Nairobi
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Theme: A Wasted World?!

This event occurred on
December 6, 2014
9:00am - 7:00pm EAT
(UTC +3hrs)
Nairobi, Nairobi
Kenya

We are provoking our community to engage in conversations about how to reduce excess, make wise choices about consumption and recycle or reclaim what remains valuable and could so easily be lost.

The Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Bogani E Rd
Nairobi, Nairobi
Kenya
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Speakers

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Kariuki Maina

Kariuki Maina is the Marketing Director for an online firm Kilimall, which is targeting Kenya’s e-commerce market by using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to deliver goods at shoppers doorsteps, saving time and money in transportation costs.

Tristram Stuart

Tristram Stuart is the winner of the international environmental award, The Sophie Prize 2011, for his book, Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal (Penguin,2009), which revealed that Western countries waste up to half of their food, and that tackling this problem is one of the simplest ways of reducing pressure on the environment and on global food supplies. Tristram has now become a renowned campainer and set Feeding 5000, the flagship event of a global food waste campaign where 5000 members of the public are given a free lunch using only ingredients that otherwise would have been wasted.

Organizing team

Joshua
Wanyama

Organizer

Juliana
Rotich

Nairobi, Kenya
Co-organizer
  • Joshua Wanyama
    Curator
  • Sheila Ochugboju
    Curator
  • Julliana Rotich
    Curator
  • Diana Mbaluka
    Event Manager
  • Merab Akinyi
    Administrator