Kenya Environmental Education Wiki: Courses

A learning studio for advanced (master's level) students. The studio includes lectures and an extensive group work. The lecturers introduce factual experiences from international projects, research methods and challenges in the field of development and sustainable urban planning.

The lectures and workshops introduce students to international project work including project design, management, scheduling, finance and reporting, dynamics of group work, research ethics and methods.

In the actual group work the students will participate in real projects within research groups or organizations / companies. The group work themes reflect the changing topics of Yhd-12.3086: this year different fields of sustainable urban planning. Group work is mentored by TKK Ph.D students, practising professionals and master's students in their final stage.

In this module - the three topic areas covered are:

1. UN-HABITAT; Risk and Disaster Management; Tsunami reconstruction evaluation in Banda Aceh Indonesia

2. SHALIN Suomi ry: Designing participatory tools for sustainable development

3. SHALIN Suomi ry: Renewable Energy for Sustainable Communities and Universal Ecology

Participatory techniques range from production of communication materials and simple workshop sessions through to more complex
methods of decision-making, planning, landscaping and visualising. They can be very useful ways of concentrating efforts to involve people. Participation takes time, and techniques will usually need to be part of a long-term programme, or related to a structure.

Objective: To design and develop participatory visualising tools with local communities or groups to enhance their planning
processes, and improve their overall contribution and their integration into the development policies especially those related to forestry, land use and natural resources management.

Tsunami reconstruction evaluation in Banda Aceh Indonesia. This course evaluates the impact of Finish Development Cooperation in this region. The different modes of participation of the partners in this cooperation is reviewed and analysed.

One of the biggest threats to biodiversity and integrity of ecosystems is the increasing demand and quest for energy. This is especially acute in places where groups or communities rely directly on the natural resources (biomass) for their fuel needs. This has a negative impact on biodiversity. Objective: To design and develop low cost off grid energy supply system for local communities and build the capacity of local artisans in technical and general maintenance of the systems. Explore the existing sustainable and renewable energy options with emphasis on the local context and in consideration of the global context plus undertake a sustainability impact assessment of the proposed system. Working close and together with Kenyan partners.