The Olympic Games are just around the corner, but pollution and deforestation are here to stay

This year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, promised to incorporate sustainability. Though the games officially start on Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been committed from the beginning to build a sustainable future though ethical event planning and staging, innovations in design and construction, and improvements in energy, water, and waste management. Sustainability reports and agenda’s from the IOC ensure that the environmentally safe practices will be incorporated in all stages of the games—from construction to ethical supply chains and transit options for visitors.

The latest addition of the city’s commitment to sustainability

Make Food Legal: Turning ‘Waste’ Into Meals | Earth Day Network

Oxfam reports that almost a billion people do not have enough food to eat every day. That’s a heck of a lot people considering we produce around 20% more food than the current population needs.

Making our food distribution systems better is no longer a suggestion, it’s a necessity. Some countries are already blazing ahead to reduce food waste and get food to those whom need it the most. Take Italy for example: earlier in August the nation introduced new laws to cut food waste by 1 million tons per year. The laws removed red-tape and blocks that made it hard (or even illegal) for places such as supermarkets and farms to donate food. Donating food past its expiry date and allowing businesses to record their donations and the end of the month, rather than five days before, has been approved by parliament. Not only that, but the government also introduced a line of incentives to retailers and consumers to prevent food waste; ‘doggie-bags’ are being rebranded as ‘family-bags’ and one million euros

Make Food Legal: Turning ‘Waste’ Into Meals | Earth Day Network

Oxfam reports that almost a billion people do not have enough food to eat every day. That’s a heck of a lot people considering we produce around 20% more food than the current population needs.

Making our food distribution systems better is no longer a suggestion, it’s a necessity. Some countries are already blazing ahead to reduce food waste and get food to those whom need it the most. Take Italy for example: earlier in August the nation introduced new laws to cut food waste by 1 million tons per year. The laws removed red-tape and blocks that made it hard (or even illegal) for places such as supermarkets and farms to donate food. Donating food past its expiry date and allowing businesses to record their donations and the end of the month, rather than five days before, has been approved by parliament. Not only that, but the government also introduced a line of incentives to retailers and consumers to prevent food waste; ‘doggie-bags’ are being rebranded as ‘family-bags’ and one million euros

World Environment Day Tree Planting Held on June 4, 2016 At Delmonte Kenya Limited, Thika

Ms. Carolyne Kyalo (Left- The blogger) and Former Principal ( CAVS - UoN), 

Agnes Mwang'mbe (Right) Planting a tree during World Environment day 2016.

The University of Nairobi (UoN) staff and students from College of Agriculture and Veterinary sciences (CAVS) and College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) participated in marking the World Environment Day (WED) by planting trees and inter-corporate sports. A total of 44 students and 4 staff members attended the event. They were led by the Coordinator, CAVS Environmental Sustainability (ES) committee and Prof. G. Kironchi, and the former Principal CAVS, Professor Agnes Mwang’ombe assisted by  Ms.Carolyne Kyalo and Ms Esther Waribu both from department of Land Resources and Agricultural Technology (LARMAT). Over 2500 tree seedlings were planted. The following institutions participated in the planting occasion:

1. Del Monte Kenya Limited
2. University of Nairobi (CAVS & CHSS)

UNO interessiert sich für den Emmentaler Wald

Climate change practitioners in a  Secondary forest at 
 Emmental west central Switzerland.The blogger in the middle in red jacket

"Is climate change adaptation or investments"

Future of climate Change resilience

• Building capacity, Enabling society and ecosystem to bounce back to change on  success
• Should support adaption planning and action
• Ensure ecosystem are  healthy and adverse
• Access to information
• Help people to understand adverse effects and prepare  in response early warning systems
• Access to technology and services and access to  quality infrastructure
• We need to reform our  model development
• Deploy new technologies

Financial resources especially to vulnerable countries to build investments

Strategies to build climate disaster and climate resilience
Implementation of national implementation plans
Establish awareness among local people

Opportunity to improve society and livelihoods

We must all  address , take responsibility  and commitment to address  climate change

Meatless movement vs greenhouse gases

Did you know that the meat industry is responsible for approximately 20% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions? In fact, producing one calorie of meat requires nearly twenty times the amount of energy as one plant calorie!

With global meat consumption tripling over the last four decades, meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide – more than the entire transportation sector.

To make matters worse, producing meat also requires a huge amount of water. An estimated 1,800 to 2,500 gallons of water go into a single pound of beef. By comparison, soy tofu produced in California requires only 220 gallons of water per pound.

Imagine how much carbon and resources we could save if we ate less meat. Even just eating meat one less day a year would make a difference.

If we want to make a real dent in the world’s carbon footprint and reduce our own personal footprint, we need to eat less meat.