GBM Blog Archive: July 2014

The Relationship between Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Clean Energy Entrepreneurship

July 23, 2014 - 03:25PM
Published by Communications

22nd, July 2014: The Green Belt Movement (GBM), Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI),wPOWER Project took a lead in Training of Trainers (TOTs) exposure training aimed at unlocking women potential in Natural Resource Management and Clean Energy Technology. The training of Trainer course on Sustainable Clean Energy Entrepreneurship which is being held in Kenya has representatives from 6 countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria and India. This training was made possible through the wPOWER project with the financial support of the US State Department with parallel support from the MacArthur Foundation.

A New Climate Change Action: A System for Land Based Emission Estimation for Kenya (SLEEK)

July 15, 2014 - 03:10PM
Published by Communications

As a part of its efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change the government of Kenya has identified the need to develop a comprehensive national carbon accounting system for Kenya (NCAS-K). 

The Second Wangari Maathai Memorial Lecture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

July 3, 2014 - 05:40PM
Published by Erin Hostetler

On the 24th of June 2014, friends and supporters of the Green Belt Movement celebrated the second annual Wangari Maathai Memorial Lecture at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.