Top 15 Adenike Akinsemolu Quotes

social entrepreneur and environmental sustainability educator, advocate and author.

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Adenike Adebukola Akinsemolu is a Nigerian Environmental sustainability advocate, educator, author and a social entrepreneur. She is a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University (Adeyemi College Campus). She is known as one of the country's leading experts on environmental sustainability. She founded the Green Campus Initiative, which became the Green Institute. She founded the Girl Prize which provides financial and mentorship support for young Nigerian secondary school girls.

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Everything happens for a reason, and there is a premeditated arrangement for things that are and things that shall be.

Life is like a relay race; visions and dreams don’t die. They are handed down to the next generation to run with...

Always keep in mind that some fellows will hold you in derision on your march towards progress, but don’t let it sway you....

The younger generations are agents of change and a bridge to a better future. This indeed is how I plan to shake things up- by equipping budding leaders with the requisite tools for growth.

Life is not a ten-speed bike where you can change to different gears and request for a spare.

Global challenges like the coronavirus pandemic are real and should not be seen from a nationalistic perspective. While the coronavirus reminds us how fragile and unprepared we might be, the efforts deployed on a daily basis serve as a reminder of what we’re capable of when we work together towards a common goal.

Nigeria's approach to waste management (2020)

When we become conscious of reducing waste from kitchens to households, and on the streets, it is only then they will realise the health, environmental and economic benefits of waste management.

Aside from being custodians of the environment, youths should understand the imminent threat of climate change on their collective futures. To manage what is unavoidable (adaptation) and avoid what is unmanageable (mitigation), youths must prioritise environmental studies as fundamental to their education.

Environmental studies could be seen as an autonomous discipline, yet to get the best out of it, a multidisciplinary approach must be applied.

Just start with what you have, and do it. Dreams begin from where you start. Even though ideas could be overwhelming and vague, unless you start with what you have and where you are, you may never clinch your aspirations.

The gift of life comes but once, and you have in a lifetime to accomplish all your dreams, visions, goals, and ambitions unapologetically. Remember, happiness comes in the fulfillment of these dreams, visions, goals, and ambitions.

Human relationships are not a zero-sum game if we need to be truly honest. We should often create a platform for negotiation and understand how to improve in our relationship.

I realized that indeed it’s a small world after all, and one must learn the art of fostering relationships for you never know whose help you might need.

At that moment, it struck me that one single act can make an impact in the world.