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Tag: Environment
LIGHTINING AND THUNDERSTORM
By Amon Samwel – Art in Tanzania internship Lightning is the brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere occurring within a thunderstorm, between the clouds. The flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity and a flashing of light is the result of discharge of atmosphere electricity within a thunderstorm cloud way up…
Ecotourism in a Nutshell
By Julia Galusiakowska – Art in Tanzania internship On the cusp of the last years, ecology has been influencing our lives more and more, entering even the sphere reserved for tourism. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has effectively thwarted our travel plans, many believe we are reaching the final phase of the global health crisis. Countries…
Solar Panels – the future of electricity in Tanzania
Electricity has been named by many Tanzanians as the biggest inhibitor for success. Tanzania has the largest population in East Africa, estimated at 52,482,726, with a very high annual population growth rate of 2.77%. 31.6% of the population lives in an urban area, leaving an estimated 35,897,237 people residing in rural areas. Access to improved…
Planting trees for the future generation
You would not think that there is a problem with trees or forests in a country where 2/3 of the land is considered to be forest. The situation is not black and white when money is tight and most people live out of agriculture and the heating is generally done by wood or charcoal. For…
Art in Tanzania starts a dry toilets project with the help of volunteers
As the world marks the World Toilet Day today, November 19, many families in the world still do not have access to sanitation facilities. According to UNICEF, 1.1 billion people around the world defecate in the open, contaminating their environments and water sources besides spreading diseases like diarrhea, which kills 2,000 children less than 5…
Discovering bird watching opportunity in Tanzania
Art in Tanzania will soon offer a nice bird watching trip to a protected area of Ruvu forest reserve near Dar es Salaam. The reserve is a 35 000 hectares mosaic of coastal vegetation including open dry forest, closed dry forest, thicket, swamp, woodland and grassland. Only 10 000 ha of the reserve can be…
At Art In Tanzania celebrates a conservation group from Moshi as the world marks international forest day
The world is marking the international forest day today and will be observing the world water day tomorrow. At Art In Tanzania, we would like to celebrate a group of young volunteers from Moshi town in Kilimanjaro region who for the last more than one decade have been involved in conservation of a key water…