UoN Hosts Ahinsa Dialogue on Education for Peace
The University of Nairobi hosted the 2026 Ahinsa Lecture and Dialogue on Monday, 5 October 2026, bringing together diplomats, scholars, policymakers, practitioners and young people to examine the role of education in building peaceful, inclusive and resilient societies.
Three landmark studies released this year by the East African Wild Life Society, the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies at the University of Nairobi, and the Wildlife Research and Training Institute have delivered the most comprehensive scientific picture yet of Lake Ol Bolossat, Kenya's only natural highland lake, strengthening the case for its designation as the country's seventh Ramsar Site while sounding a clear warning about the pressures threatening its future.
Restoring Kenya's Landscapes, One Tree at a Time
Across Kenya, degraded land is getting a second chance. Through the Landscape Repair and Transformation (LANSRET) initiative, the University of Nairobi's Wangari Maathai Institute (WMI) is partnering with Hearts of Green and a growing circle of corporate allies, including Pioneer Insurance, VIVA 365, Kanisa SACCO, and Platinum Credit, to turn barren stretches of land into thriving green spaces.
The Landscape Repair and Transformation (LANSRET) initiative, a partnership between the University of Nairobi's Wangari Maathai Institute (WMI) and Hearts of Green, showcased its landscape restoration model during the 2026 Nairobi Innovation Week. The exhibition demonstrated how research, technology and community partnerships are transforming degraded ecosystems across Kenya.
PhD Class of 2025 following the tradition of planting Co-hort group tree at WMI on 28th May 2026 next to Open Amphitheatre in support of Wangari Maathai Legacy.
Students from the Sustainable Land Use and Natural Resource Management Programme (SLUSE) interdisciplinary field course held a community feedback session at Othaya Community Hall to share insights from their recent fieldwork in Othaya, Nyeri County.
The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies marked the 2026 Wangari Maathai Day and Africa Environment Day with a tree growing activity on 3rd March that brought together SLUSE students from WMI and the University of Copenhagen, members of the Gatugi community, and the environmental group Hearts of Green. The activity focused on a simple idea: planting trees matters, but making sure they grow matters even more.
The Inkiito Tree Planting& Growing Success Story
The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies is registered by NEMA as a centre for training for Integrated Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit (EIA &EA) as part of its activities.
We will have three training sessions as follows:-
1st Cohort: Course Duration: 02/02/2026 - 13/03/2026
Application Deadline: 15th January 2026
2nd Cohort: Course Duration: 02/06/2026 - 10/07/2026
Application Deadline: 15th May 2026
Wangari Maathai Legacy Inspires Platinum Forest
