Five years ago, the Aberdare Forest was battling deforestation, Lake Naivasha whose streams and rivers originate from the forest flickered on, threatening to dry up. Hundreds of smallholder farmers in the basin who were beset by poor farming practices through unsustainable water consumption and the overuse of fertilisers and…

Armed with a scooping net, a sorting tray, dissolved oxygen meter, PH kits and a set of turbidity tubes, John Ngotho heads to the river where he will wade through the stream, scraping the river bed with his boots before using the scooping net to draw living organisms from the…

A few years ago, before the Aberdare-Kiburu community embarked on the restoration of the degraded areas of the forest in South Kinangop, Nyandarua County, soil erosion and water scarcity were a common feature in the landscape. During the rainy seasons, flash floods washed away the top fertile soil into the…

I love turtles. When we conserve turtles the ripple effect will be felt by the community through increased tourism and healthy oceans. When we were carrying out our routine beach clean-up in 2018, we found a dead turtle full of plastics in the stomach. If plastics can kill turtles, they…

“When I was a young girl I would come to the beach every evening during the high tides to watch turtles ‘play’ on the waves, then they would crawl to the sandy beach. Watching them follow the tide is breathtaking. …

Tucked deep in the Maasai Mara, Narok County, along the wildlife corridor connecting the Mara Game Reserve and Amboseli National Park is the Loita Forest. According to Maasai folklore, a little girl wandered far into the forest to herd calves. However, unlike other cattle herders who returned home after a…

“My name is Stephen Ntokote. I use a walking aid because of a permanent disability on my left leg following a road accident in the past. …

As cyclists turned up for the World Bicycle Day celebrations at Uasin Gishu County headquarters in Eldoret town, during World Bicycle Day 2021 one little girl stood with her bicycle on the front line ready to take on the day.

A patrol Land Cruiser slowed to a halt in the middle of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and three male community rangers accompanied by a squad of 6 female rangers in jungle green uniforms jumped out of the vehicle. Dressed in matching outfits, the five women matched in many aspects…