Posting the classroom video on the discussion board doesn't seem to have worked very well. It loads very very slowly. So I will put it up here as well.
C
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
About Me
Most of my working life has been spent trying to make positive change for animals. But one of my personal interests is travel. I have been to a few places including a bit of Europe, Australia, Turkey (twice because I liked it so much), and most recently three whole months in Africa (just last year). During those three months I spent a bit of time (it turned out that it wasn't enough, I left wanting to do more) doing some volunteer work in an elephant sanctuary. Nope - not working with the elephants, building a bridge! Very hot manual labour in Kenya. And I loved every minute of it. The time we spent working with the locals and visiting their villages and schools had a huge impact on me. It has made me want to learn more about the difference I can make farther afield than helping the animals in the City in which I live. That is why I have decided to take this course. I need to learn more about all the different people in the world and what impact I can have as an individual.
The photos are from my Africa trip - the sculpture is a momument in Zanzibar that commemorates the slave trade. It was very impactful.
Three websites I find interesting are:
www.globalincidentmap.com - not particularly uplifting but an interesting look at world happenings
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm - more positive with opportunities
www.chapters.indigo.ca - love to read
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