Articles of interest
While on assignment for Responsible Tourism Tanzania (the organization I’m volunteering with), I had the opportunity to meet some very hard-working people at Arusha City Dump. You can read their stories and learn about a new initiative that is hoping to plant the seed for recycling here. RTTZ is bound and determined to get better waste management in Tanzania, especially within the hospitality and tourism industries:
http://www.rttz.org/sorting-your-trash-a-responsible-and-worthy-endeavor
An article written by former UNC graduate student, Beth Mole, about the Savana Land Use Project (the on-going research project that Brian is part of), and the intriguing surroundings in which the various ventures take place:
http://endeavors.unc.edu/the_people_and_the_park
A story from National Geographic about one of the few remaining Hadza tribes:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/hadza/finkel-text
A New York Times article about a journalist’s experience on a walking safari in the Simanjiro Plains (where Brian does his fieldwork):
One of the local newspapers (written in English). Good for finding out about happenings in the area as well for the occasional good laugh:
BBC article about plans being halted for the construction of a large road that would have cut right through the Serengeti:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13904464
(Part of) an interview with Sandor Katz in the May 2010 issue of “The Sun” magazine:
http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/413/countertop_culture
Top story on BBC September 10, 2011. “Scores die as Zanzibar ship sinks.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14864400
Article introducing Responsible Tourism Tanzania (the organization Molly is volunteering with):
http://www.hotels.co.tz/tanzania/introducing-responsible-tourism-tanzania-rttz.html
These images provide a stark reminder that drought doesn’t just happen in Africa; it’s currently affecting people closer to home:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2011/09/20/140611223/dismal-sights-of-the-texas-drought
