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 […]
Category Archives: Environment
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 […]
The Power Plants That May Save a Park, and Aid a Country
New York Times August 30, 2017 VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — On the verdant savanna of Virunga National Park, a herd of elephants clustered near an umbrella-shaped […]
In Kenya, a Transformation in Shades of REDD
Undark July 28, 2017 Communities near the Rukinga Sanctuary once seemed locked on a path of resource decimation. But here, at least, a global conservation plan is working. By Amy […]
Gazing Into Danakil Depression’s Mirror, and Seeing Mars Stare Back
New York Times January 30, 2017 DANAKIL DEPRESSION, Ethiopia — In oppressively dry heat and a miasma of sulfur and chlorine, the rocky landscape sprouts patches of neon green and […]
A piece of sea floor, stranded on dry land, may hold clues to life’s origin
The Economist October 29th 2016 | THE DANAKIL DEPRESSION, ETHIOPIA | From the print edition Afar horizon STUDYING the seabed does not always mean penetrating the sea itself, even […]
In Rural Bangladesh, Solar Power Dents Poverty
New York Times October 4, 2016 KAKHIN BIMILE, Bangladesh — Kismat Ali is a 33-year-old mason living in Kakhin Bimile, a village a few hours drive from Dhaka, Bangladesh’s crowded […]
