I noticed that there was sort of a vacuum when it came to environmental activism - some entire communities were being ignored. It's not that these communities are not environmentally aware, it's just that the news cycle prefers activism from white or white adjacent individuals. 

Africans, for example, are largely ignored in the environmental debate. This is terrible because the African continent will bear the brunt of the consequences of climate change and global warming even though the continent contributed the least to the crisis. There are plenty of African environmental activists, but they barely get any coverage. Additionally, environmental news from Africa barely gets the covered with the seriousness it deserves.

Due to this, I decided to start covering environmental news from Africa myself. For several months now, I have been highlighting various environmental challenges that African countries face. I have covered topics such as the climate crisis, wildlife conservation, drought, cyclones Kenneth and Idai, plastic bans, antibiotic contamination of rivers, malaria, eating insects, and floating villages, amongst others.

I have learnt a lot from my coverage of these issues, and I will continue to cover environmental news in Africa.