Interact Club Braeburn Mombasa is a youth rotary club; this charity organisation is recognised worldwide. The philosophy of our Interact is to be a place where a group of young, aspiring and dedicated members come together to work with the community and help contribute to changing the lives of people in need.
Read MoreThis week we have some very exciting news from Kenya. In a post on Facebook, Judi Wakhungu, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources, announced that Kenya will be banning plastic bags on the 1st of September 2017.
Read MoreThe Scoop 124 interview with Ben Morison and James Wakibia about their bold venture of cleaning up the plastic issue facing Kenya and the world through The FlipFlopi Expedition where they plan to float a dhow made out of recycled plastics from Lamu, Kenya to Cape Town South Africa.
Read MoreCypriano Ogoti, the founder of the Environmental Journalism Society of Kenya (EJSK) an organization that brings together like minded environmentalist, journalist and conservationist with a common goal of confronting the environmental challenges that face our beautiful planet and Kenya. Together they launched a campaign in 2015 that was aimed at reducing the amount of litter on the streets, sewers, parks and residential areas.
Read MoreOn the 28th of January 2017 at the beach of Lamu, we launched the building phase of the FlipFlopi Project. The world’s first Dhow made entirely from "already used" plastic waste that we’ve collected from the beaches and towns of Kenya.
Read MoreI’m in Lamu for the launch of building phase of The FlipFlopi project. The symbolic moment that the "idea" of building a boat entirely from recycled beach waste, has turned into an actual "thing". I got here this afternoon and decided to go on a run down the beach to see what I could find.
Read MoreHow we are turning Kenyan beach plastic into an expedition vessel ready to sail to Cape Town.
Read MoreOver the last four weeks when I had the privilege to stay on the beautiful Lamu Island, I learned that the word “paper bag” has exactly the same meaning as “plastic bag” for the local people. The magnitude of a plastic awareness campaign starts to sink in…
Read MoreOn Friday morning we had the great pleasure to host Jane Davis, who is a Scientific Exploration Society council member, and also a good friend of one of our advisors – [John Blashford Snell][0]. Jane was born and educated in Kenya, and has lots of experience working with plastics, so naturally she was very interested to learn more about The FlipFlopi Project.
Read MoreMeet Ryan, a seven-year-old Youth Ambassador for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California in the USA. In 2012, upon learning of the devastating impact that plastic waste has on the environment, Ryan, with the support of his dad, started Ryan’s recycling company.
Read MoreAshwath Hegde founded EnviGreen with the idea to make plastic-like substances that would be: “100 percent organic, biodegradable, and eco-friendly.” By using a combination of natural starch and vegetable oils to make a bag that looks and feels just like plastic but with none of the negative environmental impacts of a plastic vessel.
Read MoreA Plastic Ocean is due to be released in January 2017. In this adventure documentary journalist Craig Leeson travels around the globe to uncover alarming truths about plastic pollution, and reveal working solutions that can be put into immediate effect.
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