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 [...]
Hedges vs Fences Yesterday, I spent all day at the farm planting a hedge. When I told a friend about it, they suggested that it’d be better and safer to erect a fence instead. As I worked, I considered this unsolicited advice, in light of several things: I live on a farm away from the [...]
“Her work is focused on improving the landscape and environment within impoverished and low-income communities. Carter starts at home, where she grew up, in the South Bronx. Majora Carter is an American environmental advocate and artist. She has demonstrated a range of environmental justice solution strategies in her hometown of the South Bronx, New York [...]
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 [...]
What a Start! Last Saturday (Jan 2, 2009), I was out planting trees. I thank God for the rains that have made this very possible. Following are some of the trees I planted: Trees: Fruit Trees: What else we are growing: The objective here is to go local by growing our own food, as much [...]
As the curtain falls on 2009, following is another top post on Green Kenya. This was first published on Tuesday, July 07 2009 at 1108hrs. It attracted interesting comments. Several agribusiness service providers too sought to offer their services to those interested. In view of this development, Green Kenya will profile, link to and promote [...]
This post was first published on Thursday, 02 Apr 2009 at 20:46hr. The comments this post generated are also published below. You are welcome to share your thoughts on the same. Indigenous Tree species When I was growing up, there were very many tree species in my village. I am still under 30, but I [...]
FACT: It no longer rains as much as it used to. Intermittent Rain The absence of reliable rain patterns in Kenya in the recent past has necessitated a rethink of the way we grow food. Rain fed agriculture is becoming less and less viable in Kenya. Farmers have incurred losses when their crops have failed, [...]
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 [...]
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