Climate Action
The Struggle is Real
The struggle is real, but we keep doing our best. In the spirit of staying away from activities promoting climate change. I have been embracing a vegan diet. Since we all know what livestock farming is doing when it comes to greenhouse emissions. Am yet to be successful at 100%, trending at 40%. What has … Read more
Guest Post: How to Source Eco-Friendly Packaging for Your E-Commerce Business
Making the big switch to environmentally friendly packaging can provide your company some good brownie points. Nowadays, customers are becoming more and more conscious not only about the quality of your products but also about the advocacies you are part of. Environmental awareness has shaped consumer behavior and this is one aspect of your business … Read more
Happy International Day of the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
It’s International Day of the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, and we continue to advocate for mangrove conservation. They continue to reduce in coverage, and this is a big problem roaming. I was lucky again to join one of my favorite organizations, Blue Earth Organization, in a mangrove planting on the 24th of July 2021. … Read more
Plastic-Free Bathrooms
Plastic-Free July continues, and today we explore plastic-free bathrooms. Remembering that we are not after perfection, but rather progress. After kitchens, bathrooms happen to be one of the most flooded places with plastics. Lucky for us, we have been provided eco-friendly options by our creative friends. These includes: Wooden toothbrushes: We now have a bamboo … Read more
Nairobi City County Plastic Control (Amendment) Bill, 2021
It a proposed Bill in the Nairobi County Assembly banning food and food products wrapped in plastic bags If this bill is passed, Nairobi occupants risk a fine of Sh4 million fine or face a four-year jail term or both if found with the single used utensils used for food and food products takeaways. This … Read more
Plastic-Free July
How is your Plastic-free July fairing? Any progress yet? Any new alternatives or DIYs you could share with us? We are after progress and not perfection. That’s why every single solution towards less plastic is 100% welcomed. No single effort is being neglected. Since we are learning while at it. Mistakes are allowed and taken … Read more
Unleash Hacks Liberia 2021 hackathon
Ezekiel Nyanfor who heads a team of three talents emerges out as National Winner in the Unleash Hacks Liberia 2021 hackathon. He is the EarthDay.Org Youth Ambassador, as well as the Founder and Executive Director of the Liberian Youth for Climate Actions-LYCA. A little bit about the Unleash Hacks Liberia 2021 hackathon UNLEASH Hacks are … Read more
#ShareYourStripes
Have you interacted with this hashtag on social media? #ShareYourStripes is an initiative by the University of Reading, led by Ed Hawkins. What is it all about? It’s an initiative that shows how temperatures have been changing over time through colors. The increasing temperatures are thanks to human activities, the burning of fossil fuels, and … Read more