and supported by @myaccessbank #conservation

Today we welcome two outstanding #Climate #Leadership #Fellowship alumnus - Mercy Jayeola and Lawrence Akpoterai to address the fellows on a component of their fellowship program - The #Adopt #a #School. #climateaction

It’s #World #Environment #Day today! Happy to commemorate this day with the 2nd cohort of the Climate Leadership Fellowship currently ongoing. This year, the theme, #Only #One #Earth serves as a reminder to strive for environmental protection everyday to preserve our only earth which is our only home. How will you make a difference for our only earth this week? Happy World Environment Day.

Congratulations to all our newly selected fellows for the Climate Leadership Fellowship! The CLF is raising the next generation climate leaders to build our nations resilience and raise an army of young students who will make decisions for a better climate. #climateaction

Applications for the 2022 batch of the #Climate #Leadership #Fellowship opens on 13th May. After the success of the first batch, we are happy to share that in commemoration of the World Environment Day on June 5th - @climatesmartnigeria Climate Smart Nigeria the environmental arm of Glow Initiative for Economic Empowerment with funding support from @myaccessbank Access Bank Plc will receive applications for the 12 week Climate Leadership Fellowship. Dust your applications and stay tuned. More details on the 13th. Please share. #climatechange #climateaction #co2 #leaders #climateleadership

Happy Birthday to our Founder & Executive Director @GloryOguegbu - an extraordinary leader. Thank you for striving daily towards excellence and servant leadership. Your passion for the environment and God's creation is unmatched. We appreciate you & sincerely wish you the best.

In today’s #ClimateLiteracy series let’s look at Solar Energy and it’s power to generate electric. How do solar panels work and generate electricity? Solar energy works by capturing the sun’s energy and turning it into electricity for your use. The suns power can be harnessed for several uses including heating and especially electricity through the use of designated technologies. Our sun releases tiny packets of energy called photons, which travel the 93 million miles from the sun to Earth in about 8.5 minutes. Every hour, enough photons impact our planet to generate enough solar energy to theoretically satisfy global energy needs for an entire year. How Do Solar Panels Work? When photons hit a solar cell, they knock electrons loose from their atoms. If conductors are attached to the positive and negative sides of a cell, it forms an electrical circuit. When electrons flow through such a circuit, they generate electricity. What are Solar Panels Made of? Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are made up of many solar cells. Solar cells are made of silicon, like semiconductors. They are constructed with a positive layer and a negative layer, which together create an electric field, just like in a battery. How Do Solar Panels Generate Electricity? PV solar panels generate direct current (DC) electricity. With DC, electrons flow in one direction around a circuit. The electrons move from d negative side of d battery, through d lamp, &return to d positive side of the battery. #ClimateLiteracy