ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION for SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONfor SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Sandwatch Symposium Trinidad Dec.4-6.2006
Randolph. E. Woodroffe Sandwatch
Co-ordinator Barbados
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Where the sidewalk ends the journey of discovery
begins.

• THE SANDWATCH PROJECT MODEL

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Introduction

• It is generally accepted that a sound philosophy
  of education aims to provide all students with a
  balanced and well rounded education to develop
  them to their fullest potential, and nurture them
  into responsible citizens, conscious of their
  responsibility to self, family society and
  country.

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Sustainable Development

• Development that "meets the needs of the present
  without compromising the ability of future
  generations to meet their own needs.
• Our Common Future - Brundtland Report

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• The environment cannot be left out of any
  equation in plans for development that for true
  development, natural resources must be managed in
  a way that is in harmony with nature, so that
  such development may be sustained over the long
  term. UNCED 1992

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Environmental Education

• A process aimed at developing a citizenry that
  is aware of, and concerned about, the total
  environment and its associated problems, and
  which has the knowledge, attitudes, motivations,
  commitment, and skills to work individually and
  collectively toward solutions of current
  problems and the prevention of new ones.

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Environmental Education

• Educating oneself about the environment
• Learning to live in harmony with what is around
  us
• Trying to stay green and clean
• Learning to be an eco-citizen
• Changing our life styles to suit the environment

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Public Sector Reform

• Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs Culture
• Education Enhance Programme
• Education Reform White Paper
• Curriculum Reform
• Education Sector Enhancement Programme
• 1.Civil works
• 2.Institutional strengthening
• 3.Procurement and installation of hardware and
  software
• 4.Teacher training and technical assistance

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Curriculum Reform

• The process which is used to effect, social,
  economic, political and environment changes which
  are necessary for the development of the nations
  human resource - its people.

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Research reveals students

• Learn at different rates
• Have different learning styles
• Respond to a variety of stimuli and
• Learn best what interests them and what is
  meaningful.

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Students are given opportunities to

• operate at different levels within the classroom
• experience multiple methods of learning and
  assessment
• think divergently and
• apply knowledge gained to real-life situations.

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EE APPROACH

• MULTIDICIPLINARY
• SCIENCE (Natural Social)
• ARTS (Humanities)

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Subject Integration
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• MORE THAN A SCIENCE
• YOU DONT NEED TO BE AN EXPERT
• MAKING THE FIT
• HANDS ON EXPERINCE

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• EE is related to all areas of learning and
  therefore any model adopted for implementing it
  in the curriculum must cut across all
  disciplines.

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Major Goals of EE

• AWARENESS
• KNOWLEDGE
• ATTITUDES
• SKILLS
• PARTICIPATION

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1. AWARENESS

• help persons acquire an awareness and
  sensibility to the total environment and its
  problems.

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2. KNOWLEDGE

• help persons acquire a basic understanding of
  how the environment functions, how people
  interact with the environment, and how issues and
  problems dealing with the environment arise and
  how they can be resolved.

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3. ATTITUDES

• help persons acquire a set of values and
  feelings of concern for the environment and the
  motivation and commitment to participate in
  environmental maintenance and improvement.

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4. SKILLS

• help persons acquire the skills needed to
  identify and investigate environmental problems
  and to contribute to the resolution of these
  problems.

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5. PARTICIPATION

• help persons acquire experience in using their
  acquired knowledge and skills in taking
  thoughtful, positive actions towards the
  resolution of environmental issues and problems.

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MAJOR TARGET AUDIENCES

• The general public.
• Specific professional and social groups whose
  influence has an effect on the environment.
• Scientists, technologists, and other
  professionals who deal directly with
  environmental problems.
• Politicians, elected officials, business leaders
• Members of the media

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GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS

• Conferences
• Seminars Workshops
• Town Hall Meetings
• Exhibitions Expos
• Science Fairs
• Mass Media Radio, TV the Press

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• Posters Flyers
• Resource Materials
• Books, Magazines, Brochures, CDs
• Websites
• Electronic Mail
• Computer Software
• Cultural Aspect
• Drama, Dance, Poetry, etc

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Enviro-Drama
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Conferences/Symposiums
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Exhibitions EXPOs
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Beach Clean Ups
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Caribbean Odyssey

• Trinidad
• US Virgin Islands
• St. Lucia
• Dominica
• Tobago
• Grenada

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Workshops
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Service Clubs
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Turtle Watch
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EE Programs Projects

• Composting
• Reduce, Reuse Recycling
• Beautification
• I Love my Beach or Adopt-a-beach
• Clean School
• Water World

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FUN
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Where the sidewalk ends the journey of discovery
begins.

• THANK YOU