Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation – GIFSEP, on the 7th of July, 2015, was founded as a non-profit organisation in Nigeria. GIFSEP was established in recognition of the tremendous environmental challenges and the ever-increasing threats arising from the impacts of climate change. The organisation is built on the ideals of Environmental Education,
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) launched the Trees for Schools Initiative on 22nd April 2021 as part of the activities to celebrate World Earth Day with the theme – Restoring Our Earth. The tree-planting project was made possible with the support from the United Nations Development Programme-Global Environment Facility (UNDP-GEF) Small Grants
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation with support for European Union, Development Exchange Centre and OXFAM trained Local Government Extension Workers in a five day intensive training/workshop. The training was organized so as to empower Local Government Extension Workers with the required human capacity to sustain the achievements of PROSELL. The PROSELL project
According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, housing and shelter are one of man’s physiological needs; housing and shelter are one of the three basic needs of mankind and it is important for one’s survival. Good housing contributes to man’s physical and moral wellbeing and the type of house one lives in can be used
Did you know that an estimate of 500 containers each carrying about 500,000 used computers and other electronic equipment, enter the country’s ports every month from the United States, Europe and Asia? Electronic waste, commonly known as e-waste consists of products like computers, monitors, printers, television sets, mobile phones, iPods, digital cameras, irons, microwave ovens,
The greenhouse effect is the naturally occurring phenomenon that keeps the earth warm. The solar energy that comes from the sun gets absorbed by water, land and the atmosphere and is then radiated back as heat into the atmosphere, certain gases in the earth’s atmosphere prevent some of this heat from leaving the earth’s atmosphere.
In 2017, GIFSEP embarked on building the capacity of students in the FCT to address climate change in schools. For more information on the project, click here. In furtherance of the previously mentioned project, GIFSEP on Wednesday 23rd September 2020, organized a training workshop for Secondary school teachers in the FCT. The workshop took place
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation with the support of 350.org in 2019 commissioned a research to unravel the status of coal mining in Nigeria. The report showed that coal was being mined in Kogi and Gombe State. The mining activities has led to extensive environmental degradation including the contamination of air, water
Globally, different days are set aside to remind and educate the world on some of the pressing issues humanity faces. From the world environment day to children day, to the International women day; events and awareness on pertinent issues take place annually. However, the beckoning question remains, what has been the impact? Does it in
