Introduction

In this episode, we sit down with Jeffrey Opoku, a fascinating Ghanaian changemaker passionate about practical applications of the Sustainable Development Goals. Being exposed to the issue of plastic waste from a young age, he developed a project designed at improving local sustainability education in his home setting. 

Now a little older, he founded the Education for Adaptation Accelerator (E4AA), an organization working to make schools in the African continent 'green hubs of education’ focussing on the handling of plastic waste and ameliorating food systems. This journey has lead him to collaborate with movements like #BreakFreeFromPlastic and Beans is How, aimed at doubling global bean consumption by 2028. 

Jeffrey shares his motto of implementing local solutions is to “build the bridges of partnerships” and “sow the seeds of collaboration”, emphasizing the importance of working directly with local communities.