Photo by Linda De Volder
Last year, when I was hiking the northern mountains of Ethiopia, I came across many native plants. For example the pretty famous and widely used in the west  aloe vera (eret in Amharic). This succulent plant seems to have originated in Northern Africa [...]

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I’ve read some encouraging news recently, about the increase in forested area in Ethiopia. Due to deforestation, Ethiopia has lost pretty much all of its green coverage. In later years, however, there have been many campaigns to reforest the country that involved not only planting new trees, but also [...]

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The Enset / Ensete - እንሰት (ïnsät) or False banana tree (Ensete ventricosum) is native to Ethiopia. Actually there are more than 40 varieties of Ensete and the family name this plant belongs to, Musaceae, derives from the Ethiopian word for banana, or Muz - ሙዝ . Contrary to the regular [...]

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One thing that I care a lot about and always try to do something about is the environment. I love nature and I love trees, and I think that there are three important things that can help to eliminate poverty: education, health and environmental protection and restoration.These three things are [...]

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