I Will Not Dance to Your Beat | Nnimmo Bassey
Until destructive fossil fuel extraction practices are ended, until the rights of nature are restored, until the world comes together to face the climate crisis, we will not stop fighting. That’s Nnimmo Bassey’s message to the world. Nnimmo is an environmental and human rights activist working out of Nigeria. He has been involved with countless environmental advocacy groups, including Friends of the Earth International, Environmental Rights Action, and the Health of Mother Earth Foundation. In this episode, he shares his vision of a world that dances to a new beat. (34m 32s)
Nnimmo’s Bio
Nnimmo Bassey (born 1958) is a Nigerian architect, environmental activist, author and poet, who chaired Friends of the Earth International from 2008 through 2012 and was Executive Director of Environmental Rights Action for two decades. He was one of Time magazine’s Heroes of the Environment in 2009. In 2010, Nnimmo Bassey was named a Laureate of the Right Livelihood Award, and in 2012 he was awarded the Rafto Prize. He serves on the Advisory Board and is Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, an environmental think tank and advocacy organization.
Resources and Further Reading
- https://homef.org/
- http://erafoen.org/
- “Nigeria: The Cost of Oil”, The Atlantic
- “‘This place used to be green’: the brutal impact of oil in the Niger Delta”, The Guardian
- “How Mauritius is cleaning up after major oil spill in biodiversity hotspot”, Nature
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