Solar energy boom leads to toxic trash in East Africa
New York Times May 12, 2019 DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — After nightfall, when trash covers the streets of the busy Kariakoo market here, compactor trucks rumble along followed by men […]
Category Archives: Environment
Mozambique Looks Beyond Cyclone Idai to Better Protection in the Future
New York Times April 12, 2019 BEIRA, Mozambique — Daviz Simango grew up in Beira, Mozambique, the port city on the Indian Ocean, and has been mayor since 2003. He […]
Nowhere to Hide: Pangolins are the most poached in the world
Science magazine March 13, 2019 UGANDA—The small pangolin tucked its head toward its belly and curled its tail around its body. Clad in large scales, it resembled a pine […]
Solar Mini-Grids Give Nigeria a Power Boost
New York Times December 3, 2018 GBAMU GBAMU, Nigeria — Music blasts from King Royal Guesthouse, a small restaurant in the village of Gbamu Gbamu, a three-hour drive from Lagos. […]
Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s Nets
New York Times October 15, 2018 WATAMU, Kenya — The young hawksbill turtle was accidentally caught in a net in the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast. GO TO ARTICLE The fisherman […]
Rwanda Eyes Biogas and Other Cooking Fuels to Help Curb Deforestation
New York Times September 22, 2018 By Amy Yee KIGALI, Rwanda — The kitchen of Ecole Secondaire Kanombe Efotec, a boarding school here, is busy from dawn to dusk while the staff […]
In Sweden, Trash Heats Homes, Powers Buses and Fuels Taxi Fleets
New York Times By Amy Yee September 22, 2018 In a cavernous room filled with garbage, a giant mechanical claw reaches down and grabs five tons of trash. As a […]
How Rwanda Tidied Up Its Streets (And The Rest Of The Country, Too)
NPR July 18, 2018 At 8 a.m. on a sunny morning in April, people are sweeping the hilly streets of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, with straw brooms and picking […]
Geothermal Energy Grows in Kenya
New York Times February 23, 2018 HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK, Kenya — Verdant hills stretch into the distance at Hell’s Gate National Park, where zebras, buffalos, antelopes, baboons and other […]
In Africa’s Oldest Park, Seeking Solutions to a Destructive Charcoal Trade
Yale Environment 360 September 14, 2017 Virunga National Park, home to the world’s largest population of mountain gorillas, is plagued by deforestation linked to the production of charcoal for cooking […]
