Along the way, he calls on archaeology, local history, cartography, botany and etymology, especially the origins of place names along his leys.
Students work in groups that focus on particular areas in biology and aspects of population - sexuality, health, botany, zoology, local environment, Gaia ecology, anthropology and religion, microscopy, computer, visual arts, and independent studies (as in exploring historical precedents).
He was educated at local schools before studying botany and zoology at the University of Nairobi.
"All of these herbs are native to the High Atlas, and they serve medicinal purposes passed down by Berber families through generations," explains Rachida Mouch, advisor to the local Dar Taliba Berber botany project.
Grissom's father taught botany at a local college and passed his enthusiasm for natural sciences onto his son.
A group called "emancipists" or "Botany Bay Whigs," led by the local-born, Cambridge-educated lawyer and pastoralist W.C. Wentworth, demanded an elected Legislative Council.
For more information, use a search engine query for "almond pests" or contact your local garden supply store or a local university's botany department.
The Amani guides are all local people, chosen after competitive exams and then trained in botany, ecology and natural lore.
