Amid the squalor in one of Kenya’s most depressing slums, there is a surprising amount of flashy colour and fun Njuguna makes these toys because he like to! His clients are local people in the slum but he does sell … Read more →
My good friend Jagi Gakunju who runs the Kenyan environmental cyclists club Uvumbuzi club told me about this project which immediately caught my attention. It’s a collaboration with Africans and a Dutch organization. You can read all about Cycling Blue … Read more →
What do you get if you cross tractor tyres, motorbike wheels and a water pump? Well, in Africa you could get anything! Here’s an odd combination of things related to water – recycled tractor tyres cut to make water troughs … Read more →
I have just spent a week in the field studying Masailand ecology and community conservation with Princeton University students. The location is not that remote (Kitengela and Olerai within 40 km of Nairobi) and the community are wonderfully resourceful when … Read more →
In Baringo one farmer has come up with two rather interesting innovations. Murray Roberts is in the business of planting restoring grasslands which involves planting grass seeds in severely degraded landscapes. The primary purpose of ploughing is to turn over … Read more →