Empowering Women, Revitalizing Mangroves: A Story from Kenya
Munje, Mswambeni Kenya, In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 15 women came together to preserve a portion of mangrove...
Meet a Kenyan community saving the coral reefs.
Along the Pate-Kiunga area in Lamu County, a small archipelago north of Mombasa in Kenya, Coral reefs have degraded...
Spring water changing lives in Kenya.
Women in Olailamutia, a town in Kenya’s Narok County, have had problems with diarrhoea, stomachaches, and skin rashes for...
Cabins made of plastic helping keep Kenya’s Masai Mara clean.
In today’s episode, we meet Isaac Macharia, a Kenyan social entrepreneur with Marafiki Community International who makes cabins out...
Meet a young Kenyan lady repurposing waste glass at Masai Mara.
Masai Mara Kenya: Glass waste consists of 4 percent of municipal solid waste generated in Africa. In Kenya’s Narok...
Wool spinning means more birds and money in Kenya.
Njambini Kenya: Long before people began farming, many bird species adapted to exist in open environments such as grasslands....
Second-hand clothes(Mitumba) Kenyan gift or a curse?
In 2019, Kenya imported 185,000 tones of second-hand clothing or mitumba – about 8,000 containers. The clothes and shoes...
Meet a Kenyan Primary school equipping children with green skills.
A 2021 report Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) notes that...
Children, Climate Change, and Biodiversity Protection
This week, we are talking about empowering children to conserve biodiversity and the environment. It is what Miti Alliance...
Can charcoal production be sustainable?
Did you know that a third of Africa’s forests have already been lost, mainly to charcoal production? Yes, that...
Kenyan entrepreneur turned to Greener Charcoal to save her poultry.
Today we are in Kenya’s Nakuru County in a town named Mai Mahiu meaning “hot water” about 60kms drive...
Kenyan youths transforms a top crime landfill hotspot into a green space.
Green spaces are shrinking as cities prioritise development over the environment. However, Korogocho is one of the largest slums...
Meet Kenyan farmer rearing fish and black soldier fly using the smallest available space.
In Kenya, John Mwaura Kiriko, a businessperson from Kikuyu town about 20 kilometres from Nairobi city, is growing fish...
Saving Kenya’s capital city water source, the Ondiri Wetland
In 2016, the Nyongara River flowing out of the Ondiri Wetland in Kikuyu town, Kenya about 20 kilometres from...
Waters of hope awakens the fish business at Uganda’s Lake Edward.
We are at the Rwenshama fish landing site in Uganda at the shores of Lake Edward, one of the...
Eating wild fruits, protecting Niger’s indigenous landscapes.
Zinder Niger: Zinder Faiza Habou, a 17-year-old secondary school student from Zinder, Niger’s second largest city, and her mother...
Kenya, to succeed in Blue Economy, invest in research and local communities advices scientist
Mombasa Kenya: Blue economy sector such as fisheries and aquaculture are critical for achieving rapid and long-term gains for food...
Kenyan coastal community fattens crabs to save mangroves.
Youth at Dabaso village at Mida Creek Watamu, a small coastal town in Kenya north of Mombasa, have been...
Kenyan coastal youths replanting mangroves invites back village delicacy
Watamu Kenya: Mangrove forests that formed the ocean shoreline at Majaoni village along Mtwapa Creek in Mombasa County collapsed...
Kenyan University producing enough solar energy for use, and selling surplus to the National utility.
Nairobi Kenya: Strathmore University in Kenya installed a 600 kWp grid-connected solar PV system in 2014. Today, the solar...