Tag: Kenya
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Turkana Woman Fights Ethiopia, Kenya Dam Project in the Already Arid, Conflict-Prone Region
"The Ministry of Energy has insisted that they need this energy. What we are questioning is—how was the agreement reached, what is the cost of purchasing this power?"
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Kenyan Teen's Invention Saves Lions, Helps Farmers
A 13-year-old inventor in Kenya has come up with a low-cost, eco-friendly way to protect his family's livestock that could also serve as a solution to a serious problem in his country -- managing human-wildlife conflict.
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Massive Forest Fire Continues to Burn the Slopes of Mountain Kenya
Now in its sixth day, the forest fire threatens critical habitats and precious water sources.
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Waste Biomass Charcoal is Solution to Toxic Fertilizers, Says Kickstarter Project (Interview)
Jason Aramburu is trying to revolutionize how we garden by expanding the production of "Black Revolution" biochar, a soil-less growing medium made from farm waste.
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How Carbon Offsets Can Help Provide Clean Water for All
A UK offset company launches a world-first partnership to finance Life-Straw water purifiers in Africa.
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How Composting Toilets Help Save Hippos
Composting toilets have a lot of benefits. But can they really help save hippos?
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Energy News Recap: Record Energy Efficiency Investments In 2011, Chevron Still Must Pay $18bn Rainforest Destruction Fine
From record investments in energy investments made by US states, to East Africa's largest wind power project, Chicago's smart gridization, to Chevron's huge fine being upheld, here's what we're reading today.
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Remembering Wangari Maathai, Monday November 14th in NYC
A public memorial ceremony will be held in NYC for Wangari Maathai on November 14.
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Kenya's Plastiki? Boat Made From Plastic Bottles & Old Flip Flops
It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.
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An International Music Festival in a Kenyan Slum Seeks to Protect Indigenous Tribes
An international music festival in the slums of Nairobi is unusual enough. But one that plans to stop a dam and save an indigenous way of life? Let's party.
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Nairobi Installs Solar-Powered Lights - Making Streets Brighter, Safer & More Energy-Efficient
The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.
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Upcycled Rubber Design Products; A Flip Flop Story (Photos)
Studio Schneemann, together with the Kenyan initiative Uniqueco, collect and turn wasted flip flops from the beach into colourful and squichy furniture and lighting.
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UK Company Pulls Out of Controversial Kenya Biofuel Project
Conservationists are celebrating a British firm's recent pullout from a biofuel project in Kenya that they say would have destroyed the Tana River Delta, a wetland ecosystem crucial for regional wildlife.
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Sanergy Is Putting A Price On Poop and Cleaning Up in Kenya
People need toilets; flowers need fertilizer. Sanergy makes a business out of supplying both.
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Climate Change Threatens Kenya's Rainmakers
We hear a lot about the impact of climate change on agriculture, especially smallholder farmers, but there's a group of people who advise those farmers who are also affected: rainmakers.
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Remembering Wangari Maathai: People Should Be "Active Participants" in Environmental Restoration
When I interviewed Wangari Maathai in July 2004, I had no idea she would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize just a few months later. By the time the award was announced, I had booked tickets from
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PeePoo Bio Bags: A Cure For The 'Flying' Toilet
Approximately 40% of human beings alive today - 2.6 billion people - don't have access to toilets.
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Somalia Famine Could Claim 750,000 Lives in Next Four Months Without Better Aid
Children have walked for weeks across the desert to get to Dadaab, and many perish on the way. Others have died shortly after arrival. On the edge of the camp, a young girl stands amid the freshly made graves of 70 children, many of whom died of
