CENTRE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS

Progress summary on our clay building materials collaboration with 14Trees (LafargeHolcim Group/CDC UK)

The transition towards sustainability (healthy planet, healthy people, healthy profits) requires new behaviours. Specifically, we need to set a goal of never...

A Circular Bio-Economy requires three things: 1. Reuse of materials 2. Focus on ecology and biology 3. Economic models that work (which by default means fina...

Centre for Science and Technology Innovations (CSTI) We link scientific innovation to the benefit of everyday people... https://www.csti.or.ke/circular-econo...

There are many triggers for paranoia: unsafe living conditions, verbal attacks, extreme income or social inequality, family trauma, workplace trauma, trauma w...

The recent IPCC report explains how we need to cut global emissions to a greater extent and radically faster than previously anticipated. A summary of what t...

Academia is driven by intergenerational research. Someone will have a hypothesis, spend over 20 years of research experience to develop the hypothesis into ...

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Posts will be slow over the coming weeks due to internal training and development. Our regular schedule will be dialed back to Monday posts Kenya Sustainable...

As Kenyans we have high hopes and ambitions. So much so that in 2010 we revised our entire national Constitution as an expression of our commitment to better...

This past Friday (September 21st), Cecilia Wandiga of the CSTI Board was part of a Creating Shared Value panel at Tangaza University College's 2nd Annual Con...

You have heard of renewable energy. Have you heard of renewable water? Well, you have already figured out the concept exists. The basic idea is simple. If...

We are responding to multiple questions in one post. African markets are still developing and publicly available industrial data is limited so we have used ...

There is a well established yet little known sector of industry called environmental health and safety (EHS). EHS is the sector in which CSTI is strictly fo...

The key to sustainable cities is a mindset shift. The shift is first a recognition that scientific data can be used to improve company operations and suppli...

We have the technology to develop biomass fuels. Whether you are talking of the centuries old practice of firewood and charcoal (or anything we can burn) or...

When areas are dry, the immediate first reaction is to dig a well or a borehole. The problem with this approach is that underground streams run dry just lik...

Organic waste is a recycling challenge. Not only does decomposing organic material smell awful (the reason you have no doubt you are near a dumpsite or land...

Today we begin by using our imagination to create a vision that drives a goal: industrial operations that improve health and safety. Imagine a factory. Now ...

If you want to build a skyscraper, you definitely need to use cement. However, if you want to live modern while enjoying natural skyscrapers (also called mou...