GBM Blog

We are hosting two interns from St Lawrence University from New York who will be shadowing us as we teach them the ropes of GBM and our works with the grassroot communities. Here is ablog they wrote on thir excusion in Karura Forest.

Green Belt Movement and NCBA Bank Kenya have established a 5 year parnership dubbed Change The Story that will see 30 million trees planted. The partnership is already in its 3rd year.

• The Great Green Wall is a reforestation initiative that will span the width of Africa.
• This African-led movement aims to grow an 8,000km belt of trees, vegetation and fertile land across the Sahel to transform millions of lives living on the climate change frontline.
• We can learn lessons from past efforts about how to mobilise ecopreneurship for the future.

3rd March, the African Union-established Africa Environment Day, also marks Wangari Maathai Day that celebrates the work of Kenyan environmentalist Professor Wangari Maathai. In 2004, Prof. Maathai became the first African woman to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace”. 2021 marks 10 years since Prof. Maathai’s passing. Her daughter, Ms. Wanjira Mathai spoke to Africa Renewal about continuing her mother’s legacy: Here are excerpts: