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Category: Human Beings and Nature
Buffalo, Bees, & Human Beings in Africa
A good memory from two African teachers who took the time one day to talk with me. One was Masai, son of a clan of vigorous warriors who herd cattle in the grassland plains. To earn manhood status they face lions and sometimes the fierce Cape Buffalo. Traditionally Masai young men prove their courage by…
A Widow Woman & Swamp Rice In Sierra Leone
About a week ago a friend asked me: “What project are you working on?” It’s pretty hard to explain the open-ended process of bringing people together in community development as “a project.” But, one of the projects I do work on is being part of a team of people who focus on increasing the…
A Man and his Wife: Making a Living in Bangladesh on a Tiny Bit of Land
Something like 165 million people live in Bangladesh in about the land area of Wisconsin. People count their land holdings in terms of 21 foot X 21 foot little blocks called decimals. Shukumar and his wife, Kojalrani, impressed me with their resourcefulness as they strive to make a living. World Renew has a fancy name…
A Widow’s Ducks
She’s caring for her daughter’s baby and for her aging mother. Her husband left her for another woman, effectively leaving her a widow. How can she earn her own livelihood, as a poor widow in northern Bangladesh? Well, it turns out that Bangladesh has a lot of water. Many ponds last through the dry season…
Creation Care in India
Sense of place. Caring for the spot of the Earth that the Lord gave your family. Making it a better than when you started. That’s a feeling many have but don’t know how. Sometimes they are too poor to even own the land they farm. That’s the case of many farmers in NE India. In…
Calendars and Time: How We Organize Our Lives
If you click on the picture below an amazing world of village life in among the Rshi people we work with in northern Laos opens up for you. Thanks to a wonderful photographer, Ari, for sharing this photo collage calendar. Love0 Share Share Share Pin
Where do Chickens Come From?
My dad had two “coops” in the back yard. One for keeping about 20 chickens and one for keeping about 20 rabbits. It was my job to take care of them all. So, I got to know some of the peculiar…
What Does Our Search For “The Beach” Really Cost?
One of the themes of this blog is wonder, especially the sense of wonder and awe at our amazing Creator, the amazing creation and the amazing people in the creation. I think that there is a longing within us all to experience places and people that fill our need to wonder. In developing countries ecological…
You’ll Never Imagine What These Giant Jars in Laos Were Used For
Once in a while, we encounter something from the past that makes us wonder: What did they do with that? One of the regions that World Renew works in Laos, is adjacent to a mysterious place called the Plain of Jars. The times I’ve been there it’s been a plain of mostly dry grass. It’s…
Updates: Evergreen Agriculture (Fertilizer Trees) and Amaranth
In World Renew we are always learning about new ways to use the huge diversity of assets the Lord put into his creation all around the world so that people experience the abundant life the Lord intended for his people. Here are a couple of updates and some pictures of things I’ve been learning about…