Growing Through Kilimanjaro
On this page of the Losing Kilimanjaro blog I would like to step away from the actual subject and take a few moments to analyze how my efforts as a part of an academic class have helped me deliver a message to a new audience through different media.
First of all, my only online communication before this project was email and Facebook, both semi-private communications with familiar people. My exposure to the ever widening world of social media as well as instantaneous information access (be warned, some vetted, some not) helped me to realize the potential of creating a public voice and message. Al so the increasing interconnectedness of all media leads to a larger possible audience outreach.
An example directly from Losingkilimanjaro.weebly.com on the blog page includes every post so far. Each has a post with related links and some picture links for the audience and then they can be linked to the site information comes from for further investigation or verification. These are then linked to a very visually based form of sharing and hopefully learning through Pinterest, with the option to Twitter as well. One example is the “Visual Learning” post, where I generated a poster style info-graphic that conveys the majority of the information spread over the entirety of the website but may be suited to an audience less likely to sit and read paragraphs. It is then linked to Losing Kilimanjaro, so that with the click of a mouse a reader can be transferred to more sources and more reading.
First of all, my only online communication before this project was email and Facebook, both semi-private communications with familiar people. My exposure to the ever widening world of social media as well as instantaneous information access (be warned, some vetted, some not) helped me to realize the potential of creating a public voice and message. Al so the increasing interconnectedness of all media leads to a larger possible audience outreach.
An example directly from Losingkilimanjaro.weebly.com on the blog page includes every post so far. Each has a post with related links and some picture links for the audience and then they can be linked to the site information comes from for further investigation or verification. These are then linked to a very visually based form of sharing and hopefully learning through Pinterest, with the option to Twitter as well. One example is the “Visual Learning” post, where I generated a poster style info-graphic that conveys the majority of the information spread over the entirety of the website but may be suited to an audience less likely to sit and read paragraphs. It is then linked to Losing Kilimanjaro, so that with the click of a mouse a reader can be transferred to more sources and more reading.
Porters from the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project
The topics that are covered within incorporate many ideas to present these facts (and honestly some opinions) to readers. In “Let’s try and Play Fair”, research into the regulations to which Kilimanjaro Porters in Tanzania are held by the National Park (http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/regulations_and_park_fees.html , as well as these regulations effect on the fair, safe and local labor provided for all expeditions. This ensures the integrity of the park, the porters as individuals as well as the local economy. This entire post recognizes the tourism industry as an international function. Foreign hikers travel to Africa to hike and are regulated to the man-made rules of a geographic zone and biome to address the ideals of environmental protection (global), human working rights and payment (should be universal) and influx into the local economy (local). As referenced in project reading, these aspects cover the Five Cornerstones of Fair Trade of Responsible Tourism.
These topics address views on the effect of climate change affecting the mountain and how that may affect the international tourist destination and local economy. They address how effective management and regulation increases fair trade and workers rights even with the economic disparities of the Tanzanians and their visiting international tourists. The aspect of creating a sustainable, local, educational, and most importantly authentic industry is integrated as well (read about the Kilimanjaro Eco Lodge in Fluff the Duff).
“It’s not only the animals that are endangered” cites similar concerns from the UNESCO endangered areas list, again directing the reader to an internationally recognized organization that monitors heritage and environmental concerns worldwide.
“It’s not only the animals that are endangered” cites similar concerns from the UNESCO endangered areas list, again directing the reader to an internationally recognized organization that monitors heritage and environmental concerns worldwide.