Green Kenya

“Once awareness is free, intent will redirect it into a new evolutionary path.” – Carlos Castaneda Last year, I read an article on the Business Daily, about the other side of Biofuels. Specifically, their effects on poor economies in Africa. Within that article, there was an argument about how big a carbon footprint these same [...]

In 2006, Al Gore gave a talk during the TED Global conference in Monterey California. In this talk on averting climate crisis, Al Gore outlined 15 ways we can address climate change.  Watch this talk at the TED web site or download the video file (zipped MP4, 57MB). Al Gore later gave another TED Talk [...]

On Friday, March 20, the Business Daily published an article titled “Are we going green or is this just a sick joke?” Reading through, I do acknowledge the writer’s take on why green technology hasn’t been as widely adopted as the hype that often heralds GreenTech campaigns. Going green is in fact informed largely by [...]

The Copenhagen Climate Summit has officially begun, and leaders from all over the world have converged there to deliberate on the prevailing climate crisis that threatens to plunge the entire planet in peril unless drastic changes are effected soon. In Pursuit of Profits I am a going-green enthusiast, and honestly believe that every passing day [...]

Green Computing is a term that is dear to all Green IT pundits.  Simply put, Green Computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently. It encompasses routine practices that help save energy, and enhancement to computer programs and far-reaching hardware changes or replacement to consume less power. The main goal of green [...]

Welcome Back Green Kenya is back… Howdy partners! Hiatus The last post on this blog was on 3rd September, 2009. The core reasons why no more posts have been forthcoming are detailed on The Walkabout. New Home and Identity As you’ll notice, we have changed the Green Kenya identity (hope you like the new logo) [...]

Cold and Wet Today was a particularly cold day. And a wet one too. That is what makes it different from the recent past. Lately, it’s been all dusty and really hot. The Meteorological Department has predicted El Nino rains in coming months. Where I live, it was all dull and foggy today. The last [...]

I have lately seen gradual uptake of greenhouses as a preferred way of growing horticultural crops. Even in my village. A green house is defined on Wikipedia as a structure with a glass or plastic roof and frequently glass or plastic walls; it heats up because incoming solar radiation from the sun warms plants, soil, [...]

Guest post by Megan Jones. The United States House of Representatives just voted on a bill looking to slash carbon dioxide pollution blamed for global warming, with the Democrats narrowly winning the victory.  With the recent influx of information relating to the global climate change and subsequent global warming that is occurring, the United States [...]