Elizabeth Wathuti

Elizabeth Wathuti is a passionate environmentalist and climate activist from Kenya. She is the founder of Green Generation Initiative (GGI), the Head of Campaigns and coordinator of Daima coalition for the protection of urban green spaces at the Wangari Maathai Foundation. She is a board member of the Elephant neighbours centre and a youth council member of International Reserva: The Youth Land Trust. She has received many awards, including the Wangari Maathai Scholarship Award from The Kenya Community Development Foundation, the Greenbelt Movement, and the Rockefeller Foundation.  The Diana Award 2019 for going above and beyond in her daily life to create and sustain positive change, and the young climate champion 2019 award from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).