LAGOS ENVIRONMENT LECTURE SERIES

 

Lagos, like most fast growing cities in the world faces many challenges and those challenges are large because of its rapid growth. Lagos is a land of opportunities and this make the city-State a melting pot of all issues. From politics to culture, Lagos never disappoints. However, the presence of people from diverse walks of life which not only contributes to the prosperity of the State but also largely responsible for the environmental degradation.

As the State moves to ensure clean and better environment towards attaining sustainable development, there is need for all hands to be on deck in ensuring that Lagos is among the city of enviable character. In line with this and also to ensure that the principle of sustainable development are enshrine into every aspect of our lives, Eko EnviroTalk is birth to bridge the environmental information gap to empower citizen so that can bring about change within their community. ‘’Eko EnviroTalk’’  will be an Environment Lecture Series on Lagos State which will directly connected to issues of environmental degradation, sustainable development, climate change, solid waste, flooding etc.

Eko EnviroTalk will facilitate regular environmental lectures/conversation which will be led by a Keynote lecture with the intention of promoting awareness on the importance of environmental sustainability amongst a wider audience. These talk series will feature prominent voices from the environmental sector, addressing issues affecting Lagos State on the local scales and also on global scale. Eko EnviroTalk series is aimed to inform and inspire, connecting our community directly to environmental practitioners that matter most. Our aim is to present a diverse range of views to help advance the current conversation around climate change and sustainability, and allow deeper reflections on these challenging issues.

 

Eko EnviroTalk will start on Zoom as a webinar series and will migrate to the various media platform series. The talk will be aired on a day that is convenient for most people. Presently, the Zoom platform is gaining popularity among various age groups. So the use of this platform will be cost effective for now.                           

We intend to start the first series on the 1^st of October 2021 by 4pm