Caring today for a greener tomorrow.

Green Stewardship International (GSI) is an environmental non-governmental organization motivated by the Christian principle of stewardship. We believe that caring for the environment is essentially caring for our neighbours, ourselves and our common future.

Our vision.

GSI'S VISION is a world where every development activity is done with care for people and their environment. Environmental issues are most often treated as an afterthought in the current economic system, but we believe that it is time for environmental concerns to be given high priority in all development efforts. As highlighted in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, development goals are only achievable if the environment is able to sustain them. OUR REASON FOR BEING is to inspire and mobilize global citizens regardless of their nationality, religion, gender and political association to be part of protecting our common environment, for the sake of this generation and coming ones. In short, we are caring today for a greener tomorrow. “We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty. But you cannot reduce poverty in a vacuum. You are doing it in an environment.” – Prof. Wangari Maathai

Our focus.

The industrial lifestyle has resulted in an accelerating accumulation of different types of waste (solid, liquid, electronic etc.). The problem is more pronounced in urban areas where land- fill sites are lacking and collection of household waste is not working properly. There is an urgent need to rethink both waste management and the lifecycle of the products we use. GSI collaborates with public and private actors to raise awareness and seek solutions to the problems of waste management.

Deforestation is a major problem, especially for more than one billion people who depend on the forest for their livelihoods, but also because of its effects on climate change. Research shows that the net deforestation in the humid tropics has increased by 62% from the 1990s to the 2000s (Kim et al., 2015). Through research and policy reviews GSI engages policy makers and forest institutions. We also aim to undertake landscape activities like conservation, afforestation, and restoration of degraded land.

Natural resource extraction often creates wealth for some while others are left with poverty and pollution. GSI advocates for natural resource policies which promote environmental sustainability and ensures equitable distribution of benefits, for example from mineral resources. We organize policy dialogues to bring issues such as corruption, accountability and inequality (economic, political, gender-based, etc.) into natural resource management.

“The clear and present danger of climate change means we cannot burn our way to prosperity. We already rely too heavily on fossil fuels. We need to find a new, sustainable path to the future we want. We need a clean industrial revolution.” – Ban Ki-moon

GSI wants to stimulate discussion on the linkages between energy, changing climate and development, especially in Africa. We seek to collaborate with other NGOs to provide policy options for government and private actors, advocating that energy should be accessible, fairly distributed, reliable and environmentally friendly.

“Climate change already affects agriculture and food security and without urgent action, will put millions of people at risk of hunger and poverty.” – FAO, 2016

GSI will assist farming communities, especially small-holders, by facilitating access to information, technical support, and market opportunities. We liaise with different organizations to drive discussions on critical issues like agricultural policy, new farming techniques, access to credit, climate resilient crop varieties, value chains and sustainable farming.

About us.

THE STORY OF GSI started in 2015, when Yaw Yeboah and his wife Josefin Egerlid Yeboah visited Yaw’s home country Ghana. They were troubled by the environmental problems they saw: from deforestation and degraded landscapes due to uncontrolled mining, to pollution by plastic bags and toxic smoke from burning garbage.

A VISION WAS BORN to start an environmental organization named Green Stewardship International (GSI): green for the environment, stewardship because it was standing on the biblical mandate to care for God’s creation, and international as Yaw and Josefin were envisioning a movement that would eventually spread beyond Ghana.

TODAY GSI IS BLESSED with an eminent team of Stewards who are contributing to making the vision a reality. Click below to learn more about our core values and to meet our Board, Management Team and Advisors.