The Day and The Day After

{ Posted on Nov 09 2008 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : self-expression
This is a composition of the thoughts and feelings that went through my head on Nov. 4th and Nov. 5th 2008. I was too excited to login on here and write about all this, but it had to occur at ...Read More »

My Subway Meal: $5.71

{ Posted on Sep 30 2008 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : Africa, corruption
.. or $5.72, I don't have the receipt on me to double-check, but it really doesn't matter... the question is, what did you spend on your lunch today? did you work for that lunch? how hard exactly did you work ...Read More »

China’s agenda in Africa

{ Posted on Feb 12 2008 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : Africa, China
Over the last couple of months, I've been debating on the benefits and setbacks of China's involvement in Africa with a good Chinese friend of mine, and we finally agreed on one thing: right now, as in today, African people ...Read More »

Cheetah vs. Hippo – Whose side are you on?

{ Posted on Feb 06 2008 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : Africa, colonialism, corruption
As a fellow African, I've always been disappointed and saddened by the contemporary state of the African continent. You have civil unrest popping up in once place, which finally gets some attention, and eventually gets subdued. Then a couple of ...Read More »

Capitalism or Paleontological Prostitution?

{ Posted on Aug 27 2007 by ethiorussian }
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It was 1974 when Ethiopia's Afar region (pictured in red) unfolded the oldest hominid fossil known to humanity (until the 2002 find of the "Toumai" skull in Chad). The discovery of this nearly 40% intact, 3.2 million year old female ...Read More »

Did we finally make it?

{ Posted on May 06 2007 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : coffee export, coffee farmer, coffee trademark, ethiopian coffee
That is the question for now, at least until the official agreement is signed this May. After several attempts to control the price of its coffee, Ethiopia's government seems to be in promising discussions to sign a licensing agreement with ...Read More »

Relationship Coffee: A transparent approach

{ Posted on Mar 12 2007 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : Fair Trade, coffee export, coffee trademark, ethiopian coffee
"Relationship Coffee" is a term coined by Sustainable Harvest, an importer of specialty coffee from the top organic and Fair Trade coffee farms from around the world. Sustainable Harvest uses this Relationship Coffee model to essentially bridge the gap between ...Read More »

Ethiopian Coffee and the Fair Trade struggle… a video depiction

{ Posted on Mar 12 2007 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : Fair Trade, coffee export, coffee trademark, ethiopian coffee
The following short videos document the recent struggles that Ethiopian coffee farmers and their representatives are going through to enact a Fair Trade environment for the country's biggest export. Starbucks day of action December 16th 2006, posted by Oxfam America [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N5wzr5xeWI] Starbucks talks about ...Read More »

Name your fair price for a cup of coffee…

{ Posted on Dec 09 2006 by ethiorussian }
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Categories : black gold, coffee export, coffee trademark, ethiopian coffee
Here's the Story... "Multinational coffee companies now rule our shopping malls and supermarkets and dominate the industry worth over $80 billion, making coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But while we continue to pay for our lattes ...Read More »
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