For his activities in promoting sustainable green economic development, Ghanaian journalist and climate advocate, Kofi Adu Domfeh, has been honoured at the 2021 Ghana Garden and Flower Show (GGFS).
He
was awarded Best Floriculture/Horticulture Reporter at the flagship event of
the Ghana Garden and Flower Movement, an initiative of Strategic Communications
Africa (Stratcomm Africa).
This
9th Show with the theme: “9G: 9 Years of Green Living”, aimed at creating
awareness about the commercial, environmental, health and aesthetic benefits of
flowers and gardens as well as promoting positive attitudes and behaviours
towards green living.
There
was a call on all stakeholders to see Green Living as a collective
responsibility and take up innovative and responsible ways to protect the
environment.
Chief Executive of
Stratcomm Africa, Esther Cobbah, stated that it is everybody’s responsibility
to ensure a greener, cleaner, wealthier, healthier, richer and more beautiful
country.
“The earth laughs in flowers,”
she said. “What we have found in doing this Movement is that people are
perishing because they do not know that green is good for them, that green
keeps them healthy, green gives them wealth, green brings beauty”.
Over
100 exhibitors of green living-related products and services and green
innovators were honoured at the event.
“This
honour came as a big surprise and I’m indeed grateful,” said Domfeh. “I did not
know that the least I do in highlighting the importance of tree planting and
greening of the environment was catching attention.”
Kofi Adu Domfeh is a
multiple-award winning journalist in business, energy, environment and climate
change reporting.
He is passionate about tree planting and has over
the past decade championed environmental promotion and protection, through
public education and planting projects.
Last year, he was honoured with the Green Ring Pin
by former US Vice President Al Gore, Founder of
The Climate Reality Project. The Green Ring is awarded to Climate Reality
Leaders who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to their roles
as climate communicators and activists.
Domfeh is the Founder/Convener of CLAP Gh – Climate, Livelihood and Agriculture Platform. The environmental group
mobilises young professionals to become part of the momentum created by the Paris
Agreement on Climate Change to partner all interest groups to share knowledge and
take action.
