On 16 March, the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA) Eco-Schools celebrated the transformative impact of the Eco-Schools programme in South Africa. The KwaZulu-Natal provincial award ceremony brought together teachers and learners to recognize two decades of environmental education.
EASTER Action would like to congratulate WESSA, the Eco-Schools programme, and particularly, this year’s recipients of notable awards: Epworth School and The Birches Pre-Primary School in KZN, for consistent environmental action over 20 years, plus the 40 schools from across the country, who received International Green Flags for their outstanding environmental efforts. Well done! Heart-felt congratulations also to Margaret Burger, who was honoured for her longstanding dedication in this area!
The organizers had asked me to do the keynote presentation, which was a wonderful opportunity to try out the pilot session of the What I Can Do (WICD) action programme with this audience of teachers. Based on observations and feedback, they found the interactive presentation as interesting and engaging as learners had done previously. This bodes well for the teacher workshop we are organizing for the near future.
EASTERaction 