Ngalim Franklin (Mr. Green) is a grassroots environmentalist who is Founder/President of The Greens and a Geology teacher with 8 years’ experience. Born on the 27th of January 1985 in Bamenda - Cameroon, he sailed through education to hold a B.Sc in Environmental Science and Water Resource Management and a Secondary and High School Teachers' Diploma (DIPES 1) in Geology. Married and a father of two, Mr. Green is resident in Bamenda Cameroon.
After researching, Mr. Green realized that waste provides a lot of economic opportunities that can help people and the planet which is why he started Waste Business Hub; a startup incubator that educates young people on the different business opportunities in the domain of waste. The first phase of the hub focuses on textile waste. Every day, thousands of textile waste are burned or thrown in the landfill: Growing in a poverty stricken community that is plagued by very high levels of youth unemployment and increasing environmental challenges, Mr. Green realized from research that waste provides a huge resource that can curb youth unemployment, reduce poverty and tackle the different environmental challenges such as climate change, food insecurity, ill-health and pollution that were affecting his community
"I realized that tons of textile waste from homes and tailoring workshops are burned or thrown in the landfill whereas thousands of people especially in rural communities still lack cloths, schools have no blackboard dusters, people still sleep on grass mattresses, etc and that is why i decided to take action" says Mr. Green.
Mr. Green has explored waste and has tried, tested and worked with textile, tires, plastic, organic and different waste products and that is why he has decided to teach young people via Waste Business Hub on the different business opportunities available in the domain of waste. He wants to nurture a generation of Waste Business Entrepreneurs (Wastepreneurs) who will help people and the planet.