Empower Yourself, Ignite Sustainability
How are you all doing? Are you doing okay/not okay, or living one day at a time/ surviving? A lot has been living. I haven’t been doing that well. From crushed hopes, ugliness unfolding around climate issues, lots of talks around climate change that made reliving them more painful, Kenyan wildlife suffering through droughts with … Read more
Stabilizing at 1.5 degree Celsius warming is still possible,but immediate and drastic global action is required. Rapid growth in methane and nitrous oxide emissions putus ontrack for 2.7 degree Celsius warming. Megafires – climate change forces fire extremes to reach new dimensions with extreme impacts. Climate tipping elements incur high-impact risks Global climate action must … Read more
As I was traveling to Mombasa, I thought it was going to be just mum, sis, and me. But, hey, that was my plan but not what the future had for me. Strangers who turned into the best buddies and best birthday gifts turned the events in a different direction. They brought all the fun, … Read more
Did you know that 98% of lemur species are threatened with extinction while 31% is critically endangered?The time to act is NOW. As we celebrate Lemurs today, here are some facts related to them: Madagascar is the only place lemurs naturally call home. There are over 100 species of lemur, in all shapes and sizes. … Read more
COP is here with us again. COP26 should be the springboard that should push everyone in the right direction. At this point, all know what needs to be needed. Solutions to be embraced continue to be invested by individuals and few corporates that care for our planet. Too many and excellent policies continue to be … Read more
Today is special. I am a little stronger and wiser than the previous year. In this coming year, I promise myself to make the best out of it. Last year was a bit tough, but I was tougher. I got through it, and today is the start of a promising year. I am looking forward … Read more
Do you remember the gorilla that went viral on social media for best poses with her caretaker in a photograph? She gave birth to many challenges, and many people got an interest in knowing more about the mountain gorillas. Tourists who were lucky to meet them (Ndakasi and her caretaker) in person, ensured to pose … Read more
We are all living together on a single planet, which is threatened by our own actions. And if you don’t have some kind of global cooperation, nationalism is just not on the right level to tackle the problems, whether it’s climate change or whether it’s technological disruption. Yuval Noah Harari
The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. – … Read more
The theme for this year’s World Habitat Day is Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world. World Habitat Day is marked on the first Monday of October each year and is recognized by the United Nations to reflect on the state of towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter.