Episode 45 / The Butterfly Story of The Miyawaki Forest Hosting Erick Ogallo

The Butterfly Effect

This butterfly is excited to be speaking with Erick Ogallo.

Erick is a performance-driven professional with a deep understanding and hands-on knowledge in the field of Natural Resource Management e.g. Air Quality Monitoring, Green & Circular Economy, Project Management, Responsible Forest Management & Landscape restoration.

He is well experienced in project management and coordination, community engagement, and interfaith engagement in care for creation, having served in various capacities with different institutions implementing Green and Circular Economy (GCE) initiatives, leading NRM projects on Forest Landscape Restoration and conservation, climate change, and Integrated Water Resource Management for the last eight years.

Currently serving as a Program officer at the Royal Danish Embassy in Kenya coordinating a Strategic Sector Cooperation, a government to government program on Food Safety, Environment, Maritime, and Energy sectors. Previously served as a Project Coordinator at the University of Nairobi in partnership with GeoHealth Eastern Africa Hub, implementing a research project on Air quality, health, and climate change. In addition, Erick provides advisory on tree growing both at the community level and urban level using the Miyawaki technique, he is also a Chain of Custody auditor with the Soil Association- UK.

HE holds; Bachelor of Science, Environmental Resource Conservation (Kenyatta University - Kenya), Diploma in Green and Circular Economy (Technical University of Denmark), Certificate in Responsive project Management administered by COWI -Denmark, and a Master’s degree in Environmental Management (The Open University, United Kingdom)

In this episode, you will hear about the Miyawaki method for growing forests in urban areas, green & circular economy, food safety, the IPCC report, and more.

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