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The field station in dry season

Posted in May 7th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in Eden's work in Tanout

On Monday, we went back to the field station to continue the work that was started some ten days ago.
Image from September 11th 2007

Although I love the field station when its green, I love it just as much when it the grass is dry and many of the trees has shred their leaves. It is […]

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Going back to the field station

Posted in May 5th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in Eden's work in Tanout, working as a volunteer

We are going back to the field station today to finish off the work that was started when we were there last.
Will probably have some nice pictures to blog about when we come back.
In the meantime, I leave you with a fresh picture for the field taken by an Eden field worker as he […]

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Back at the field station

Posted in April 30th, 2008
by Esther Garvi in Eden's work in Tanout, Niger cool places, helping people achieve a sustainable life, working as a volunteer

After an early lunch and a very enjoyable ride through Tanout endless landscape, we arrived at Eden’s field station, which is situation 13 km south of Tanout city (140 km north of Zinder), in the northernmost Nigerien agriculture zone.
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Learning from the researcher

Posted in November 30th, 2007
by Esther Garvi in Eden's work in Tanout, working as a volunteer

Ah, so I’ve been learning the ropes from Renate lately. Work so far has included lots of office work, trying to work out a good relationship with the computers in order to not only understand the multiple databases but also learn how to handle them correctly. But work has also included traveling north to Eden’s […]

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Second journey to the field station

Posted in September 11th, 2007
by Esther Garvi in Eden's work in Tanout, Niger cool places, working as a volunteer

Today I was back at the field station - although this time without Anette, who has so much work at the office right now!
I’m really starting to love the field station - never used to be my favorite before, but now that I’m learning from our researcher, I find it really interesting and fun! Not […]

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This season’s first journey to the field station

Posted in September 4th, 2007
by Esther Garvi in Eden's work in Tanout, Favourite posts, Niger cool places, values, working as a volunteer

After just one day at the Eden office in Zinder, Anette and I joined forces with the rest of the team and headed up for a full day in the sun at the field station!
Although it’s green and the grass hasn’t dried yet, one still had to watch one’s step for cram-cram!
Now after a full […]

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Hasty journey to the field station

Posted in February 1st, 2007
by Esther Garvi in Eden's work in Tanout, working as a volunteer

Today, I went on “mission” to Dalli (Tanout) to get some footage of the environmental changes that have occurred at the field station, since the project’s arrival in 1987. It was a fun job but a challenge because how do you capture live footage of something that isn’t moving? I’ll let you know in some […]

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