Guides, programme updates and stories from our day-to-day work greening Donholm and Embakasi East. 52 articles and counting.
Before any planting day is scheduled, we now walk and score every candidate site. Here is what that survey process actually involves and what it has changed.
Read Article →A new working arrangement with the National Environment Management Authority streamlines how we plan and approve larger planting sites across Embakasi East.
Read Article →A milestone planting day along the Donholm green corridor brought our total past 500 trees planted since 2022, with indigenous species dominating the count.
Read Article →Kitchen and garden waste makes up a large share of what Donholm households throw out. A basic compost bin turns most of it into free fertiliser instead.
Read Article →A clean-up day looks simple from the outside. A look at the roles, scheduling and logistics that go into making one actually run smoothly.
Read Article →Registered on 19 May 2022, Pro-Green Shapers has grown from a founding meeting in Donholm into a CBO running clean-ups, tree planting and environmental education across Embakasi East.
Read Article →Beyond our arrangement with NEMA, we now work with Nairobi County departments directly on waste collection scheduling and green space planning.
Read Article →Volunteers cleared plastic and dumped waste from the riparian strip bordering Greenfields Estate, restoring a stretch of green buffer that had become an informal dumpsite.
Read Article →You don't need an expensive tank system to start harvesting rainwater. A practical, low-cost approach any Donholm household can set up in an afternoon.
Read Article →A small team of young people now runs our tree nursery from seed to seedling, gaining a green skill set while supplying every planting day we hold.
Read Article →A transparent look back at what 2025 actually looked like across our clean-up, planting, education and household sustainability programmes.
Read Article →Our advocacy work leans heavily on the legal setback requirements protecting land along rivers and streams. Here is what those rules actually require.
Read Article →Teachers at schools we don't yet partner with often ask how to start something similar on their own. Here is the practical version of what we've learned.
Read Article →Timing a planting to the rains, rather than to convenience, is one of the simplest things a household can do to improve a young tree's odds of survival.
Read Article →Three young Donholm residents talk through how volunteering with us turned into paid landscaping and nursery work, and what that path actually looked like.
Read Article →You don't need a large plot to grow a tree that matters. A practical guide to choosing and planting indigenous species in a typical Donholm compound.
Read Article →Four years of nursery and planting records let us say something more precise than a general impression about what actually improves a seedling's odds.
Read Article →You don't need to register a formal organisation to get a dumping spot near you cleared. Here's the model that has worked repeatedly for us across Embakasi East.
Read Article →A clean-up around Umoja market's edges dealt with a waste mix, produce offcuts, packaging and informal dumping, that our usual approach had to adapt for.
Read Article →Land along streams and rivers does real environmental work when left intact. Encroachment and dumping in Embakasi East are steadily eroding that buffer.
Read Article →A small kitchen garden pairs naturally with household composting. Here is what we've found actually thrives in typical Donholm compound conditions.
Read Article →A pilot with Savannah Estate's residents' association shows what basic sorting can do to the volume of waste actually leaving a compound as landfill-bound rubbish.
Read Article →Environmental clubs in three Donholm-area primary schools now run tree planting, waste audits and awareness sessions with our support.
Read Article →We spent several months walking and documenting every public green space we could identify across Embakasi East. Here is what that mapping found.
Read Article →Climate change is not an abstract, distant problem for Embakasi East. It shows up locally as harsher rains, longer dry spells and more frequent flooding.
Read Article →Climate change is a genuinely difficult topic to teach at primary-school level without either oversimplifying it or overwhelming pupils. Here is our approach.
Read Article →Tracking plastic waste from a typical Donholm compound to where it ultimately settles explains why our clean-ups keep returning to the same drainage channels.
Read Article →Our nursery has relied on fresh seed collection each season. A proper seed bank would change that, and our youth team is now building one.
Read Article →None of these require money or special equipment, just a change in routine that adds up across a neighbourhood the size of Donholm.
Read Article →As we take on more corporate and grant partnerships, we've formalised how we track and report where funding actually goes. Here is how that works.
Read Article →Ornamental trees often look impressive quickly, but indigenous species do more for Embakasi East's soil, water table and wildlife over the long run.
Read Article →The Executive Committee our Constitution establishes isn't an abstract structure. Here is what the roles actually involve day to day.
Read Article →Water shortages during Embakasi East's dry spells hit harder than they need to. A few household changes stretch every jerrican further.
Read Article →Not every site calls for the same kind of tree. A look at how we decide between fruit-bearing and pure shade species for a given location.
Read Article →A look at the full journey a tree takes through our nursery, from seed collection to the day it's finally planted along a Donholm street.
Read Article →Not every plastic-free swap suggested online is realistic for a typical household budget here. These are the ones we've seen actually stick.
Read Article →Buruburu becomes the latest area added to our rotating quarterly clean-up schedule, extending our reach beyond Donholm's immediate boundaries.
Read Article →Old electronics turn up at almost every clean-up we run, and they need handling our usual sorting categories aren't built for. Here is our first attempt.
Read Article →A short holiday programme gives primary-school-age children in Donholm a hands-on introduction to composting, planting and waste sorting outside term time.
Read Article →A small shelf of donated books at our community meeting point has turned into a modest lending library focused on environmental topics for all ages.
Read Article →Beyond volunteering, a small group of Donholm youth are training in basic landscaping and tree care as a genuine income path.
Read Article →Mulching is one of the cheapest, easiest ways to improve a young tree's survival odds, and one of the steps we see skipped most often at household planting sites.
Read Article →A step-by-step look at how we teach Donholm households to turn everyday kitchen scraps into usable compost within weeks.
Read Article →A practical look at what a first volunteering session actually involves, for anyone in Donholm considering getting involved but unsure what to expect.
Read Article →A small public green space in Umoja is under pressure from encroachment. We're working with residents to make the case for keeping it intact.
Read Article →Long before a nursery or a 500-tree milestone, our very first planting day was a handful of seedlings and a lot of uncertainty about whether any would survive.
Read Article →A growing number of businesses in and around Embakasi East have approached us to run tree-planting days as part of their corporate social responsibility programmes.
Read Article →Fedha Estate joined our clean-up rotation after residents organised themselves and approached us directly, a pattern we've since seen repeat elsewhere.
Read Article →Our first attempt at a shared community compost site didn't work, and the reasons why shaped the household-level model we teach today.
Read Article →Energy efficiency rarely gets the same attention as waste or water in household sustainability conversations. It deserves a closer look.
Read Article →Before registration, Pro-Green Shapers operated informally. Adopting a Constitution on 5 May 2022 gave the organization structure, accountability and legal standing.
Read Article →From a group of concerned Donholm residents to a registered CBO: how Pro-Green Shapers came together around a shared frustration with a neglected environment.
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