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Waste Management And Environmental Initiatives In Accra, Ghana, Aoife Genevieve Duna
Waste Management And Environmental Initiatives In Accra, Ghana, Aoife Genevieve Duna
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Title: Waste Management and Environmental Initiatives in Accra, Ghana
Author: Aoife Genevieve Duna (aoifeduna@gmail.com; Middlebury College, Anthropology and Dance major)
Objective: The objective of this project was fourfold: • To study the current waste management practices by government and private waste companies • To observe the perspectives of residents on waste disposal • To explore environmental initiatives by citizens, NGOs, and student groups • To investigate the potential projects that could reduce waste
Methodology: For my project, I conducted interviews, made observations, participated in daily personal waste management, visited a landfill, and visited a composting project.
Findings: Waste collection is …
Fighting For The Right To Breathe: Exploring Perspectives Of Environmenal Threats In The South Durban Basin, Kayleigh Bhangdia
Fighting For The Right To Breathe: Exploring Perspectives Of Environmenal Threats In The South Durban Basin, Kayleigh Bhangdia
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
The goal of this project is to understand the way in which community members in South Durban perceive the environmental threats that they face. I have contextualized the current environmental injustices present in the wake of the Apartheid legacy. I worked closely with the South Durban Environmental Conservation Alliance in preparing my questions and conducting my interviews. I conducted 24 interviews in three different communities in the South Durban Basin including Wentworth, Merebank, and Clairwood. Following the interviews in Merebank and Clairwood, I engaged the participants in a short participatory mapping exercise in which they highlighted where the pollution was …