Topic: Environmental
CALL FOR APPLICATION FOR THE RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARDS 2018
Responsible Tourism Tanzania is proud to announce its awards for the second time through the support from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The Responsible Tourism awards meant to encourage innovative actions to protect the environment, integrate local … Continue reading
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR TOUR OPERATORS IN TANZANIA
RTTZ and Travelife share a common interest towards promoting sustainability and social responsibility within the travel sector and recently launched the Certification Program for Tour Operators which is now available and ready to offer the services in Tanzania. The Certification … Continue reading
Conservation Award 2019
Award Description This award recognizes the commitment of tourism businesses towards active participation in supporting conservation efforts. Award Criteria Preference will go to businesses showing strong partnerships with conservation NGOs, either through financial support or donations in-kind. We also look … Continue reading
Time To Join “THROTTLE-THE-BOTTLE CAMPAIN” Is Right Now!!
Throttle the Bottle is a campaign dedicated to reducing the use of throwaway plastic water bottles, which are already a blight across the landscapes of Africa. These bottles are not bio-degradable and take more than 450 years to break down. … Continue reading
Recycling waste in Zanzibar

The Zanzibar Scrapes and Environment Association (ZASEA), a non-governmental organisation was officially registered on 19th March 2008 enabling it to conduct activities aims for the development of long-term sustainable solid waste management in Zanzibar. The Association focuses activities on collection … Continue reading
Sorting your trash: a responsible and worthy endeavor

As we strive to find solutions to issues such as an overabundance of waste and a shortage of lucrative job opportunities, promising recycling ventures in Tanzania are springing up that are providing work for some hard up citizens in the … Continue reading
Wildlife populations under threat in Masai Mara

The BBC have recently reported that populations of wildlife species in the world-renowned Masai Mara reserve in Kenya have crashed in the past three decades, according to research published in the Journal of Zoology. Numbers of impala, warthog, giraffe, topi … Continue reading
How green is green?

“The only truly green product is the one you don’t use. So it’s a journey and when we have made real product improvements — we should let our customers know.” Director of Worldwide Health & Safety GreenSpotBlog.com– I came … Continue reading
Natron- THE FACTS

Lake Natron, Flamingos and the Proposed Soda Ash Factory An overview… By Marc Baker In early April, the Daily News reported that the government wishes to fast track the plans for a soda ash factory at Lake Natron (http://dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=18633&cat=home). Given … Continue reading