Community Engagement Programmes

Experiential Field Training Programme - Sustainable Land Use (SLUSE)

The experiential field programme was designed to allow students to participate effectively in interdisciplinary assignments at the community level. The programme is meant to give student first-hand experience of the activities that the community and other stakeholders at the grassroots level are involved in. The program has been offered since 2012 jointly with the University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University (RUC).

Wangari Maathai Institute, University of Copenhagen and University of Roskilde Students engage locals of Embu County during the SLUSE field experiential learning in March 2019
Wangari Maathai Institute, University of Copenhagen and University of Roskilde Students engage locals of Embu County during the SLUSE field experiential learning in March 2019

SLUSE Reports and Alumni 

Monthly Experiential Learning Programme

The Institute conducts monthly experiential learning activities at various sites with selected themes. The programme was designed to help link theory and practice by engaging students on various national, county and community environmental issues. The recent monthly experiential learning activities were conducted at John Michuki Memorial Park and the Wangari Maathai Institute Campus   

Prof. David Mungai, Director, WMI, with WMI PhD and MSc students discussing the impact of riparian zone encroachment by human settlements and agricultural activities at the CAVS dam (Field Station) on March 19, 2021
Prof. David Mungai, Director, WMI, with WMI PhD and MSc students discussing the impact of riparian zone encroachment by human settlements and agricultural activities at the CAVS dam (Field Station) on March 19, 2021
Prof. N. J. Muthama, Deputy Director, WMI (right) with WMI PhD and MSc students during the experiential learning field exercise at John Michuki Memorial Park on March 18, 2021
Prof. N. J. Muthama, Deputy Director, WMI  (right) with WMI PhD and MSc students during the experiential learning field exercise at John Michuki Memorial Park on March 18, 2021

Wangari Maathai Day / Africa Environment Day

In January 2012, the African Union (AU) adopted a decision calling for the joint celebrations of the African Environment Day and Wangari Maathai Day in order to pay tribute to the late Nobel Laureate's green legacy. The celebrations are observed every year (3rd March), spearheaded by Wangari Maathai Institute in partnership with the Green Belt movement.

Celebrations for the year 2021 were observed on March, 3 at the John Michuki Memorial Park, Nairobi.

World Environment Day

World Environment Day held on June 5, 2019 at the Wangari Maathai Green Campus after being flagged off at Uthiru Polytechnic.
World Environment Day held on June 5, 2019 at the Wangari Maathai Green Campus after being flagged off at Uthiru Polytechnic.