February 2012
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WatchCrimson 2012 sweater in motion - you can’t hear the woman we met on the street. She was just remarking on how fetching Maude looks in her crimson and white jumper.
All original looks designed and knit by the wonderfully generous and talented Judith W.
January 2012
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December 2011
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July 2011
47 posts
Disabled Volley Ball World Cup 2011, Phnom Penh!
By Friday afternoon I was crashing into the weekend; hit three provinces and did about 25 site interviews in a week, most days starting at dawn to avoid the heat and traffic. So I was sort of sluggishly considering whether I should go out for drinks with the Nexus or rather plop myself into bed with vitamen water and the internet. I felt mopey, but obliged to do something fun.
Then Sarah...
Flavia's latest, on the rising cost of cattle and... →
When we moved to the States, Flavia started covering State department and got to tour Africa with Clinton. Now it’s all over for me in terms of our ever being able to holiday in Italy or Asia again - she has the Africa bug. As it happens, the improved cookstove (and biodigester) initiative is championed by Clinton and focused on Least Developing Countries so her tireless lobbying for me to...
So... biodigesters
Ever since my site visit to Nepal in 2009, I’ve been a fan of biodigesters.
Basically, what happens is that farmers collect all of their livestock waste and they put it in a concrete pit, where the waste breaks down into methane and slurry (fertilizer).
The methane can be piped into the house and used as a biogas for electricity and cooking. Greenhouse gas emissions are drastically...
