Science adventures aren’t always about the science.
Read MoreSacred forest on a hilltop.
Colgate University student, Kelsey Jensen, working in the lab in Bahir Dar University when it was eventually up and running.
Ethiopia Track 3: Doing the dirty (lab) work
Doing lab work in foreign countries is always an interesting experience and getting this one in Bahir Dar University set up to analyze hundreds of soil samples didn’t disappoint.
Read MoreThe streets of Mekane Eyesus.
Ethiopia Track 2: Convoluted paperwork
The process of getting permissions to work in the sacred forests in Ethiopia was bewildering but also personal, human, and real…also, it worked!
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Farmer ploughing his fields in northern Ethiopia.
Ethiopia Track 1: Lake Tana and the Blue Nile River
Here are some of the B-sides from my work on a story about the sacred forests in Ethiopia, from the “Blue” Nile, to unexpected adventures in paperwork and lab work, to a reminder to myself that science stories are usually more about the people and the places than the science.
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