About Michael Street

Michael Street's connections with Africa began 40 years ago. In the 1970s and 1980s he worked in a number of African and Asian countries as a 'brown' development expert on various agro-industrial projects. He first visited Ethiopia in 1975. During the 1990s and early 2000s he has travelled extensively in Ethiopia and lectured widely on the country's history and ecology. Since 2001 he has been based in Sicily where he is establishing two small biosphere reserves as part of an initiative to understand and expand Sicily's green economy. 

Articles by Michael Street

Ethiopia ahead of the curve: the green legacy of Meles Zenawi

It is surely better now to concentrate on Meles’ positive achievements rather than dwell on negatives from the past. His legacy will be decided by what happens next. But the “develop now and clean up later” approach enjoyed by the west for a while is no longer an option - for anyone.

The paradox of Meles Zenawi

He embodied the eternal paradox that is Ethiopia: a land of ‘great abundance’ where so much poverty exists; a Garden of Eden whose potential has never been fulfilled.  

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