Green Podium

African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC-k) in partnership with Nai Ni Who festival and other partners is organizing a clean up event on the 19th of July (Saturday). The clean up event aims to; a. Mark the Nai Ni Who festival 2014 b. One of the follow-up event after the ‘We Care For City Park’ event that mark the annual World Environment Day on 5th of June c. A build up for a three-month campaign aimed to raise awareness on the depreciating state of the park and advocate for proper rehabilitation, conservation and maintenance of the same The clean up will mobilize volunteers especially youth from learning institutions to do a; A. Cleanup and a later clean up competition, B. Nature walk, C. Art and Graffiti advocacy based expo, D.Butterfly expo and E. live band performances. Nai Ni Who is an initiative spearheaded by the GoDown Arts Centre whose aim is to mobilize every Nairobi resident in different sectors to celebrate themselves and the rich diversity of the city’

Kenya is currently facing a number of environmental challenges mainly as a result of over-exploitation of the available natural resources, pollution and release of wastes into the environment. This has led to degradation of the natural environment. Among the environmental challenges in Kenya are as follows; 1. Pollution Pollution mainly affects land, water and air. It has had various effects on plants, animal and human health. Inadequate waste treatment facilities and irregular collection and disposal methods have only worked to worsen the situation consequently making the quality of the environment poor. 2. Waste Management Human activities are the main causes of waste generation. These wastes can be in various forms including solid, liquid or gaseous. Most of these wastes end up being illegally dumped due to lack of proper technologies and facilities for waste management, hence they accumulate in the environment and some are discharged into fresh water as effluent. This ha

If i was the last person in existence, I would not trigger off a nuclear weapon to destroy the earth. I would allow nature to continue existing on its own even with the absence of human beings. This is because most ecosystems can always regulate themselves through new births and deaths. Nature has the ability to control itself even without humans. Most of the elements of nature such as animals and plants, need each other to exist. With the remaining plants and animals, nature can continue to survive even without the presence of human beings. One reason why I wont destroy the earth with a nuclear weapon is the fact that nature within itself has some value. Deep ecology states that nature has a value independent of its connection to human beings. This means that even without considering the importance of nature to human beings there will always be some value which it has. Deep ecology is a branch of ecological philosophy that considers human kind as an important part of the environme