threecorners

shepherd et al (2008). “land degradation surveillance: quantifying and monitoring land degradation.” sustainable land management sourcebook, the international bank for reconstruction and development - the world bank, pp. 141-7.

the project content i’m currently working on is HAWTTT. what a lovely introduction to the firm.

claudio, in shakespeare’s much ado about nothing

claudio’s a huge idiot. ethiopians are the swedes of africa, tall and uncharacteristically gorgeous people, men and women alike. they’re also friendly, but with that distinct sense of self-reliance that i was told to expect in the only african nation never to be colonised (except for a brief five-year aberration that did bring the cappuccino).

the food is lovely, and shockingly inexpensive (related to WFP/GoE subsidies, perhaps?) given the diverse topography, virtually anything can grow in ethiopia from rice to tef to strawberries to cotton to green beans. (agronomists, you know how crazy this is, what what).

i was stuck in meetings/a characteristically addis blue & white lada older than me all two days i was there, but i must return sometime to check the place out properly. any takers?