Why we need indigenous forests for our genes survival
Christine, the founder, told us that she named the gallery Ardhi, because it’s about starting from the ground — from where we are, and it strips us from the societal hierarchies of status and elitism—we’re all at the same level from a fundamental perspective, we’re all equal, and we all have something unique to say. Ardhi’s mission is to provide a space for that discourse to take place. Photo | Pool
Protecting small patches of indigenous forest is more important than planting trees
Ancient trees fringe the manicured garden at the end of Tree Lane in Nairobi’s suburbia, Karen, a green escape from the busy city. It’s the Wednesday bird walk with the nature-lovers scanning the space with their binoculars and in a few seconds somebody states, “A chameleon.”
It’s the three-horned Jackson’s chameleon as green as the shrub it’s on to camouflage itself. But nothing escapes the sharp-eyed birders and suddenly this handsome male reptile becomes a most-photographed model. The three-horned Jackson’s chameleon also known as the Kikuyu three-horned chameleon is an East African species where only the male has three horns to protect his territory.
