Greening Kenya: Innovations for a cleaner future
ISK engineering students have learned about indigenous trees, material design, and the importance of isolating variables while designing seedball casings to optimize germination rates. The students have been working with a local company, Seedballs Kenya, to gather data and test designs. The ISK Construction by Design Club has been working with the Kenya Forest Service and Friends of Karura Forest to install the second iteration of the plastic-catching river barrier on the Ruaka River in Karura Forest.
Another notable environmental initiative by ISK Carbon Neutral Alliance has been the setup of an indigenous tree nursery at the back of the Design and Arts Centre where the ISK community can pick up free indigenous tree seedlings grown by the Greenhouse Club and the Merewe Tree Nursery.
Digital Design students also created the signage for the nursery, which includes QR codes linking back to the ISK community forest website, where the Environmental Systems students have created an information database of ISK campus tree species. This is part of ISK’s commitment towards becoming a carbon-neutral school, showcasing one of the ways we go beyond education.