The SheEO Effect: Amplifying Her Ambition

On this year's Earth Day, the world zeroed in on one of the most pressing environmental challenges with a theme of "Planet vs. Plastics." SheEO Foundation feels proud; our mission is already aligned toward answering this call to action to serve global good: upending plastics' negative impact on human and planetary health. We are pioneering into a no-plastics future with our work through the Microenterprise Accelerator Program, specially designed for women entrepreneurs in situations of disadvantage. The Plastic Predicament: Zeroing in on an ambitious but doable target to reduce plastic production by 60% by 2040, and moving with urgency as great as possible to a plastic-free future, plastics—particularly single-use plastics—are inundating our ecosystems, creating pollution, and killing life everywhere. There is simply no time like the present for innovation that would replace such plastics. SheEO Foundation's Role: For SheEO Foundation , sustainability is not somet

  From April 1 to April 5, the temperatures recorded in Burkina Faso were more than 45 degrees Celsius as maximum temperatures and 32 degrees Celsius as minimum temperatures. [Fanny Noaro-Kabre/AFP] Below is the report from Aljazeera on 18th April 2024. "Mali and Burkina Faso recorded most extreme heat in what scientists called a once-in-a-200-year occurrence." "Human-caused climate change fueled an exceptionally intense and deadly heat wave across West Africa's Sahel region in April, concludes a new analysis by World Weather Attribution, an international network of researchers studying extreme weather events.". Temperatures in Mali and Burkina Faso surged above 45 degrees Celsius in what was an exceptional peak for that time of the year and likely led to dozens of deaths, according to a study published Thursday. Details: https://aje.io/l19vu4 It said that on its own assessment, this five consecutive day stretch of extreme heat only occurred once in 200 years. H