Kevin Lunzalu
Nairobi
Kevin Lunzalu is a young conservation leader from Nairobi, Kenya. Through his work, Lunzalu strives to strike a balance between environmental conservation and humanity. He strongly believes in the power of innovative youth-led solutions to drive the global sustainability agenda. Kevin is the country coordinator the Kenyan Youth Biodiversity Network, through which he actively engages young people at the grass-root level on innovative and sustainable solutions aimed at halting the current unprecedented biodiversity loss; by redesigning circular economy concepts and environmental policy advocacy. Kevin also sits at the global steering committee of the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN). The 2019 UNEP Young Champions of the Earth judge is also a DIAR Awards 2020 nominee for youth inclusion and diversity; and a Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) 202o Fellow.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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What actions are successful in activating cities to implement urban biodiversity conservation policies, campaigns, and projects?
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Nairobi’s Rapidly Expanding Transport Network is Costing its Ecological Lifeline
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Covid has upended all the normal routines in our lives and work. How do you imagine you might be changed by it, both professionally, but also personally as you negotiate a new post-virus “normal”?
Africa, Awareness, Biodiversity, Climate change, Communities, Conservation, Covid-19, Culture, Disasters/Red zone, Economics, Ecosystem services, Europe, Experiencing Nature, Green Infrastructure, Health, Justice, Livability, North America, Parks, Participation/Democracy, Planning, Pollution, Resilience, South America, Sustainability, Wildlife People Interactions -
How is the concept of “stewardship” and “care for local environments” expressed around the world?
