Land ho!
On the road toward a home of my own.
Continue ReadingForeign Correspondent Margot Kiser
Letters to Annie from Kaftanistan
On the road toward a home of my own.
Continue ReadingWhen you’ve lived in a place like this for eleven years
Continue ReadingIn 2017? If it goes through it will be the first in East Africa. A consortium of Kenyan and Chinese companies is proposing to construct a 1,050 MW coal-fire power plant, only 13 miles from Lamu town. A mega-port now under construction is bad enough but nowhere as degrading to the environment and livelihoods as […]
Continue ReadingWilliam “Gatz” Hjortsberg – great friend, writer and mentor R.I.P. Why no donkey monument? Planting mangrove seedlings Northern Rangeland Trust Dubai LONDON
Continue ReadingThis 2012 translocation of 23 rhino from a private ranch in Laikipia to a national park out west went without a hitch. [Footage of KWS sharpshooter darting a rhino with a tranquilizer] Translocations are fairly routine these days, though not without risks. So how did 11 highly endangered black rhino basically starve to death at […]
Continue ReadingLONDON, England – On June 14th a 24-story public housing apartment building caught fire killing at least 80. A faulty freezer-fridge in an apartment sparked the blaze, but police say flammable insulation and exposed gas pipes along the building’s only staircase fueled it. The death toll is expected to rise, so it’s no wonder police […]
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