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THE CONFERENCE, April 17th 20th 2011
THE maiN aim OF THE CONFERENCE
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LEwis Nguyai, assisTaNT miNisTER OF LOCaL gOvERNmENT iN KENya, OpENEd THE CONFERENCE.
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gREEN sOLuTiONs
aNd susTaiNabLE
dEvELOpmENT
gender
equity
pagE 8
inspirationfrom india pagE 13
africaspotential
pAGE 12
shared under-standing
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green soltonn stnledeeloentthis conference n GrnSlins and Ssainal Dl-
pmn in Machaks has a niqhisr is wn. Wha sard
as cllarain wn h
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and inrnainal rganizains.
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in, h w mnicipaliis rcg-
nizd h nd r ilding parnr-
ships and alliancs in h challnging
prsi ssainal dlpmn.
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manag cra a ssainal sci-
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dlpd in cnncin wid-
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Fidelis Kimuyo and Patrik Nilsson
Mayors of Machakos and Robertsfors
the history of the conference
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gREEN sOLuTiON is...aiminG for sustainable
today the inhabitants o the earth livein a way thats not sustainable in the long
run. The amous exhibition Hard Rain
Our Headlong Collision with Nature
addresses this issue. Bob Dylans song, A
Hard Rains A-Ganna Fall, is visualized
in a very emotional and moving way by
the British photographer Mark Edwards.
Sustainable development is an approach
to how individuals must live in order to
avoid draining the ecosystems and mak-
ing sure that we can meet our basic needs
today as well as in the uture. This mes-
sage was presented and discussed during
the conerence to create a shared under-
standing o todays situation and to orm
a vision o the uture in Kenya. To make
this change, abate and resolve these issues
green solutions must be used by all means
in procedures, technologies, methods and
practices that strive towards the goal o
sustainable living. Participants o the con-
erence were asked What are green solu-
tions to you? and the answers were varied.
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trere tron reone fro the ence. The
oertor, stnle Non, encore the rtcnt
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mORE TREEs aNd mORE RaiN. NOw THERE
aRE mORE pEOpLE wHO dONT KNOw HOw
TO TaKE CaRE FOR THE LaNd.
david musau mumama, CiTizEN OF maCHaKOs muNiCipaLiTy
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The Environmental lens is a process oriented tool
with an attached education material, which can
be used to integrate environment/climate change
into projects and programs within the Swedish
development cooperation together with partners.
It is Diakonia and the project manager Andreas
Ulsax, which together with Swedish Coopera-
tive Center and Forum Syd have developed theEnvironmental lens, within the cooperation o
ten Swedish development organizations. A coop-
eration which Sida Partnership Forum supports.
- The result o the rst workshop exceeded our ex-
pectations, states the project manager Andreas Ul-
sax. When we asked the participants in the end o
the workshop to state how they are planning to use
the workshop, the suggestions proved both ambi-
tious and tangible.
The Environmental lens acilitates interesting discus-
sions between the participants during the workshop.
The discussion comprised how climate change inu-
ences gender equality and on the connections be-
tween environmental issues and democracy. The par-
ticipants also discussed what strategies that are used
to work with the causes o environmental problems.
- The tool shows to be both useul and much appre-
ciated, Andreas Ulsax ends.
He will acilitate six more workshops in Cambodia,
Sweden, Bolivia, Zambia, Jordan and Bangladesh
during 2011. The project do also promote coopera-
tion between actors and partners rom the private
sector, the civil society and the public sector, with the
aim to nd ways to improve programs and projects
through the integration o environmental issues.
EL NgETiCH, FREE pENTECOsTaL FELLOwsHip iN KENya
wHaT abOuT THEREpREsENTaTiON OFwOmEN in politicste e aae e e a ee rote ne contttonl reqreent n
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JOyCE NyambuRa, aLgaK
for this particular conerence the in-
vitation process was clear, the main invitees
were mayors, council chairpersons, town
clerks, clerks to council, treasurers and en-
vironmental ocers. Currently in Kenya,
there are very ew women who occupy these
positions. According to the new constitution
under article 175, Principles o Devolved
Government, no more than two thirds o
the representative bodies in each country
government can be o the same gender.
The new constitution increases the possi-
bilities or women to enter politics, and Joyce
believes that many women will be encour-
aged to run or county positions, whereas
in the past, they aced many challenges and
were oten ridiculed and mocked by both
men and other women. This law makes
it easier and more accepted to express an
interest in political lie.
It is important to bring women into these
positions so that the democratic organs in
act represent society as a whole. Women
voices are especially important, as they oten
live closely with their amilies and can bring
attention to important insights and perspec-
tives concerning amily lie. It will take some
time or Kenyan society to adapt to these
new political requirements. However, a
small number o women are already in par-
liament so this concept is not entirely new.
Progress will depend on the way the agenda
is shaped by opinion leaders and media. Also
when women get into the county govern-
ments, they will at rst have to prove their
value and show competence. Then they will
be taken seriously. As or the risk o puppet
candidates, meaning that someone else is
behind the agenda, Joyce says that it would
be a betrayal by women to ellow women to
be manipulated holding important positions.
It is o great signicance to be totally com-
mitted to ones cause.
The political arena in Kenya will improve
when women are ully represented. I
development-orientated women enter into
oce, development and change can truly take
place. Women are good at taking the time to
listen to details o an issue. Society will be
closer to what we want it to be and statisti-
cally corruption will go down with more
women there are on higher positions.
Old practices can be reapplied and creative
thinking which has been practiced in house-
holds by women in the past is, again, o im-
portance in sustainable living and in a more
equal society. For this reason it is essential
to include women in the decision-making
processes. Joyce remembers an anecdote
rom when she was young, when her mother
gathered all the kids or sand stove cake-
baking, since they didnt have a proper stove.
In conclusion, there is nothing sustainable o
keeping women out o politics and decisions
as they are oten the central being o amilies
and households and have other ideas about
what development is and what solutions to
issues entails.
aLgaK(AssociAtion of LOCaL
gOvERNmENT auTHORi
TiEs of KEnyA)
for many reasons itis essential to includewomen in the decision-making processes.
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in ha will ha h r-
raching rspnsiili r
mniring all mnicipali-
is in rdr r hm li
p h nw cnsiin.
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rsns h rganizain a
h cnrnc, is hpl
r a ndamnal changr a mr qal rpr-
snain sci i
will rqir hard wrk and
cmmimn rm all.
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six key areas to considerwhen scaling up partnerships1. sTaTuTORy aNd pOLiTiCaL ENviRONmENT
2. public sEctors orGAnizEd structurE
3.dEtAilEd businEss plAn (contrAct)
4. GuArAntEEd rEvEnuE strEAm
5. sTaKEHOLdER suppORT
6. piCK yOuR paRTNER CaREFuLLy
THE ROLE OF mEdia
dOROTHy NduKu, bENsON muasa, NiNa
mbiTHE KaLa aNd CORNELius musyOKa
KiTHEKa are councillors WorKinG in the
municipal of machaKos aGainst hiv/aiDs.
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Hiv/aids
is an important issue
therefore it is essential to prevent and sub-
due this epidemic. It has been shown that with in-
creased education, the rate o HIV inections can
be reduced. Equally, with reduced level o educa-
tion, the number increases. One can hence draw
the conclusion can that education is needed to pre-
vent more people rom getting inected. The issue
o HIV/AIDS is o vital importance in relation to
Kenyas capacity building. Today, the Municipal
Council o Machakos is working to prevent HIV/
AIDS by means o education. It wants to help not
only the ones carrying the disease, but also their
amilies. Benson Muasa says that with more money
and a acility they could do a lot. Preerably head-
quarters with complementary small acilities in the
diferent wards would make a change.
Kea e e aea e a en the r of the Hiv/aids eec. t d
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JusTus waNJaLa FROm KENya bROadCasTiNg CORpORaTiON
MEDIA Is A kEy plAyEr n roce-
e n chne n ocet. it h nene ct on ho eole ll
rect to chne n t lo h ret
reonlt to nfor, te n re
rene ot tnlt n reen
olton to t cten. Ton clerk, m-
or n Locl athorte hol not -
nore the role of the e. There re n
n hch to ene n locl e.
The enronent n tnle ee-
loent re hot toc t the oent, nn jornlt re nterete n roject
tht hhlht thee toc. Jt wnjl
fro Ken broctn Cororton en-
core ll locl thorte to eek the
ot n kee ocet te on roject
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sCaLiNg uppartnerships for
sustainable Development
in his presentation, many considerations o
practical relevance where discussed. For this rea-
son, Maina Daniel was given the opportunity to
write a paper in the conerence report, in which he
could elaborate on this critical issue where so many
players seems to make a lot o mistakes and estab-
lish partnerships that do not contribute to the well
being o the planet and its inhabitants.
At the end o his presentation he spoke about six
key areas to consider when scaling up partner-
ships; statutory and political environment, pub-
lic sectors organized structure, detailed business
plan (contract), guaranteed revenue stream, stake-
holder support and pick your partner careully.
He concluded by saying: I we can achieve and
demonstrate these six key areas, scaling up o part-
nerships and investments in development projects
that are sustainable is guaranteed. With such
a message, who could resist reading his paper?
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aFRiCas pOTENTiaLEMrE GrlEr, foner n CEO t afrcotentl th tron concton tht theftre eern rket elon to afrc.
afrc otentl neet rtner wter-
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n toc ter n trn t nto rnkn
ter thn nte. The cct rne
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hor. acclte, th cn e ore thn
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seen, Fnln n in, n wterNeer
contntl lookn for ne ctoer,
eecll n the eern rket of s-
shr, sothet a n soth aerc.
wterNeer cn e e n ee te,
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etc. Ere h t cce tor to tell
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THE symbiO CiTy CONCEpT
in 2030, Arica will add 400 million urban
residents, and Arica is urbanizing at a
high rate. Intensied, longer droughts have
been observed over wider areas since the
1970s, particularly in the tropics and sub-
tropics, sustainable water solutions are
in great need and every economy simply
must build sustainable urban areas to en-
sure human wellbeing today and tomorrow.
The uture city is not yet built the win-dow o opportunity is here now. The
solution lies in turning negative events into
positive results, triggering political action,
creating tougher legislation, and spurring
cooperation between local, regional and
national authorities and private industry,
and ultimately, involving ordinary citizens.
Thus, companies, municipalities and gov-
ernments can begin to turn sustainable
ideas into reality, nding new ways to treat
water, insulate buildings and develop auto-
matic energy saving systems and alterna-
tive uels. A new insight is that these inno-
vations also turn out to be really protable.
Why heat water with electricity when you
can just put a winding black tube on your
roo to heat water? Why not use anaerobic
digestion o sludge into biogas and pure
methane? Collected and treated sewageand wastewater can be made into clean
water. Further treatment o residual sludge
can be used as bio-ertilizer on rural arms.
There are countless good examples o sus-
tainable innovations, and the results are
protable or the economy and environment
as well as it improves well-being or all.
t nem
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nema etlhe ner the
Enronentl mneent
n Coornton act (EmCa)
No. 8 of 1999, the r ncl
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the leentton of ll ol-
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eer nl h the rht
to e helth n to clen
enronent. Thee ne con-
tttonl rht ll t ore
rel rere on ncl-
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in 2030, AfricA will
Add 400 million urbAn
REsidENTs, aNd aFRiCa is
uRbaNiziNg aT a HigH RaTE.
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waTERNEER, wHiCH aCCumuLaTEd CaN givE
morE thEn 1 million pEoplE 810 litErs ofpuRiFiEd dRiNKiNg waTER pER day!
THE symbiO CiTy CONCEpT is a CONCEpTuaL FRamEwORK FOR susTaiNabLE uRbaN dEvELOpmENT in loW
anD miDDle income countries.
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iNspiRaTiON,
ExpERiENCE
& KNOwLEdgE
from inDiapriyanka dale, rom the
Society or Participatory Re-
search Institute in Asia (PRIA)
based in New Dehli, India con-
tributed to the conerence on
green solutions and sustainable
development with a paper and
a presentation on local strategies
and participatory approaches or
sustainability.
More specically, Priyanka Dale
presented insights and experi-
ences o PRIA and partners in
strengthening local democratic
institutions or sustainable de-
velopment o the community.
Her paper describes examples o
using participatory methodolo-
gies in order to enable conditions
or sustainable development at lo-
cal level, and ends with a discus-
sion on selected challenges and
key issues related to participatory
development.
At this conerence, the voice rom
PRIA is important. Since the
early 80s, PRIA has been com-
mitted to strengthening peoples
voices in decisions that afect
their lives, and how to improve
governmental responsiveness.
This is a rights-based approach
to development, and based on
considerable experience and
investigations.
paRTNERsHip FORLOCaL dEmOCRaCy
lisa wlitalo,
presented The
National Asso-
ciation o Swed-
ish Eco-Munici-
palities, Sekom.Twenty munici-
palities joined to
create the orga-
nization in 1995, and in 2011 the num-
ber o participating municipalities had
increased to encompass 80 out o all 290
municipalities in Sweden, i.e. an entire
28%. The guiding principle o Sekom
is to encourage development towards a
more sustainable society with a sound
environment while at the same time en-
suring a high quality o lie. The local
authority must adopt a strategic plan
and program or achieving local sustain-
ability that is in line with the our systems
conditions outlined in the Natural Step
Framework.
The main purpose o Sekom is to pro-
vide a orum and a meeting place where
politicians and municipal employees
can exchange inormation and learn
rom each others successes and ail-
ures. The inormation exchange occurs
through the Sekom website, through
courses and the annual conerence.
A main ocus or exchange o experience
is the corporation, through its activities,
to support member municipalities in the
process o translating sustainability crite-
ria into practice. Another important di-
rection is to increase the number o mem-
bers who are involved in international
projects. An example o this is The Cov-enant o Mayors a European move-
ment involving local and regional author-
ities, voluntarily committing to increase
energy eciency and use o renewable
energy sources on their territories. The
National Association o Swedish Eco-
Municipalities encourages its members to
sign this covenant in order to encourage
development towards a more sustainable
society.
karin nyquist, an architect rom
Sweden, presented a concept on sus-
tainable building, EcoCycleDesign.
It is a holistic way to design buildings
and cities, combining beautiul design
with system design. The missions main
words are: reduce, reuse, recycle, re-
newable and rethinking. How can we
plan or our societies and buildings?
EcoCycleDesign encompasses concepts
such as cost eciency, sustainability, en-
ergy savings, recyclable materials, high
quality, good indoor environment and
health. Karin talked about ecient green
solutions that can be used to save, collect
and reuse all sorts o water, i.e. collect
rain and storm water, use shower water to
plants and not use drinking water or toi-
lets and she also demonstrated a waterless
toilet. She had great interest about how to
cool down a house by building a double
roo to enable cross ventilation. The ob-
jective is to minimize the negative impact
on nature by closing all the loops and the
result is no waste! The inspiration to Eco-
CycleDesign comes rom nature where all
loops are closed and there is no waste!
LEaRNiNgFROm NaTuRE
yanka dale, fRoM SoCIety PARtICIPAtoRy ReSeARCH
TITuTe In AsIA (PRIA).
pRiyaNKa daLE dEsCibEd
ExampLEs OF usiNg paRTiCi
paTORy mETHOdOLOgiEs iN
ORdER TO ENabLE CONdiTiONs
FOR susTaiNabLE dEvELOp
mENT aT LOCaL LEvEL.
tHe LoCAL AutHoRIty MuSt ADoPt
A StRAteGIC PLAN AND PRoGRAM foR
ACHIevING LoCAL SuStAINAbILIty.
HOw CaN wE pLaN FOR OuR sOCiETiEs aNd buiLdiNgs?
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sOLvaTTENCLEaNs waTERwiTH suNLigHT
the product is called Solvatten
which means sun water. It is a portable
10-litre container that uses heat and
UV rom the sun to make unsae water
drinkable. Put it in a sunny place and
ater 2-6 hours an indicator turns green,
which means that the water is now sae
to drink. The device could be used up to
3 times a day.
With Solvatten, households can save
money, time, avoid diseases and live
more comortably. Less rewood is
needed or cooking so the households
can save both money and time, and
cooking the ood is aster. With clean
water there will be ewer illnesses in
the amily, which is most important or
children under the age o ve as they
are most sensitive to unsae water. Fur-
thermore, it gives some luxury to the
household as they can wash up in warm
water.
Companies and individuals make dona-
tions to Solvatten AB. The donations
make the distribution o Solvatten pos-
sible. Local non-governmental organi-
zations with the capacity to distribute,
and sell, are then chosen to carry out
the distribution. Solvatten AB gives
the innovation to them or ree on two
conditions. The rst is that they dont
just give the device away or ree and
the second is that the buyer receives
proper instructions on how to use it.
These demands are made because they
increase the probability that the devise
will actually be used.
sOLvaTTEN ab Has a susTaiNabLE busiNEss mOdEL wiTH THEaim TO givE pEOpLE mORE pOwER aNd iNFLuENCE OvER THEiR
OwN LivEs. their proDuct maKes everyDay life easier forpeople that are in neeD of clean Water.
through her work withthe stockholm environ-ment institute (sei) Af-
rica centre, Jaquelinesenyagwa has gained ex-
perience from the house-
hold energy sector.
Sh rgs cmmniis mak
h ms whar aailal
and ssainal rsrcs h
ha. fr xampl, rnwal
rsrcs can sd, sch as
igas and slar nrg. Als,
small hdrpwr prjcs r
wind rins can dsignd
sing lcal rsrcs. Sh -
lis ha h dlpmn
rnwal nrg nds iniial
insmns, insiss ha
hr ar n rgrs in his ins-
mn and ha i acall pas. Innain n nrg sr-
ing chnlgis ms adanc.
tda, w ar in a ransiinal
prid wards clanr ls.
clean cooking- A chALLenGe
SoLvAtteN HeLPS HouSeHoLDS to
SAve MoNey, tIMe, AvoID DISeASe S
AND LIve MoRe CoMfoRtAbLy.
jJEspER HORNbERgAt tHe CoNfeReNCe eXPLAINS
s, 10-
d uv k w dk.
LeSS fIReWooD IS NeeDeD foR CooKING
So tHe HouSeHoLDS CAN SAve botH MoNey
AND tIMe, AND CooKING tHe fooD IS fASteR.
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FuTuRE
dECisiONmaKERsin discussions o sustainability,
the next generation is easily orgotten.
However, we need to involve young
people rom the beginning, and teach
them how live sustainably in balance
with nature, rather than destroy. In
Machakos, Kenya there are two young
individuals who have taken on a mis-
sion to pass good thoughts, practices
and knowledge on. Sustainable living
has diferent meanings or everyone,
but or Miriam Munee John and Rich-
mond Ntenge Mutua it means living in
a clean and healthy environment.
Practical ideas or sustainable devel-
opment in Machakos municipality are
many; minimizing consumption, reus-
ing and recycling waste plastics, plant-
ing tree seedlings in water catchment
areas, organizing and participating in
awareness campaigns to conserve the
environment, raising money to plant
ruit and grain seedlings or malnutri-
tion purposes are just a ew examples
o possible actions. With the help o
Miriam and Richmond, The Green
Solutions conerence will change peo-
ples minds on sustainable develop-
ment. People will start to realize what
sustainable development really means.
The transer o technology and green
solutions will give people hands-on in-
ormation and methods o how to solve
issues with unsustainable living and de-
velopment. It is a great opportunity to
nd partnerships with other organiza-
tions or companies in Sweden or locally.
Further, Miriam and Richmond will
be able to get better response in order
to motivate youth to work and get in-
volved in sustainable development,
and to involve them in environmental
conservation awareness campaigns or
programs. The work that is being done
by Richmond and Miriam so ar in the
Mazingira youth group is a great ex-
ample o how to make change happen
rom within.
Mazingira Youth Group is a non-prot
environmental organization in Kenya
and they are working with rural poor
communities in Machakos to alleviate
poverty and building capacities to deal
with the root cause o poverty. They
ocus on environmental management
activities such as raising unds or plant-
ing trees, collecting garbage and start-
ing up recycling programs. The aim is
to empower the group by giving them
sucient knowledge and skills. They
are in a process o seeking support
rom the Municipality, the Government
and non-governmental organizations
in order to increase capacity and e-
ectively implement diferent projects.
The philosophy behind the project is
to improve young individuals abil-
ity to develop and manage resources,
with emphasis on managing natural
resources. This will enable them to be
sel-reliant and sel-sustained, which is
an important component to sustainable
development.
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increase my eronl nertnnof green solton.
open a rece centre for treet chlrenn orhn. Crete n ornc centre for
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recycle kitchen ter.
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demonstrate new reentechnoloe n hoe.
invite city conellor to loeot enronentl role.