Community action/Nairobi
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| Location | Nairobi, Kenya, Africa |
| Coordinates | 1° 20' 57.76" S, 36° 54' 14.93" E |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Nairobi.
News
Climate storytelling often ignores young people – arts-based research can change that, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2026) - Where Stewardship Starts, A Conversation with TreesForDev, Aude Peronne, audeperonne.substack.com (Jan 29, 2026)
- Returning the Water, grassecon.substack.com (Dec 23, 2025) — How communities are restoring groundwater, compounding ecosystems, and building investable water futures, Grassroots Economics, Will Ruddick, Aude Peronne, and Ali Bin Shahid
- Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026)
- One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026) — Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way.
- Solution to Southern Africa’s growing elephant population: Corridors, not culls, news.mongabay.com (Dec 11, 2025)
- Paris Court Holds Historic Climate Trial in Case Against TotalEnergies, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 19, 2026)
- Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026)
- The planet’s other forest crisis, latimes.com (Feb 19, 2026)
International events
Global or International events
Feb 02, 2026 (Mon) — World Wetlands Day, Feb 2, annually, worldwetlandsday.org- Feb 20, 2026 (Fri) — World Day of Social Justice, Feb 20 each year, un.org
- February 21 - March 1, 2026 (Sat - Sun) — Real Bread Week, annual, international celebration of additive-free bread and the people behind its rise, sustainweb.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
CDC videos
Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
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Nairobi video
Environment quality
Open spaces
Nairobi has many parks and open spaces throughout the city. Much of the city has dense tree-cover and plenty of green spaces. The most famous park in Nairobi is Uhuru Park. The park borders the central business district and the neighbourhood Upper Hill. Uhuru (Freedom in Swahili) Park is a centre for outdoor speeches, services, and rallies. The park was to be built over by former President Daniel arap Moi, who wanted the 62-storey headquarters of his party, the Kenya African National Union, situated in the park. However, the park was saved following a campaign by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai.
Central Park is adjacent to Uhuru Park, and includes a memorial for Jomo Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya, and the Moi Monument, built in 1988 to commemorate the second president's first decade in power. Other notable open spaces include Jeevanjee Gardens, City Park, 7 August Memorial Park, and Nairobi Arboretum.
Maps
The Kibera slum in Nairobi is claimed by the Kenyan government to have a population of 185,777. However, non-governmental sources generally estimate the slum to have a population of 500,000 to 1,000,000, depending on what areas are defined as comprising Kibera.
News archive
- Using art to tackle air pollution: a story from a Nairobi slum, theconversation.com (Mar 04, 2019)
- "How we mapped the world's weirdest streets" by @transitapp, February 12, 2015...Medium
- When tech, dev, academia and communities work together…Linda Raftree September 29, 2011.
- A group of teenagers from Nairobi won the $8000 Passion Pictures Best Film and Artists Project Earth Youth Visions award as part of the 1 min to Save the World contest, which challenged young filmmakers to create a one-minute video about climate change...globalvoicesonline.org, Ndesanjo Macha, February 22, 2011.
About Nairobi
Nairobi ( ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya, located in the south-central part of the country. As of 2024, it has a population of 4.8 million and a metropolitan population of 5.7 million, making it the 11th most populous city in Africa. Nicknamed the "Green City under the Sun," Nairobi is uniquely notable for being the only capital city in the world that hosts a national park within its boundaries. Its name originates from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, meaning "place of cool waters".
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2013–2026). "Community action/Nairobi". Appropedia. Retrieved February 26, 2026. |