Ghana

  In the Shit! – Work at the FS2BD starts to really get “down and dirty”   WORLD’s DIRTY JOBS – GHANA EDITION    After using a few thousand liters of rumen to inoculate our digesters back in November and December, we found it necessary to transfer the contents to the second train in order

  Last days of the barnyard experience – Kumasi, May 2 – 9, 3013   BIRTH DAY    May 2nd, after three weeks of sitting on her nest beneath the back steps, six of the seven eggs hatched and Amelia was able to say good by to her dark corner. During those three weeks, she

  Touring Adanwomase, a village that specializes in weaving traditional Ghanaian Kente cloth and growing Cocoa with Kat, Morgan and Nate – May 9, 2013   VISITOR CENTER    Kat drove the four of us in her land rover and we found our way to the village without any problem. Soon enough we were seated

  Intern housing and more at Casa Kumasi. Giving the steward’s quarters a makeover or “turning the proverbial sow’s ear into a silk purse” – May 13 – 17, 2013   BEFORE        There are actually three levels to Casa Kumasi; upstairs where Jeremy, Justin and Allison live, downstairs where Bob, Camille and Amy

  A good look inside Italo’s woodworking factory with the Friday morning coffee crowd – May 31, 2013   FRIDAY MORNING GANG This group of Ahodwo Obrunis regularly get together on Friday morning for coffee and conversation. On the last week of May, Elvira (front row, wearing a black dress) arranged for a tour of

Around the house and garden with some fun masks thrown in for good measure – April, 2013 Kumsasi, Ghana   DRESSING UP    Eric wears his new fugu, Amy a piece of fabric acquired at Central Market and Bob a new shirt he had made at the Cultural Center. Bob picked up another interesting mask which Eric

A wealth of good food from the markets and gardens, expertly prepared by cooks Amy and Camille – April, 2013 Kumsasi, Ghana   RAINY SEASON MEANS MUSHROOM ABUNDANCE    God bless you, rainy season for bringing these succulent, meaty mushrooms to our table!   GREENS A POPPIN    Dandelion, chard and collards are all also making

April found us finally flowing fecal sludge at the “design flow rate”. This was real progress and the beginning of overcoming operational “gotchas.”   IT”S ALWAYS SOMETHING…     We discovered a leak at the top of the gas collector in digester 7. It turns out that the threaded plastic fitting at the top of the