Cecilia WandigaSep 2, 20216 minThe Anthropocene is an epoch but what are we building?#Athropocence, #Biodiversity, #SustainableConstruction You cannot build a house for last year’s summer. — Ethiopian proverb African...
Cecilia WandigaFeb 21, 20206 minTransdisciplinary Convergence on Circular Bio/Blue-Economy Innovation - Earth Building MaterialsProgress summary on our clay building materials collaboration with 14Trees (LafargeHolcim Group/CDC UK)
Cecilia WandigaMay 11, 20191 minSee Circular Economy Businesses in Action...The transition towards sustainability (healthy planet, healthy people, healthy profits) requires new behaviours. Specifically, we need to...
Cecilia Wandiga - Trustee Board MemberJan 22, 20195 mini-Tree Calculator: A Tool For Creating Convergence On Natural Capital FinancingA Circular Bio-Economy requires three things: 1. Reuse of materials 2. Focus on ecology and biology 3. Economic models that work (which...
Cecilia WandigaNov 11, 20181 minRolling out Circular Bio-Economy 2030 transition roadmap and pathwaysCentre for Science and Technology Innovations (CSTI) We link scientific innovation to the benefit of everyday people......
Cecilia WandigaOct 16, 20182 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Social Enterprise and Inclusive Business requires the Reduction of ParanoThere are many triggers for paranoia: unsafe living conditions, verbal attacks, extreme income or social inequality, family trauma,...
Cecilia WandigaOct 9, 20181 minKenya Sustainable Cities - We Have 10 years to Get this VERY rightThe recent IPCC report explains how we need to cut global emissions to a greater extent and radically faster than previously anticipated....
Cecilia WandigaOct 8, 20185 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Transformative Technologies in Systems Repair Emerge at the Convergence oAcademia is driven by intergenerational research. Someone will have a hypothesis, spend over 20 years of research experience to develop...
Cecilia WandigaOct 1, 20181 minSustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Kiswahilihttps://www.sdgsforall.net/index.php/languages/swahili
Cecilia WandigaOct 1, 20182 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Designing Successful Environmental Wellness StartupsPosts will be slow over the coming weeks due to internal training and development. Our regular schedule will be dialed back to Monday...
Cecilia WandigaSep 25, 20184 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Alignment of Constitutional Design and Design of Local Development ActiviAs Kenyans we have high hopes and ambitions. So much so that in 2010 we revised our entire national Constitution as an expression of our...
Cecilia WandigaSep 24, 20183 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Social Enterprise Focused Brainstorming on Sustainable CharcoalThis past Friday (September 21st), Cecilia Wandiga of the CSTI Board was part of a Creating Shared Value panel at Tangaza University...
Cecilia WandigaSep 20, 20183 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Transformative Technologies for Fresh WaterYou have heard of renewable energy. Have you heard of renewable water? Well, you have already figured out the concept exists. The basic...
Cecilia WandigaSep 19, 20183 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Inititiating a Baseline Lengua Franca on BioplasticsWe are responding to multiple questions in one post. African markets are still developing and publicly available industrial data is...
Cecilia WandigaSep 18, 20183 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Ecology as Environmental Health and SafetyThere is a well established yet little known sector of industry called environmental health and safety (EHS). EHS is the sector in which...
Cecilia WandigaSep 17, 20182 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Car Companies, City Solutions and BlockchainThe key to sustainable cities is a mindset shift. The shift is first a recognition that scientific data can be used to improve company...
Cecilia WandigaSep 14, 20182 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Data Driven Biomass FuelsWe have the technology to develop biomass fuels. Whether you are talking of the centuries old practice of firewood and charcoal (or...
Cecilia WandigaSep 13, 20182 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Rain Water CulvertsWhen areas are dry, the immediate first reaction is to dig a well or a borehole. The problem with this approach is that underground...
Cecilia WandigaSep 12, 20182 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Organic Waste and BioplasticsOrganic waste is a recycling challenge. Not only does decomposing organic material smell awful (the reason you have no doubt you are...
Cecilia WandigaSep 12, 20183 minKenya Sustainable Cities - Life Sciences and Industrial EngineeringToday we begin by using our imagination to create a vision that drives a goal: industrial operations that improve health and safety....