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Ecology

Missing The Forest For The Trees: Mathare’s Environmental Apartheid

They are no trees to hug in Mathare. However, following in the footsteps of Wangari Maathai, the young people of Mathare will one day pass down trees of peace that stand for their right to security and protection from a state that terrorises its own citizens.

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Why are all the black faces in conservation in the background?

“The Big Conservation Lie” was a book challenging the western paradigms and values that had dominated the management and conservation model since Kenya was declared a British colony.

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The Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Farmer

Nowadays everyone says farming is cool. I tell them that the only cool thing about farming is the weather before 7am and after 5pm.

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Act Like A Man, Be Like A Tree

Trees are packed with life lessons. Nurturing one’s inner strength is like nurturing a tree. You cannot rush the growth of a tree. From the outside, it might look like a tree’s growth is stunted but a tree does most of its growing below the ground, out of sight.

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Time To Climb Down From Ivory Towers

“When they came for the animals, I said nothing, because I was not a tourist”.

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Of Kisumu Nights And Foul Weather

The last two months have seen Kenyans conduct a long running public debate on rain. El Nino has had the same traction as Obama’s homecoming. It is every third discussion…

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I Own A Forest But Do I Say!

“Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” Wangari Maathai I met…

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An Ode to River Yala

Most people can easily name five favourite destinations they would like to visit. However put out the question of a favourite river and many will draw a blank. Modern living…

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