Sustainable agriculture | Conservation | Community empowerment
I work with vulnerable communities across Kenya to restore land, strengthen food security, and build practical climate resilience from Lake Victoria to Kilifi's coastal settlements.
My name is Teddy Katono, and I am a passionate advocate for sustainable agriculture, environmental conservation, and community empowerment. Since 2017, I have dedicated my career to addressing food insecurity and climate resilience in vulnerable communities across Kenya.
My work bridges environmental restoration and human well-being. The goal is not only survival in the face of climate change, but thriving communities with greener schools, stronger local livelihoods, and households that can grow nutritious food in difficult conditions.
Seven years of work across western Kenya, Lake Victoria communities, and Kilifi's coastal region.
As a co-founder, I have worked with fellow youth to combat deforestation and pollution around Lake Victoria. Together we established tree nurseries, planted seedlings in schools, and taught sustainable skills such as landscaping and art to youth and children.
I mobilized youth to plant 2,400 seedlings in schools and introduced gabions to prevent soil erosion, showing how local organizing can protect soil, water, and school environments.
While working with Sustainable Organic Farming Development Initiatives, I collaborated with local farmers and the Misango Hills Forest Association to restore degraded land and support alternative livelihoods through agroforestry and fruit tree nurseries.
We train coastal fishing communities in climate-smart kitchen gardening using recycled sacks and plastic containers, helping families grow nutrient-rich vegetables despite limited space and poor soils.
Small, replicable interventions become community-owned systems when people can adapt them to their own land, homes, schools, and livelihoods.
Sack gardens and container systems let families harvest vegetables in areas with limited space, poor soils, and climate pressure.
Tree planting, school greening, nurseries, and agroforestry turn degraded spaces into assets for learning, shade, biodiversity, and income.
Young people become organizers, educators, artists, and climate practitioners who shape healthier local environments.
Writing, storytelling, youth movement work, and public conversations connected to peace, climate, sport, and community action.
A personal profile connected to youth, peace, and civic courage.
A story by Teddy Katono about restoration, imagination, and rural resilience.
Youth-led climate, nature education, and community transformation in Homa Bay County.
A conversation on inclusion, participation, and the social power of sport.
Published commentary by Teddy Katono in October 2016.
A Kenya youth movement analysis published in November 2024.
In Kilifi, practical demonstrations connect visitors, partners, and local families around a shared idea: climate action should be visible, useful, and close to daily life.
Every garden, nursery, and training session is designed to travel through relationships, from one household to the next.