Samuel Muiruri, participante keniano del Programa de Liderazgo Harambee África, está poniendo en práctica una de las cosas que aprendió durante el sexto programa Harambee, que tuvo lugar a finales del año pasado en Nigeria - la construcción de casas con botellas de plástico.

Este año, el equipo de Iniciativas de Cambio Nakuru conmemoró con el estilo el Día Internacional de la Paz. Construyeron lo que llamaron la "Banca de la Paz". El equipo, dirigido por Samuel Muiruri, ha estado trabajando en estrecha colaboración con el Peace On Earth Bench Movement (Movimiento de la Banca Paz en la Tierra), dirigido por Brennan Bird de los EE.UU. El movimiento ha estado construyendo bancas similares en todo el mundo.

This year the Nakuru Initiatives of Change team marked the International Peace Day in style. This was the launching of the ‘Peace Bench’. The team, led by Samuel Muiruri, had been working closely with the Peace On Earth Bench Movement led by Brennan Bird from the USA. The movement has been launching similar benches across the world.

Under the headline 'What binds them together', Africa Today magazine publishes an article about the work of Yahaya Ahmed to sell energy saving cooking stoves across the Sahel region of northern Nigeria.

Don de Silva, former senior official of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) gave a Greencoat Forum on 3 July on perspectives for future action after Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

A workshop held in West Bengal from 25-27 May created a space for young people in east India to exchange knowledge about environmental challenges and how they can be met through social and economic means. The team of 'Leading Change for a Sustainable World' from Initiatives of Change, partnered with Indian Youth Climate Network, 350.org, ONergy, Switch ON and Envirohealth Matters, conducted a three day workshop on - 'Agents for a Sustainable Future' on the brink.