KNUT Unveils Green Agenda: Officials Promise Tree Planting After Meetings
Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) officials have pledged to plant trees at each of their meetings to encourage environmental protection.
Malel Langat, Knut’s first National Vice Chair, announced that union officials had agreed to take a proactive role in combating climate change.
“We need to have tree planting as part of all our public engagements across our 110 branches,” he went on to say.
Langat also stated that they will plant at least 100 trees whenever they convene as teachers.
Langat announced this at ACK St. Christopher’s Church in Nakuru during the branch’s Education Fund’s Annual General Meeting.
Members of the National Executive Committee Alfred Rop, Alice Bor, Richard Lentaaya, and Executive Secretary Tony Gioche joined him.
Langat noted that Knut wants to “plug into the national, regional, and global campaign against climate change.”
“As usual, our members are role models, and this translates into having environmentally conscious learners,” he went on to say.
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Knut decided that the union should take the lead in promoting environmental protection through tree planting during the 2023 Annual Delegates Conference, which took place at Kasarani in Nairobi late last year.
Members also pledged to promote environmental awareness and education across their forums to influence learners’ environmental mindsets.
The government launched the African Landscape Restoration Initiative on December 22, 2022, to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 to reduce greenhouse emissions, stop and reverse deforestation, and restore 5.1 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes.
Following the Horn of Africa region’s worst drought in 40 years, President William Ruto has committed to planting 15 billion trees to increase Kenya’s forest coverage.
On November 13, 2023, Kenyans celebrated a special holiday to plant 100 million trees in order to meet the goal.
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According to Environment Minister Soipan Tuya, the vacation allowed everyone in Kenya to take ownership of the project.
Every Kenyan was encouraged to plant at least two seedlings, which contributed to the 100-million goal.
In Makueni County, Ruto oversaw the drill. Governors and other national government officials dispatched cabinet ministers to different regions to oversee the procedure.
KNUT Unveils Green Agenda: Officials Promise Tree Planting After Meetings
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