m (spacing) |
m (newslist template limit) |
||
(124 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:640px-Tamarillo.jpg|thumb]] | |||
'' | {{Location data | ||
| location = Kenya, Africa | |||
| coordinates = 1° 26' 31.09" N, 38° 25' 53.03" E | |||
}} | |||
{{Newslist|location=Kenya|limit=3}} | |||
{{Read more|Kenya news}} | |||
This page is the beginnings of a portal for Kenya community action. It focuses mainly on Kenya community action topics. Separate pages cover [[Kenya news]] and [[Kenya community action resources]] | |||
== Networks and sustainability initiatives == | |||
{{Video | |||
| video = 9_k1bVhBKsM | |||
| title = OTEPIC FUTURE VISION/GLOBAL CAMPUS1 | |||
| authors = OTEPIC Philip Munyasia, Aug 7, 2014 | |||
}} | |||
* [https://www.otepic.org/ OTEPIC], Organic Technology Extension and Promotion of Initiative Centre | |||
* [https://www.greenbeltmovement.org/ The Green Belt Movement], The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an indigenous grassroots non-governmental organization based in [[Nairobi]], Kenya that takes a holistic approach to development by focusing on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Professor Wangari Maathai established the organization in 1977, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya. | |||
:The Green Belt Movement organises women in rural Kenya to plant trees, combat deforestation, restore their main source of fuel for cooking, generate income, and stop soil erosion. Maathai has incorporated advocacy and empowerment for women, eco-tourism, and just economic development into the Green Belt Movement. | |||
:Since Maathai started the movement in 1977, over 51 million trees have been planted. Over 30,000 women trained in forestry, food processing, bee-keeping, and other trades that help them earn income while preserving their lands and resources. Communities in Kenya (both men and women) have been motivated and organised to both prevent further environmental destruction and restore that which has been damaged. | |||
:In 2004, Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize – becoming the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize – for her work with the Green Belt Movement. {{W|Green Belt Movement}} | |||
== Climate action == | |||
<center> | |||
{{Video | |||
| video = wao3UnD0b8k | |||
| title = Solar Freeze, 2021 Winner, Humanitarian Energy Award | |||
| authors = Ashden, Nov 4, 2021 | |||
}} | |||
</center> | |||
* Solar Freeze, 2021 Winner, Humanitarian Energy Award, [https://ashden.org/winners/solar-freeze/ ashden.org] | |||
== Biodiversity == | |||
{{Video | |||
| video = ZZTpV0XCEH0 | |||
| title = Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy — GivePower Initiative | |||
| authors = Green Planet Solutions, May 20, 2021 | |||
}} | |||
{{Video | |||
| video = J1ixKg8ro1w | |||
| title = Nashulai Equator Prize #NatureforProsperity | |||
| authors = Nashulai Maasai Conservancy, Oct 2, 2020 | |||
}} | |||
* [https://www.nashulai.com/ Nashulai Maasai Conservancy], "community-owned wildlife conservancy—created, managed by and for the Maasai people who own not just the land but also direct the initiative." ''added 21:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)'' | |||
* [https://poriniassociationkenya.wordpress.com/ PORINI Welfare Association], Kenya based non-profit organization | |||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20121031001358/http://darwin.defra.gov.uk/world/country/Kenya/ Darwin initiative projects in Kenya] | |||
== Trees, woodland and forest == | |||
[http://rootsmovement.org:80/ Roots Movement] | |||
== Communities online == | |||
[https://www.ushahidi.com/ Ushahidi], youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/user/Ushahidi Ushahidi's channel] | |||
' | Ushahidi, Inc. is a non-profit software company that develops free and open-source software (LGPL) for information collection, visualisation, and interactive mapping. Ushahidi (Swahili for "testimony" or "witness") created a website in the aftermath of Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential election that collected eyewitness reports of violence reported by email and text message and placed them on a Google Maps map. | ||
The organisation uses the concept of crowdsourcing for social activism and public accountability, serving as an initial model for what has been coined as "activist mapping"—the combination of social activism, citizen journalism and geospatial information. Ushahidi offers products that enable local observers to submit reports using their mobile phones or the internet, while simultaneously creating a temporal and geospatial archive of events. {{W|Ushahidi}} | |||
== Community and voluntary action == | |||
[http://takanimali.org:80/ Taka Nimali] is a community action that rewards Kenyas to clean up plastic waste for recycling. The grassroots organisation provides recycling points, making it easy for collectors to exchange plastic trash for money. | |||
[http://artoutreachprogramme.org/ Art Outreach Programme] | |||
== | == Community currencies activism == | ||
{{Video | |||
| video = bHG_E-FsC_8 | |||
| title = Mwethia: a Kikuyu Resource Coordination Practice | |||
| authors = Will Ruddick, Apr 18, 2023 | |||
}} | |||
== | {{Video | ||
| video = Q3O6-9MlL_4 | |||
| title = Emma Continues - From Bangladesh to Nyanza | |||
| authors = Grassroots Economics, Feb 11, 2023 | |||
}} | |||
* [https://grassecon.org/ Grassroots Economics], non-profit foundation that has been seeking to empower marginalized communities to take charge of their own livelihoods and economic future since 2010. | |||
{{Video | |||
| video = UaspBGmsdLE | |||
| title = Bangla-Pesa - Empowering a Grassroots Economy | |||
| authors = Will Ruddick, Oct 5, 2013 | |||
}} | |||
* [http://koru.or.ke/ Koru Kenya] | |||
== Community energy == | |||
Geothermal power in Kenya {{W|Geothermal power in Kenya}} | |||
== Food activism == | |||
[http:// | * [https://pri-kenya.org/ Permaculture Research Institute Kenya] | ||
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20201201043817/http://pri-kenya.org:80/?page_id=227 Laikipia Permaculture Centre] | |||
''' | '''Blogs''': [https://shareorganiclive.blogspot.co.uk/ Share Organic Live] | ||
== Social inclusion == | |||
[http://koru.or.ke/ Koru Kenya] | |||
== Towards sustainable economies == | |||
After the Kenyan elections (Oct 2017), the charity GiveDirectly plans to initiate a 12-year randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the effects of universal basic income on villages in rural Kenya.<ref>[https://basicincome.org/news/2017/10/overview-of-current-basic-income-related-experiments-october-2017/ @BasicincomeOrg]</ref> | |||
[https://www.givedirectly.org/basic-income basic income, GiveDirectly] | |||
== About Kenya == | |||
[ | '''Kenya''', officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Eastern Africa. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 47.6 million people, Kenya is the 29th most populous country. Kenya's capital and largest city is [[Nairobi]], while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret. As of 2020, Kenya is the third largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa after [[Nigeria]] and [[South Africa]]. Kenya is bordered by [[South Sudan]] to the northwest, [[Ethiopia]] to the north, [[Somalia]] to the east, [[Uganda]] to the west, [[Tanzania]] to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. {{W|Kenya}} | ||
== | == Environmental issues == | ||
Environmental issues in Kenya include deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, water shortage and degraded water quality, flooding, poaching, and domestic and industrial pollution. {{W|Environmental issues in Kenya}} | |||
== | == Near you == | ||
[[Nairobi]] | |||
{{ | {{Map | ||
| category = Kenya | |||
}} | |||
{{CASwiki menu}} | |||
[[ | {{Back to top}} | ||
[[ | |||
== External links == | |||
Kenya {{W|Kenya}}, Kenya Electricity Generating Company {{W|Kenya Electricity Generating Company}} | |||
== References == | |||
<references /> | |||
{{Page data | |||
| keywords = Countries | |||
}} | |||
[[Category:CASwiki articles with apps]] | |||
[[Category:Sustainable community action]] | |||
[[Category:Countries]] |
Latest revision as of 11:18, 22 March 2024
- Seven times size of Manhattan: the African tree-planting project making a difference, theguardian.com (Mar 13, 2024)
- Food forests grown by Nile Basin farmers restore wetlands and bring back a turtle, news.mongabay.com (Feb 28, 2024)
- ‘Our contribution to a cleaner world’: How Kenya found an extraordinary power source beneath its feet, theguardian.com (Jan 25, 2024)
This page is the beginnings of a portal for Kenya community action. It focuses mainly on Kenya community action topics. Separate pages cover Kenya news and Kenya community action resources
Networks and sustainability initiatives[edit | edit source]
- OTEPIC, Organic Technology Extension and Promotion of Initiative Centre
- The Green Belt Movement, The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an indigenous grassroots non-governmental organization based in Nairobi, Kenya that takes a holistic approach to development by focusing on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Professor Wangari Maathai established the organization in 1977, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya.
- The Green Belt Movement organises women in rural Kenya to plant trees, combat deforestation, restore their main source of fuel for cooking, generate income, and stop soil erosion. Maathai has incorporated advocacy and empowerment for women, eco-tourism, and just economic development into the Green Belt Movement.
- Since Maathai started the movement in 1977, over 51 million trees have been planted. Over 30,000 women trained in forestry, food processing, bee-keeping, and other trades that help them earn income while preserving their lands and resources. Communities in Kenya (both men and women) have been motivated and organised to both prevent further environmental destruction and restore that which has been damaged.
- In 2004, Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize – becoming the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize – for her work with the Green Belt Movement. W
Climate action[edit | edit source]
- Solar Freeze, 2021 Winner, Humanitarian Energy Award, ashden.org
Biodiversity[edit | edit source]
- Nashulai Maasai Conservancy, "community-owned wildlife conservancy—created, managed by and for the Maasai people who own not just the land but also direct the initiative." added 21:30, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
- PORINI Welfare Association, Kenya based non-profit organization
- Darwin initiative projects in Kenya
Trees, woodland and forest[edit | edit source]
Communities online[edit | edit source]
Ushahidi, youtube: Ushahidi's channel
Ushahidi, Inc. is a non-profit software company that develops free and open-source software (LGPL) for information collection, visualisation, and interactive mapping. Ushahidi (Swahili for "testimony" or "witness") created a website in the aftermath of Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential election that collected eyewitness reports of violence reported by email and text message and placed them on a Google Maps map.
The organisation uses the concept of crowdsourcing for social activism and public accountability, serving as an initial model for what has been coined as "activist mapping"—the combination of social activism, citizen journalism and geospatial information. Ushahidi offers products that enable local observers to submit reports using their mobile phones or the internet, while simultaneously creating a temporal and geospatial archive of events. W
Community and voluntary action[edit | edit source]
Taka Nimali is a community action that rewards Kenyas to clean up plastic waste for recycling. The grassroots organisation provides recycling points, making it easy for collectors to exchange plastic trash for money.
Community currencies activism[edit | edit source]
- Grassroots Economics, non-profit foundation that has been seeking to empower marginalized communities to take charge of their own livelihoods and economic future since 2010.
Community energy[edit | edit source]
Geothermal power in Kenya W
Food activism[edit | edit source]
Blogs: Share Organic Live
Social inclusion[edit | edit source]
Towards sustainable economies[edit | edit source]
After the Kenyan elections (Oct 2017), the charity GiveDirectly plans to initiate a 12-year randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the effects of universal basic income on villages in rural Kenya.[1]
About Kenya[edit | edit source]
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Eastern Africa. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 47.6 million people, Kenya is the 29th most populous country. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi, while its oldest city and first capital is the coastal city of Mombasa. Kisumu City is the third largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. Other important urban centres include Nakuru and Eldoret. As of 2020, Kenya is the third largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. W
Environmental issues[edit | edit source]
Environmental issues in Kenya include deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, water shortage and degraded water quality, flooding, poaching, and domestic and industrial pollution. W
Near you[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
Kenya W, Kenya Electricity Generating Company W