Tag: sustainability
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Keep what you know with sustainment
The issue isn’t only that we can’t sustain anything. The issue is that we lack understanding of the people, the lessons, the changes or land what we should nurture as we sustain anything.
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Keep love with sustaining anything!
It’s becoming truly clear these days that sustaining anything in a community setting is about integration. Of course it includes the different parts that make up an evidence-based intervention or program, but all these parts for communities limited with resources, need to be integrated into a whole that is greater than the sum of its…
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Keep all the ways we last!
I’ll admit that I don’t know why things last or much about sustainability. Truth is many of us don’t. History notes that no matter how rigorous any one project or intervention may seem, even if it was published in the best of journals or by the best teams always eager to share their brilliant minds,…
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Keep the genesis of Bloom!
About 16 years ago today, my family and I gathered together to bury my dearest father. I still vividly remember many symbols from that day. All his children for example, wore white, particularly a thick white cloth common among Delta Igbos of Nigeria, called Akwa Ocha. My dad’s burial was the first time I had…
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Keep all the ways we last!
she spoke harsh truths today about why things never last, not because many never try but because continuing to remain, against yesterday’s hopes and tomorrow’s reactive dreams can be futile in a setting where even darkness brims with glee. progress will be slow, acting too, but still, even with sweat and some blood, a little…
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Keep dreaming about sustainability!
I have been speaking about sustainability for a long time. I woke up to to a phone call this morning that asked if I could speak on it to a group in less than 30 minutes. I said yes ( because I have been thinking about this topic for a long time) and proceeded to…
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Keep sustainability in mind!
Since the pandemic began, I cut back from a lot of things and people. Cut back from conversations that were unproductive, people too. I focused on things that elevated and forced me to keep anything. Last year, I took it to another level. Death has a way of helping you find your purpose and mine…
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Keep Fela’s ‘water no get enemy’ in mind for sustainability.
Fela’s anthem ‘water no get enemy,’ has always been a favorite song for me. If you want to wash, you will use water. If you want to cook, you’ll use water too. If your head is hot, water will help you cool it down. And if you want your child to grow, use water. Such…
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Keep continuity like cherry blossoms!
We were surrounded by trees yesterday at Forest Park. Cherry blossoms trees as majestic as can be. Cherry blossoms signal the return of Spring. Like raindrops on a sunny day, they bring awe, and continuity for life’s many mysteries. They also bring joy. The mere sighting of a tree full of cherry blossoms evokes feelings…
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Keep stories, like sustainability, in mind!
One of my favorite aspects of the novel Anthills of the Savannah’s by Chinua Achebe is the focus on the power of the story and the storyteller. In it Achebe reminds us of ‘stories being our escorts, and our guides’ through life. Some people, the novel notes, have been given the gift of leadership, summoning…
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Keep Sesame Street in mind!
I gave a talk this week, my first for the year to a small group of Masters in Public Health students. It was on sustainability and why we need more public health interventions that last. I started by asking them to suspend all they know about the topic and go with me on a journey…
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Keep good questions that last!
I have been thinking lately about good questions. What are they and why do we need to nurture and teach good questioning skills? By day, I am a global health researcher passionate and committed to asking questions, enduring ones focused on creating sustainable health interventions. I often begin with a grant. For to conduct research…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 