Guest Blog: A First Attempt at Crowdfunding for Climate Action in Kenya
Susy Wandera holds a B.A in Economics from the University of California, Irvine, an a M.A in International Studies from the Claremont Graduate University and written, published and edited several articles on climate change. I tend to look at everything in the world through climate change eyes. At a recent meeting on examining the learned lessons from various adaptation actions, a new legislator made a comment that indicated misunderstanding of the body responsible for coordinating Kenya’s climate change activities. I could not let that go answered and strove to correct the person, referring to Kenya’s Climate Change Act which stipulated whom and how said body is directed to carry out their mandate. However it was clear to me that more was needed. I thought about a project to design a climate change communications strategy and toolkit that could be spearheaded by my organisation, Sustainable Environmental Development Watch (SUSWATCH) . The primary aim for this project being to ...