Environmental education is in the syllabus but teaching it is a battle: Institutions and nonprofits have stepped in to provide training, manuals and other support.
South Africa has a long history in environmental education with wildlife conservation taking the lion’s share in private institutions outside the formal schooling system.
“Say a developer wants to drain a muddy area to develop a golf course, and the town planner must decide whether this can be done. Would the planner think differently of the value and future use of a wetland area if it were called a swamp?” the teaching exercise asks. Case studies provide real examples of high schools participating in academic research by monitoring natural areas. At Macassar High School in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, learners report on sand mining rehabilitation in the dunes. Other education projects show the benefits of community participation.
To encourage young people to participate in environment sustainability innovation and awareness, organisations such as the Wessa runs the eco-schools programme, which is one of the largest global sustainable education initiatives. Since 2003, nearly 5 000 schools have been part of the initiative and hundreds of teachers have been trained in eco-education.
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