KNP ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CAPACITY BUILDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORS

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By Vulani Mabunda


On the 19th of July 2019 19x EMS from different host institutions, i.e.  Sefapane, Nourish and Letaba Ranch attended an Environmental Education workshop at Letaba Elephant Hall facilitated by KNP’s Kirsty Reedman and her team.

Environmental Education (EE) connects us to the world around us, teaching about both natural built environments, EE raises awareness of issues impacting the environment upon which we depend, as well as actions we can take to improve and sustain it.
The specific outcome s from the Workshop was to empower participants to be able to:
  • Design and implement an environmental Education Programme
  • Design and implement a children’s environmental education programme
  • Design and implement an environmental education programme for visitors to a conservation area
Through this workshop, EM's acquired a lot of knowledge and experience in terms of Environmental Education:  EM's learned how to integrate different appraoches to facilitating EE, Basic EE Principles and knowing the laws that governs the Environmental Education (White Paper) objectives of EE and creating awareness, gaining knowledge and to make EE to be a life long process. 

The EMs were taught about how to use natural resources like water and energy and resources as instructional context.   EMs were given 30 minutes to prepare a lesson and share on the following   topics: what to do with waste: Re-fuse, Re-duce, Re-use and Recycle; Renewable energy production, Energy use and generation in relation to sustainable development, Consumerism-Lifestyle which use more and more resources and produce a bigger and bigger footprint on the earth. 

Whether we bring nature into the classroom, take students outside to learn, or find impromptu teachable moments on a nature, walk with our families. EE has many benefits for youth, educators, schools and communities. As a long-time supporter of environmental education, I have asked each of the EMs to share reasons why they teach EE, what it means to them and how it will benefit learners of all ages.



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