Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series. Where? The lure of a fantastic low airfare offer and a chance to stay with couch surfers to save on accommodation costs hooked me, a sucker to travel anywhere I have not been before. A relatively expensive visa was required, as well as a yellow […]
Solving hunger and poverty, one tree at a time
January 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
THE MANGROVE TREE: PLANTING TREES TO FEED FAMILIES By Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore (New York: Lee and Low Books Inc., 2011, 36 pp., $19.95, hardcover) Dr. Gordon Sato, a scientist, wanted to help villagers in Eritrea on the African coast. His efforts to ease hunger and poverty involve planting mangrove trees by the […]
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