Advocacy
Rotterdam's Delta-Linked Climate Strategy
by Futoshi Tachino In Europe’s busiest river mouth, Rotterdam has learned to treat water as both antagonist and ally. The city’s climate playbook reads like delta pragmatism: keep the surge out, make room for the rain, reuse the heat, stash the carbon, and choreograph daily life so the low-carbon choice is the easy one. It’s a system, not a showpiece—barriers and basins, blue-green roofs and hot-water pipes, all pulling together.
By Futoshi Tachino4 months ago in Earth
Steam, Not Smoke
by Futoshi Tachino In Kenya’s Rift Valley, the ground exhales. Around Naivasha, at a place called Olkaria, wells tap rock-hot water and steam that have already helped Kenya become Africa’s geothermal leader—and one of the few countries where clean, firm power anchors the grid. Recent analyses put geothermal’s share of Kenya’s electricity around the mid-40s, with some reports citing roughly 47 percent in 2024. That matters in a drought-prone region where hydropower is variable and diesel is expensive.
By Futoshi Tachino4 months ago in Earth
Catching Clouds
by Futoshi Tachino In the Anti-Atlas mountains of southwest Morocco, fog rolls inland from the Atlantic and clings to ridgelines above the Amazigh (Berber) communities of Aït Baamrane. For decades, that fog was little more than a damp inconvenience in a place short on rain and poorer still in pipes. Then a local NGO, Dar Si Hmad, turned it into a municipal water source—stringing engineered meshes along a windy ridge, funneling condensed droplets into tanks, and gravity-feeding the result down to village taps. It’s one of the world’s largest fog-to-water systems and a rare example of a climate solution that is passive, energy-free in operation, and profoundly shaped by the people it serves.
By Futoshi Tachino4 months ago in Earth
The World’s Growing Water Crisis – Why Everyone Should Care
Water is one of those things we hardly think about until it’s gone. We wake up, brush our teeth, make coffee, take showers—all without realizing how precious this simple resource really is. For billions of people, clean water isn’t guaranteed. In fact, the world is slowly moving toward a crisis that could define the future of humanity: water scarcity.
By Legends Unfold4 months ago in Earth
The Living Canvas
M Mehran Earth is more than a planet. It is a living canvas, painted with mountains, rivers, forests, and skies. It breathes in winds, whispers in oceans, and pulses beneath our feet with a rhythm older than humanity itself. Yet, despite its beauty, humans often forget that we are merely guests in this vast masterpiece.
By Muhammad Mehran4 months ago in Earth
The First Time I Went Hiking and Found Peace in Nature
I still remember the day I decided to go on my very first hike. It wasn’t some grand plan to conquer a mountain or tick off a bucket list. Honestly, it was just a quiet Saturday, and I had nothing else to do. A friend had mentioned a local trail not too far from town, and something in me decided that maybe I should try it. At that point, I had no idea how much a simple walk in the woods would change me.
By Ian Munene4 months ago in Earth
The Power of Patience
How Small Steps Build Big Success Success does not come overnight. It is built step by step, day by day, with patience and persistence. To understand this truth, let me tell you the story of a farmer named Kareem, whose life became an example of how patience changes everything.
By Wings of Time 4 months ago in Earth
