Empower Yourself, Ignite Sustainability
Introduction: What is Soil? Soil Types and Their Properties Soil is the key component to plant growth. It provides nutrients for the plants to grow, protects the roots, and supports plant growth. Soil also provides a habitat for microorganisms that play an important role in decomposition and nutrient cycling. Soil is further broken into topsoil, … Read more
For many people, a vacation is the only time of year they’re able to travel. But with the rapid growth of travel as a luxury in recent years has come to a rise in traveler awareness about how our vacations affect the places we visit as tourists. As such, there are now more resources than … Read more
Introduction The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent by the day, and the world is taking notice. From polar bears to fish, there is a growing list of animals being affected by this issue. If you are looking for examples of how global warming has hurt wildlife so far, look no further than … Read more
The rains are no longer predictable, and it has been a while since it rained in most arid and semi-arid areas. Livestock has no pasture, and water sources are all drying up. Nomads together with their livestock have to trek extremely long distances to get water and food. Sadly, sometimes they still don’t get lucky … Read more
Floods have been witnessed in a number of countries including Nigeria, and Pakistan, to name a few. People have lost their livelihoods, their homes swept away, livestock and wildlife affected, and reduced to depending on well-wishers. Most of the affected people live hand to mouth life. Contribute almost nothing towards climate change. Their carbon footprint … Read more
Access to medical services can be difficult and/or too expensive for many. Most of the time many of us take it for granted and feel entitled to it. If you are lucky enough to have an insurance plan, medical check-ups are almost guaranteed and routine. But many are yet to enjoy this privilege. Access to … Read more
Some areas continue to suffer drought, with many rivers drying up. This has led to a shortage of water and given trouble to anything that depends on it. Which we know, is almost everything. If trees were to be planted in these areas, with no after-planting plans. Almost if not all seedlings will die. But … Read more
This is Imani Primary School in Voi. The pupils with help of their teachers and mentor Tiju Aziz have created their own mini forest. You can tell the difference in climate while inside the school. The trees have promoted a cool micro-climate, making it lovely and accommodating. Voi is among places that can have high … Read more
I had a chat with my friends at Greiner. Here are the links to the conversation and blog. Leave your comments and let us keep the conversation going. 🎧 Greiner Talks with Winnie Cheche – “Let’s fall in love with our planet!”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86sHIsjZyg Winnie Cheche ◯ People, planet, profithttps://greiner-talks.simplecast.com/episodes/greiner-talks-with-winnie-cheche “Let’s fall in love with our planet!”https://sustainability.greiner.com/en/lets-fall-in-love-with-our-planet/
It’s almost 5 years since Single-used plastics were banned in Kenya. Sadly, we still have waste from the before years. Surprisingly, we do have people who are still using these single-use plastics. Which has been highly blamed on the neighboring countries that are yet to ban it. I still feel that more awareness of why … Read more