Brook Kelela’s honors thesis, “The Clothes of the Church”: The Shared Meanings Around Trees that Drive Forest Conservation in Rural Ethiopia, was recently shared with Dr. Margaret
Watch this fascinating panel discussion: Hierotopia: Spirituality and Ecology of Ethiopian Church Forests, with Kieran Dodds, Dr. Margaret Lowman, and Dr. Alemayehu Wassie Eshete. Recorded:
TREE Foundation continues to fund the building of walls in Ethiopia to protect the last remaining forests of that country. This work is directed by
In the last 100 years, over 90% of Ethiopia’s forests have been lost to drought and deforestation. Yet in the area east of Lake Tana,
In honor of Black History Month, Sarasota community radio station WSLR hosted its second “African American Takeover Day” on Saturday, February 20 from 7am-7pm. TREE
Last fall (2020), the K-1 Crew students at Wellspring Catholic Academy located in Lakewood,Colorado embarked on an “expedition” to learn about trees. As part of
TREE Foundation is grateful to National Geographic for finding biodiversity surveys in endangered Ethiopian church forests. Read about our herpetology expedition, and help us save
From Emergence Magazine: The Church Forests of Ethiopia A Mystical Geography Nearly all of Ethiopia’s original trees have disappeared, but small pockets of old-growth forest
December 10, 2019 / Sarasota, FL — The Sarasota, Florida-based TREE Foundation’s efforts to save the “church forests” of Ethiopia were highlighted in a short
We’ve now been in the field for about 2 weeks, and have visited 6 different church forests in the South Gondar region. Every day brings
