Now that a new promising US president will take office on January 20th, 2009, a window of opportunity has widened for transformative leadership, accelerated international cooperation, and political momentum in support of profound change. Fundamentally, the mission is to rebuild trust in

The pastoral setting of today’s visit to the Gurage zone, some 2 hours south of Addis Abeba was breath-taking. Focus of our expedition was a site visit to several forest garden projects. Our gracious host and guide was Bedru Sultan, vice chair of Greener Ethiopia, an eight year old local NGO committed to planting 100 [...]