Leaving the City When I left Nairobi for shagz [rural home] in late 2007, I never knew just how much I’d enjoy living away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. Suddenly, life was very affordable, simple and much better in innumerable ways. Much of what happens on this blog is a direct [...]
Back in the Day As a kid, I was totally fascinated by the fact that bicycles fitted with dynamos would produce light at night as the owners rode along. Growing up, I remember reading many Science books, and gaining priceless knowledge that has largely influenced my lobbying for widespread use of renewable energy sources. Connecting [...]
My Green Energy Dream For a many years, I was unrelenting on my quest to use solar energy for both my lighting and computing needs. My plan has always been to complement this with some wind energy and ultimately, cook using biogas. Having been away from the farm where I wanted to set all this [...]
KenGen harnesses Wind Power For several months now, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company [KenGen] has been running a successful wind power generating station on Ngong Hills, Kenya. The station comprises six wind turbines and is rated 5MW. This is a step in the right direction, a very commendable green effort in Kenya. Several similar initiatives [...]
Keeping the Dream Alive Since childhood, it has always been my long term goal to one day generate and use renewable energy for my lighting and heating needs. With diminishing fuel wood, increasing energy demands and for ethical reasons, I strongly feel that renewable energy is the way to go. This aspiration was piqued at [...]
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 Simple (and largely unattended) Things in Life Going green is not that hard. We all know that it is the simple things in life that make the biggest difference. Right? Yeah, right. These simple things also happen to be the most overlooked, and therefore, remain unattended or largely postponed. Information Abounds On a personal [...]
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) [...]
Toilet Gas? Waste from home toilets can and should actually be used to generate cooking gas. In the UK, waste from Manchester’s loos will help contribute to local gas supplies. According to this article at Oddstuff, Toilet power is the fuel of the future in the UK where waste from Manchester’s loos will help contribute [...]
P.U.M.A. prototype Segway Inc., in collaboration with General Motors Corp, has announced the Segway P.U.M.A. It is a new ground-breaking means of transportation that addresses today’s challenges in mobility. On the P.U.M.A. prototype web site, it is even touted as a digital solution to an analogue problem… Segway’s P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility) prototype [...]
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