Victoria Wangui-Nyika Silika | Women in Conservation
I started an environmental blog called Nyika Silika in 2012 while still in university to inform my family and friends on my travels and the importance of wildlife conservation
I started an environmental blog called Nyika Silika in 2012 while still in university to inform my family and friends on my travels and the importance of wildlife conservation
I have been planting trees since I was ten years old! However, I actively engaged in environmental activism when I was in high school through the Environmental Club that I found in 2016. After clearing high school, I found the Tree Growers Association of Kenya, which is based in Kenya.
I am a blogger currently based in Nairobi, Kenya, promoting sustainable living and wildlife conservation through www.chechewinnie.com, which I started in 2017.
I want to show the ugly side of travel and see solutions coming out of it. I have to say that I have seen some amazing ones, such as FliFlopi. (The boat made from hundreds of flip flops)
We are not masters of other creatures on earth; instead, we are successors upon the earth and have a responsibility to ensure we don’t abuse our title and protect the environment for other generations to come. “Indeed, We (God) offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, and they declined and…
PaTree Initiative is an idea born out of passion and the zeal to help Kenya attain 10% forest cover by incorporating school pupils in tree planting
Urban pastoralism is a less discussed topic due to its rarity in cities and towns because of the lack of enough space to support such a livelihood.
Climate change has not only enslaved women pastoralists but subjected them to continued retrogressive cultures such as Female Genital Mutilation
The effects of climate change are heavily felt among the pastoral communities because of their unique ways of life that almost entirely depend on natural resources
Both countries have a huge potential to venture into the wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, and biogas productions. However, lack of prior knowledge among the locals, corruption, and lack of funding are some of the evidenced hindrances.