ecofarm

There are no black mambas (or snakes at all) in the mountain village. At ~2000m, the nights are too cold for snakes. Threre are chameleons of several varities, including horned; sometimes hawks/raptors slam into a tree canopy and carry them off, birds of prey also take chickens (even big ones) on occasion. There are many birds because the village is ~2km from the Natl. Forest, which has monkeys and other exotic creatures (including rare snakes like the green mamba). No elephant herds bumped into the village this year The black mambas are at a place near Nairobi (~1300m) where the nights are more reasonable (by Miami standards).

The ants are not so dangerous. Just make a line with kerosene and they turn back. They don't go marching around that often and they don't move fast. If they get in a house, it's just a hassle.

Wow, those pictures are really neat. I don't know how you manage with all that dangerous stuff around you, from black mambas to huge ants. ;;

Thanks for the "like", ecofarm.

Girlfriend (see pic file names). Too young for me (27), but smart and knowledgable so we're ok for now. The (too) thin one is her friend (23). I need to finish this degree, teach for a while and buy land before I consider a wife. I finish research/leave Kenya in about a year to complete the degree, then I'll teach in the states for a bit.

Beautiful photos, ecofarm! Is that your lovely wife?

Look to the left column on this page... Albums/pics. I'll try to add more in the near future.

http://www.debatepolitics.com/breaking-news-mainstream-media/104055-obama-no-deal-without-tax-hikes-42.html#post1059664520
http://www.debatepolitics.com/general-political-discussion/85140-core-your-beliefs-2.html#post1059083627
Regarding the latter, see page for foreign policy specifics.

Nah, I'm learning how to farm in a very nice place to do so.

ecofarm dude,
are you turning the local populus into environmental scientists?

Cool man.

Africa Representin!

'90-94, D 3/505th PIR 82nd Abn
'95-00, BA Env. Studies
'00-03, MSc Intl. Env. Science (Sweden)
'06-now PhD Interdisciplinary Ecology (Agriculture), specializing in gender
(I took a couple years off between classes and submitting my proposal)


Regarding my personal philosophy, I think I'll make a sig with links to DemPeaceTheory, Ecocentrism, Ecofeminism and Deep Ecology. See the Tavern, Members Pics Thread (2) for some pics and an explanation of my current work and plans. I was born in the USA. I grew up in Miami. I'm 40. I self label as a pro-life, green hawk libertarian. I've been vegan almost 15 years.

I've been to Kenya in '03 (Masters thesis), '06 (independent research towards PhD/preliminary dissertation research), and I've been here a year now. I expect to be here another year conducting research for my dissertation. At the moment, I'm in a 'surburban' area where I have access to electricity and a cafeteria while I get the computer model up and running. I'll return to the rural village sometime next month, for several months. I plan to settle in Kenya for a few reasons, after I defend this dissertation and teach for some years in the states.

So I was just wonderin bro, are you an American thats gone to Live in Kenya, or a Kenyan gone to live in America?