Currently, the Institute offers two postgraduate programmes including Master of Science in Environmental Governance and Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Governance and Management. The programmes are designed to equip students with skills for both formal and informal methods of conservation of the environment.
Dr. J. Mutune, WMI, Mr. H. Kahi, WMI, Deputy Principal, teachers and students from Mama Ngina Sec. School during the visit at the Wangari Maathai Institute, photo credit, Ms. Ngugi
Students and teachers from Mama Ngina Secondary School paid a courtesy call to the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies for experiential learning activities. The School was welcomed by Prof. David Mungai, Director WMI who then handed over to Dr Mutune and Mr Kahi to take through experiential learning activities at the Campus.
Dr Mutune gave an overview of the Institute including it being founded in 2009 in honour of the Prof. Wangari Maathai. The vision of the Institute is, “Excellence in experiential learning, transformational community outreach, and research for sustainable environments and cultures of peace.” The Institute was established as a Centre of Excellence to cultivate positive ethics, values and practices towards the environment by training stewards who foster peace, promote holistic sustainable development, and link theory with practice. The latter is well in line with the newly adopted Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Currently, the Institute offers two postgraduate programmes including Master of Science in Environmental Governance and Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Governance and Management. The programmes are designed to equip students with skills for both formal and informal methods of conservation of the environment. Dr Mutune advised the students to understand their potential, discover who they are, their passion and work towards it without limiting themselves to areas which were thought prominent before. She also encouraged them to discover their culture as it will enable them to make resilient choices.
Mr Kahi, on the other hand, explained the various significant elements of the Institute including the Water tower which is designed like the traditional African three-legged stool, the waste segregation bins, the indigenous trees representing the 44 tribes in Kenya and their relevance among others.