KAMUTHATHA PRIMARY BOARDING SCHOOL Promoting Resource Efficiency and Self-Efficiency in Schools

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…

Teacher Training for a Dynamic World of Work

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…

KARIOBANGI NORTH PRIMARY SCHOOL AN OASIS OF LIFE

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…

Climate Change: A Global Call for Climate Action

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…

Consultative Meeting for Eco-Schools Teachers

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…

WATER FOR LIFE

By Basil Omondi When basic needs come to mind, you quickly think about food, shelter and clothing. Perhaps the most important and overlooked in this category is Water. As the famous adage goes ‘Water is life’ and literally it just means…

Kenya’s new Curriculum Mirrors Education for Sustainable Development

By David Wandabi - Programs Officer - Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) & Eco-schools Coordinator There have been mixed reactions towards the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) designed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum…

BEATING AIR POLLUTION – WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2019

By Ojuka Vincent Ochieng Department of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) - KOEE Introduction As the global community gathers today in different regions, countries and continents to mark World Environment Day under the “#beatairpollution”…

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2019

By Lorraine Dixon World Environment Day is the biggest annual event for positive environmental action and takes place every 5thof June. The theme for this year is “AirPollution". What is Air Pollution? Air pollution occurs when gases,…

Tourism and Climate Change

By Danson Imbwaga Matekwa “The time is past when humankind thought it would selfishly draw on exhaustible resources. We know now that the world is not a commodity.”  Francoise Hollande, Former President of the French Republic. Climate…