A future-looking environmental approach in Tanzania

A future-looking environmental approach in Tanzania

Refugees in Tanzania find a safe life in a stable country whose government and people are welcoming. But the intense demands they’ve placed for decades on a sensitive, rural landscape is degrading the environment and causing relations to deteriorate. When refugees and...
Communicating with Communities, or Individuals?

Communicating with Communities, or Individuals?

The need for differentiation and the role of mass customization. No community is homogenous – meaning there is no ‘silver bullet’ or one ‘best channel’ to communicate via. Everybody accesses and consumes information in a different way – we are all unique....
A critical time for refugees and their environment (again)

A critical time for refugees and their environment (again)

In 2002, Ray Wilkinson wrote that it was a critical time for the environment.  Looking 10 years into the past, he referenced then-High Commissioner Sadako Ogata, who said in 1992 that the “relationship between refugees and the environment has been long...
The power of cities

The power of cities

Cities are our future We live in an increasingly urban world which is shaping our environments and our future. Currently, over half of the global population live in cities and it is estimated that this percentage will rise to 70% by 2050. Cities are both the culprits...