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Allowing Plastic Importation is Going Back on the Commitments of a Plastic-Free Kenya
This August marked 3 years since Kenya instituted a ban on single-use plastic carrier bags. So many things have happened since this ban came into effect 3 years ago.
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Time to build on ancestral methods of conservation and empower indigenous communities for a healthier planet
My mum told me that my grandfather was a forest engineer and leader. I didn’t get a chance to meet him as he passed away before I was born. He…
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5 influential voices spoke up for Kenya’s Plastic Ban – and you should too!
Several of the world’s most influential voices took to social media when the news broke, expressing disgust at this attack on Africa’s plastic-free progress. Here’s what they had to say
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Industry Lobby The US Government to Make Africa Backslide on Plastics
The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry’s footprint across Africa.
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Renewable Energy is the Key to Cheaper Electricity in Kenya
As the country strives to meet the goal of universal access to electricity, huge development needs to take place in Kenya’s energy sector.
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Lamu Coal Plant: A Bad Energy Source for Kenya
The dangers of investing in the Lamu Coal Plant and the various strides taken by environmentalists to halt its implementation
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Eskom court ruling kicks consumers while we’re down
This week, the high court ruled in favour of Eskom in its legal battle with the National Energy Regulator NERSA, allowing Eskom to implement further…
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Hope for Senegal’s plastic-free future amid COVID-19
New research backed by over a hundred medical experts worldwide confirms that reusables are safe to use during the current global COVID-19 pandemic, for as long as proper hygiene practices…
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Systems Change is the answer. People Change is the authentic solution
I have never experienced anything of the same magnitude as what we are currently going through. 2020 is the year of disruption.
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Keep Your Promise Mr. President, We Need 100% Green Energy This Year
Kenya has been severely hit by unseasonable heavy rains and an unprecedented infestation of locusts, that is devastating agricultural production. Heavy floods that are hitting the country have resulted in…
