Forty years after the mass famines of Ethiopia, conflict in the region has reemerged in the news. On November 4th 2020, the national government stationed its military in the northern province of Tigray. The internet has been shut down and news has been difficult to access. Nava Derakhshani, spent eight months in Tigray carrying out her master’s research in 2014. In her talk, she shares her research findings on the political, historic, and spiritual ties to sustainability.