Kenya

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai dies at 71

Posted by petespeller — 26 September 2011 at 3:59pm - Comments

Greenpeace is deeply saddened by news of Professor Wangari Muta Maathai's passing away. It is a sadness we are sharing with people right across the African continent, and the world.

Article tagged as: climate, environment, forests, kenya, wangari maathai

Bringing solar power to Mama Obama

Posted by jossc — 2 September 2009 at 2:58pm - Comments

Barack Obama's grandmother now has solar panels on the roof of her home in Kenya, courtesy of Greenpeace.

Greenpeace Solar Generation Activists and local youth organisers installed the panels on "Mama Sara's" home, and also put panels on the Senator Barack Obama School in Kogelo.

Article tagged as: kenya, obama, renewable energy, solar generation, solar power

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