Dinah Awino Kawino, Pendo Mazingira

Dinah Awino Kawino is the founder and director of Akadi Eco and Mentorship Ventures. Akadi Eco is a consulting firm based in Kenya. It focuses on bringing environmental mentorship and sustainability solutions to educational and community spaces. This year, Akadi Eco is leading an initiative called  Pendo Mazingira. Pendo Mazingira is Swahili for "Love Environment." Awino describes this program as “an eco-sensitivity mentorship program designed to cultivate a sense of environmental belonging through nature-based sensory experiences.” Pendo Mazingira serves both youth and adults. How is the program working? Let’s find out.   SUBSTACK:  Pendo Mazingira Substack - AkadiEco and Mentorship Ventures Kenya PANEL DISCUSSION: Empowering Women in Science: Bridging Gaps and Building Futures Interesting and honest conversation about being a woman in science. Awino's presentation begins at timestamp 57:22. Her presentation is titled, Empowering Women and Girls: Disrupting Fear-based Silence for Thriving Sustainability Science. This is a presentation by LIAISE. BOOK: Weaving a Green Future: Opportunities and Barriers in Textile Manufacturing in Kenya (Eliva Press, 2025) ARTICLES: Closing the Loop: A framework for tackling single-use plastic waste in the food and beverage industry through circular economy - a review (Journal of Environmental Management) Challenges and Opportunities for Green Transitions Adoption in Kenya's Textile Manufacturing Industry  (Frontiers in Sustainability) Assessment of Green Growth Practices in the Textile Industry: A Study of Thika Cloth Mill and Rivatex in Kenya  (East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources) LEADERSHIP: The Green Embassy Kenya ____________________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE: On September 2, 2026, the TALATERRA website merged with Transferable Solutions. Conversations can be accessed through the interactive map. You can also explore the podcast's catalog of episodes on Simplecast, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, and wherever you listen to podcasts. CREDITS: Producer: Tania Marien Music: So Far So Close by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License; SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States License. Subscribe to Transferable Solutions, a newsletter about reimagining environmental skills Contact Us Talaterra is an affiliate of Bookshop.org. Learn More © 2019 - 2026 Talaterra Inc ABOUT: TALATERRA combines "tala" (Icelandic for "to speak" and "to talk") with "terra" (Earth)—because speaking for our planet and telling its stories is what environmental educators do. TALATERRA: to speak Earth.