To address a social need for transportation facilities equitably accessible, understandable and usable to people of all ages and abilities, the national government enacted a law to promote smooth transportation to the elderly, disabled and others in 2006. It set a target to adopt the concept of Universal Design by 2020 for all public transportation facilities, including airports that serve more than 3,000 daily passengers. Under this law, the government developed “Universal Design Guideline”, which is also applicable to improvement of Haneda International Airport. Not only did TIAT follow this guideline, it as a private company made extensive efforts to offer a comfortable space and enhanced accessibility to all types of airport visitors.

The design of the airport itself is half of the success equation - how to ensure seamless door-to-door travel experience for various people including the elderly and disabled is a key. Haneda International Airport Terminal is directly connected to the city’s major urban centers by two railway companies. When the new terminal and stations were built, TIAT and these two railway companies collaborated to get rid of physical barriers across facilities for people with mobility disadvantages. For example, a hall in the terminal allows passengers to directly access to departure/arrival lobbies, public transportation services (e.g., Monorail, railway, buses, and taxies) and a car parking area via flat and straight paths. Several large-size elevators set in the station can also carry a large volume of passengers between the platforms and the arrival/departure floors. A railway line redirected the guideway from the existing platform at the domestic terminal to the second floor of the international terminal to produce flat passenger access from the station to the departure lobby. In addition, the both railway lines introduced movable step boards that bridge train vehicles and platforms for wheelchair users, and platform screen doors for passengers’ safety.

The universal design committee organized approximately forty universal design workshops and reflected the opinions collected from a wide range of users to the detailed drawing of the terminal. The members also visited existing airport facilities and used mock-ups to assess the effect of the design plan. As a result of these joint design efforts, the terminal successfully provides seamless access to public transportation, especially railways. It also progressively introduced world-class terminal facilities with the Universal Design concept; Multipurpose toilets, boarding bridges, and versatile concierge service and communication devices exemplify its novelty.

Following the Devolvement of Kenya in 2010, PELUM Kenya devolved itself in to six networking zones namely: Central Rift Valley Zone, Lower Eastern and Coastal Zone,  Nairobi/Central Zone, Upper Eatern and Northern Kenya Zone, Western Zone and Nyanza Zone.

PELUM Kenya has therefore been focusing on a zone during implementation of the Green Action Week campaigns as a way of promoting horizontal networking. The members of a zone are involved in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the campaigns with one of the member organizations being the lead member organisation and in close coordination by PELUM Kenya secretariat and zonal staff. This provides a platform for learning and sharing among Member Organizations

Sand dams (some times called more general groundwater dams) store water under the ground. A sand dam is a small dam build above ground and into the riverbed of a seasonal sand river. Sand accumulates upstream of the dam, resulting in additional groundwater storage capacity. Similar to sand dam a subsurface dam obstructs the groundwater flow of an aquifer and stores water below ground level. Sand and subsurface dams are suitable for rural areas with semi-arid climate in order to store only seasonal available water to be used in dry periods for livestock, minor irrigation as well as for domestic use.

Benefits include:

• Storage of rain water in seasonal rivers
• Minimum evaporation since water is stored in sand
• Reduction of contamination by livestock and other animals since water is under sand
• Filtration of water flowing through the riverbed sand improves water quality

The campaign employs a multi-stakeholder approach by ensuring that relevant stakeholders including the relevant Government Ministries, Schools, Private Sector, Farmers, Media, PELUM Kenya member organizations and othe CSOs are involved in the campaigns as a strategy of enhancing sustainability of the project beyond the project period.

The project targets the wider public through mass awareness creation so as to raise awareness on the need to grow and eat organic foods.

Media is embraced to reach to the wider public through both electric and print media methods. This includes continuous update of PELUM Kenya’s social media sites with organic food and farming messages. The media practioners are also invited to cover and air the various activities.

It also targets to build capacity of small scale farmers to further embrace organic foods and farming for healthy environments and people. This is done through exchange visits to successful organic enterprises and organic exhibitions.

As a way of enhancing the spirit of networking within PELUM Kenya network, all the member organizations of PELUM Kenya in the focus areas are involved in all aspects of this project.

The Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis (CVCA) methodology seeks to understand the socio-economic dimensions of vulnerability to climate change and to identify adaptation actions to be implemented. The methodology relates the impacts of climate change to the livelihoods of the rural population, including the ecosystems on which they depend for their subsistence. Thus, one of the main rural incomes comes from livestock farming, which depends on natural pastures. It is an ecosystem that, in addition to providing food for livestock, in good conditions provides hydrological ecosystem services that ensure the water supply in the Shullcas River sub-basin. This is the main water source for the rural settlements that live along its banks and for the city of Huancayo. Its waters are used for human consumption, agriculture, livestock, fish farming, and power generation.

The CVCA provided a qualitative baseline and identified ecosystem-based community adaptation components/strategies such as reforestation and conservation of grasslands and natural pastures that adjusted the initial designs. Finally, the CVCA strengthened capacities and promoted participation.

The contests, developed at the family and community level, were designed to motivate the implementation of technologies for adaptation to climate change, taking advantage of the culture of healthy competition and family and collective work that exists in rural communities.

The communities and/or families that participated received advice and technical support throughout the process, generating technical capacities for the proper management of natural resources and productive activities, with the focus on increasing the water retention and recharge capacity of the micro-watersheds and contributing to food security.

The families were motivated to demonstrate good practices, which opens the door to local recognition by the population and public and private institutions. During the contests, each family or group carried out activities for the habilitation or improvement of the qochas, such as: elaboration of a talking map, construction of a dam, delimitation of the tributary area (upstream) and area of influence (downstream) of the qocha, rustic collector or feeder canals and infiltration ditches.

The Treverton Wildlife Area was developed as an educational facility.  Action Learning, Learning by Doing, Outdoor Education and Capacity Building educational processes where implemented to develop a biodiversity improved and enriched area. The facility allowed/allows learners to participate directly with the environmental projects ‘at home’ with projects for biodiversity. 

Learners actively conduct action learning projects which are either teacher driven (lower grades) or learner driven (higher grades) or a combination thereof to perform specific outcomes related to biodiversity rehabilitation. The projects are conducted under guidance with the emphasis being on education processes, youth empowerment and capacity building.  The improved biodiversity is not the primary motivation for the activities but rather an outcomes.

Outdoor Education programmes are conducted in the TWA with the purpose of individual growth, environmental interaction, mental health, outdoor skills, improve communication and decrease stress levels.

Capacity Building projects are conducted with educators in the region.  The teachers participate in activities within skills development courses related to biodiversity.  Teachers are then able to implement these activities with their own learners and in their areas.

A food forest is designed to be resilient towards environmental change in order to fulfill the goal of being sustainable. Resilience stresses the ability to 1) sustain the community when no external resource is accessible and 2) recover from disturbances such as climate change, destruction or vandalism.

The way resilience works is to a) maximize autonomy in water, nutrients, energy, and food and b) keep the environment and people healthy. The Beacon Food Forest is equipped with a rainwater collector and compost bins to store water and generate nutrients from onsite organic matters such as leaf litter, branches, and green manures. Although we do not have solar panels or wind turbines, our energy lies within the community who contributes their manpower. With the above, we can slowly accomplish food autonomy and sustain the local community.

Keeping the environment and people healthy is the key to allow for quick recovery. The Beacon Food Forest practices permaculture gardening to keep chemicals out of the land and the land productive at any time so that when faced with destructive events, plants may grow back within the shortest time frame.