Delve deep into the how climate change is affecting the region of Akkar, and specifically its agriculture. Despite the challenges, farmers and locals are innovative. They are adapting in many different ways, including community-based initiative with Environment Academy.
Read MoreIn 2021 the rate of forest loss in Akkar was 1,200% higher than normal. This is an ecosystem collapse and it may become permanent for the area with Lebanon’s greatest natural wealth. But social backlash from surrounding communities is creating a resistance force. Learn more about Akkar’s ongoing story in the linked ARI article by EA’s co-founder, Sammy Kayed.
Read MoreDiscover how Akkar el Atiqa’s community team and Environment Academy are answering the issue of illegal logging and protecting endangered species, by regenerating symbiotic relationships between people and the ecosystem through a home-grown forest management plan.
Read MoreHarf Beit Hasna (part of EA Cycle 2) is facing severe water scarcity issues which are getting worse due to climate change. The Associated Press News talked to residents about their resilience and adaptation strategies, and what is needed for the future.
Read MoreOp-ed by EA co-founder Dr. Najat Saliba, delineating the connections between Lebanon's collapse and environmental degradation, and the hope she sees within grassroots citizen movements.
Read MoreEnvironment Academy co-founders Dr. Najat Saliba and Sammy Kayed talk to the Associated Press News about the dire state of air pollution in Lebanon due to diesel emissions from generators.
Read MoreOp-ed by EA co-founder Sammy Kayed for UMichigan NCID's "Environmental Racism and Justice" series, revealing how citizens in Lebanon undergoing grave collapse are mobilizing from the ground up to reimagine the future in their community & country.
Read MoreNature magazine talked with EA co-founder Dr. Najat Saliba in Btekhnay (part of EA2) about how academia connecting with communities serves real-world change.
Read MoreOn March 18th, 2022, Environment Academy's co-founders Dr. Najat A. Saliba and Sammy Kayed appeared on LBCI's The Researcher to speak about the motivations and goals behind the movement.
Read MoreUN Women interviewed EA co-founder Dr. Najat Saliba and EA Core Staff about community-born action and decentralized environmental governance.
Read MoreA 28-page report by civil society non-profit Civicus featured a case study on Environment Academy discussing the successes and challenges of environmental justice work in Lebanon, and how uplifting community interests and local voices helps us create solutions.
Read MoreBBC talked to Btebyet local team leader Sally Souweid about her team's initiative, as part of EA Cycle 1, to reimagine the village's solid waste management, for the protection of precious water resources.
Read MoreTRT World investigated the clean water crisis in Lebanon and spoke with EA co-founder Sammy Kayed about why foreign aid is not the panacea solution to the country's water issues.
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