Science, technology, society and environment education

• Professor Lovemore Mbigi, celebrated within the African management and psychology disciplines, died in Harare, Zimbabwe on 26 June 2023.
• Mbigi was over his career affiliated with several African and international universities.
• In seeking a place where I belonged within my discipline, the work of Mbigi was a light in a dark tunnel.

African concepts

• Mbigi brought African concepts and cultural practices to the academic and consulting realm.
• For example he saw the African philosophy of ubuntu as a basis of effective human resources management.
• Both these “teamwork” practices in their contexts acknowledge the communal nature of African societies.

African management and leadership

• Mbigi’s first book on African management, co-authored with Jenny Maree, was Ubuntu: The Spirit of African Transformation Management.
• His book The Spirit of African Leadership is an attempt to position the role of African leadership in the global arena, especially within modern management practice.
• Mbigi called for awareness of the reality that the African continent has a wealth of leadership knowledge.
• Mbigi also wrote In Search of African Business Renaissance: An African Cultural Perspective, and Ubuntu: The African Dream in Management.

• Together there is so much we can accomplish, from advocating for air quality policies and standards to providing greater clean air access to patients dealing with severe asthma and allergies.
• Blueair kicked off the partnership through a sponsorship of the Allergy & Asthma Networks Allergy & Asthma Day Capitol Hill (AADCH) on May 3-4, 2022.
• Blueair will participate in the program by providing nearly 300 patients who suffer from asthma with access to air purification products.
• Blueair is an important voice in support of Allergy & Asthma Networks mission, and were grateful to have them on board, said Tonya Winders, Chief Executive Officer and President, Allergy & Asthma Network.

• Access to clean air has recently been recognized as a human right but is not among childrens rights defined by the UNCRC.
• Over the last six months children from the US, UK, China and India have campaigned for their right to clean air through the Freedom to breathe campaign.
• Im so proud that the UN acknowledged our fight and recognized that clean air, just like clean water, should be the right of every child.
• To learn more about the Freedom to breathe campaign and why children everywhere deserve the right to clean air, visit: https://www.blueair.com/us/freedomtobreathe.html .