Kenya
The political situation following the election in December, which lead to violent riots in Kenya, has increased pressure on Kenyan media professionals. Journalists are being arrested, others have been shot at while covering the riots and a wave of death threats has been launched against journalists and human rights advocates. Together with Editor's Guild of Kenya and Kenya Association of Journalists and international NGOs, IMS is actively engaging in supporting Kenyan media.Archive
- IMS carbon emission offsetting projects
- IMS offsets carbon footprint through energy-saving stoves
- Corruption in the media
- Healing the messenger
- Launch of Kenya trauma booklet in Nairobi
- Kenya trauma handbook
- Press release on Trauma book launch
- Traumas persist after peace is restored
- Healing the wounds in Kenya
- Special Edition Kenya - Conflict Sensitive Journalism
- IMS focus on Kenya on World Press Day
- Trauma counseling for Kenyan media
- IMS eyes on Kenya
- Reporting the conflict in Kenya
- Kenya: The Nairobi Round Table Recommendations, 2008
- How far to go? Kenya's media caught in the turmoil of a failed election, 2008
IMS offsets carbon footprint through energy-saving stoves
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Energy-saving stoves in Kenya and India are to help IMS offset its carbon emissions. With the realities of climate change hitting countries and people across the world, IMS has taken steps to compensate for its CO2 emissions
Although IMS is not a major CO2 emitter, the number of flights taken by staff does add to the yearly emission of CO2. While the need for IMS staff to travel to areas where our help is needed is a necessary part of our work, what we can do is contribute financially to other energy-saving initiatives which will bring down carbon emissions. Global warming is a global phenomenon and so a new windmill in India, producing CO2 neutral power instead of an old-fashioned fossil fuel power plant, would lead to less CO2 being emitted worldwide.
To compensate for its CO2 emissions, IMS has invested in three energy-saving projects in Kenya, India and China. In Kenya and India, energy-saving household cooking stoves will help households reduce the amount of firewood used for cooking by up to 70 per cent. This will bring down CO2 emissions from burning firewood and reduce deforestation.
In China IMS is helping to support a hydropower tunnel which replaces fossil fuel-generated power which is extremely polluting. The projects are run by CO2balance.com, a company specialised in energy efficient projects funded by CO2 emitting companies who want to offset their carbon emissions.
The size of each project contribution is based on the expected cost of reducing CO2 usage in the project area and also on the amount which the contributor, in this case IMS, emits. IMS has emitted approximately 359 tonnes of CO2 between September 2008 - May 2009, a calculation based on the number of kilometres flown in total in this period of time by IMS staff. This amounts to DKK 20,000 a year.
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