Sustainability initiatives
- 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
Initiatives by topic
Biodiversity
Darwin initiative projects in Kenya
Communities online
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
Community currencies activism
Community energy
Geothermal power in Kenya W
Food activism
Permaculture Research Institute Kenya
Solar cooking resources in Kenya
Blogs: Share Organic Live
Social inclusion
Trees, woodland and forest
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Mzalendo, detailed Members of Parliament (MP) profiles, a searchable Hansard, scorecards and vital statistics of most counties and constituencies. [1]
Open data: Open Kenya, making public government data accessible to the people of Kenya.
Video
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Kenya, Kenya Electricity Generating Company
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