Burness Global: Stories

On the first of the seven-day trip, one of my relatives began having dreadful intestinal issues, including pain and cramping that almost immobilized him. All he wanted in life then was a constantly-refilled bottle of filtered water and long naps on the padded benches on the houseboat’s covered deck.

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At a conference in Nairobi that focused on how more trees on farms could help reverse climate change, Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai had a story to tell. It was about a fire that broke out in a huge forest.

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