The Green Institute
Adenike Akinsemolu is an accomplished academic and environmental researcher currently serving as an Hon. Associate Professor and IAS Vanguard Fellow at the University of Birmingham since October 2022. As Lead Author for the Global Environment Outlook GEO-7 at the UN Environment Programme and Founder & Principal Investigator at Green Microbiology, Adenike combines expertise in sustainability and environmental studies. With a significant role as Senior Research Fellow at Afe Babalola University, and an Associate Fellow at the Royal Commonwealth Society, Adenike has also founded The Green Institute. Notably, as a Book Author for Springer Nature, Adenike contributed to "The Principles of Green & Sustainability Science," which addresses environmental challenges through scientific approaches. Previous experience includes leadership in sustainability at Homaj Schools and participation in the scientific committee for sustainable development at Columbia University's Earth Institute. Adenike holds a PhD in Environmental Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology, earned between 2014 and 2018.
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The Green Institute
The Green Institute is a social enterprise created for the purpose of fulfilling the market potential of environmental sustainability. Acting as a hybrid organisation, with both a for-profit and non-profit arm, we focus on Education, Advocacy and Social Entrepreneurship to advance the green agenda in emerging economies. The Green Campus Initiative is our non-profit arm that advocates for and encourages students to adopt more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices. The institute offers both training and research, in line with some of the challenges listed in the Sustainable Development Goals. Our principal area of concentration is environmental sustainability, but we adopt both a micro and macro-level approach that encompasses relevant studies in the sciences, arts and social sciences. Our onsite campus is located in Ondo Kingdom, Nigeria.