By Lorraine Dixon Business, Environment and Sustainability Specialist – KOEE Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) refers to “the use of services and related products, which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while minimizing the use of natural resources and toxic materials as well as the emissions of waste and pollutants over […]
By David Wandabi – ESD Programs Officer & Eco-schools Coordinator and Lynn Modester M’bweka Primary is a public mixed day school started in 1967 and located in Kwale County, Matuga Sub County, Waa location, Matuga sub location, M’bweka village in coastal Kenya. The school has 350 learners from ECD to class eight and with 12 […]
Introduction The International Youth Day (IYD) is observed annually on 12thAugust. It is meant as an opportunity for governments, corporates, private sector and other societal entities to draw attention to youth issues worldwide. During IYD, concerts, workshops, cultural events, and meetings involving national and local government officials and youth organizations take place around the world. […]
Brookhouse School Brookhouse School has been one of the pioneer international schools in the Eco-schools Kenya programme. The school joined the Eco-schools Kenya back in 2010. Since then it has been a trailblazer in terms of promoting sustainability in schools and especially among international schools in Kenya. The school has been part of Eco-schools Litter […]
By Lorraine Dixon Business, Environment and Sustainability Specialist – KOEE Combating climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, requiring far more financing than governments alone can provide. Climate change is increasingly viewed as a business opportunity, opening many profitable ways for investors to help protect the planet. Kenya’s Green Economy Strategy and […]
By David Wandabi and Lynn Oburu – KOEE Kamuthatha Primary Boarding School started in 1987. It was an initiative of the ACK Mothers Union of Nembure Parish. The school is located 25 kilometres from Embu town, 4 kilometres of Embu Meru Highway between Kithimu and Ena markets and next to ACK Kamuthatha All Saints Church […]
By David Wandabi – Programs Officer – Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) & Eco-schools Coordinator Sometimes life can be unforgiving and you can find yourself stranded if you do not have any contingency plan in place with sudden turn of events and situations. The danger of one sliding into oblivion then becomes a painful reality. In […]
By David Wandabi and Lynn Oburu There is a reputation established for most public primary schools as schools with less creativity and imagination, but Kariobangi North Primary School is a different case altogether. The school was started in 1964 by Nairobi City Council located in Embakasi North constituency, Nairobi in the Korogocho slums. Its pupils’ […]
By Ojuka Vincent Ochieng Department of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) – KOEE Among the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations is goal 13; Climate Action. This target is on the need for the global community to fight climate change. Climate change is a change in the pattern of weather, and related changes […]
KOEE held a consultative meeting for teachers from international schools at Brookhouse School on 10thJuly 2019. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the best approaches to building teachers’ capacities in delivering the vision of green growth, and making the Eco-schools Programme more dynamic in preparing graduating students to tackle development needs of today. […]