Conservation agriculture – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

Learning outside the classroom – make a simple donation, with big impact.

We were so pleased to get this donation of gardening equipment to the students at Lokusero primary school in Kenya. Huge thanks to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy's education team for making the delivery. The learners have been trying to cultivate a garden but in recent dry years they’ve been up against elephants that learned how to access their rainwater collection tanks. After suffering considerable destruction ( broken gutters, damaged tanks, trampled ground) the school recently received fencing to keep the [...]

By PACE|2023-06-19T09:52:24+01:00June 15th, 2023|Activities, Africa, african conservation education, CBC, Competency Based teaching, Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, kenya, Learning outside the classroom, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PACE, Quality Education, School, Soil, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, Uncategorized|0 Comments

for partners in west and central Africa

the PACE supplement 'Energy and climate change' is now available in french - for more information contact pace@tusk.org

By PACE|2022-02-14T14:34:31+00:00February 14th, 2022|Activities, Africa, Climate Change, Climate smart agriculture, Community, Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education materials, Energie et changement climatique, Energy & Climate Change, ESD, french educational resources, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Sahel, Teachers Africa, TUSK|0 Comments

Vertical Conservation Agriculture at Ntalabany Primary School in Kenya.
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Vertical Conservation Agriculture at Ntalabany Primary School in Kenya.

Activities, Climate smart agriculture, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education, ESD, Farming, Healthy families, Home school activities, Income generation, kenya, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PACE, TUSK

Vertical Conservation Agriculture at Ntalabany Primary School in Kenya.

Ntalabany primary school is located in the Leparua Community Conservancy in northern Kenya. It works with the Lewa Schools programme. The Conservation and Agriculture Club at Ntalabany wanted to practice Conservation Agriculture (see PACE Action Sheet 30), but met a number of constraints - the school compound is covered with sandy soil and rocks and there is a limited source of water. They had limited resources, and also most of the land around the school is open to grazing animals as [...]

By PACE|2021-12-17T14:48:10+00:00December 17th, 2021|Activities, Climate smart agriculture, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education, ESD, Farming, Healthy families, Home school activities, Income generation, kenya, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PACE, TUSK|0 Comments

Climate Smart Agriculture

Climate Smart agriculture, also called Conservation farming is a no till approach. No plough is used to till the soil. The lack of tilling maintains soil particle size meaning that more water can infiltrate deeper. This, with the extra organic matter added to the soil makes farms more resistant to drought, and also to erosion. Soils contain carbon dioxide and extensive ploughing or hand-tilling releases all this carbon dioxide into the atmosphere increasing greenhouse gas emissions. In ‘Conservation Farming’ permanent [...]

By PACE|2021-10-28T00:13:27+01:00October 28th, 2021|Africa, Climate Change, Climate smart agriculture, Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education materials, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Soil, Sustainability, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

Biochar Action sheet now available in french
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Biochar Action sheet now available in french

Africa, Biochar, Climate Change, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education, Empowering women, ESD, Health, PACE, TUSK, wood energy

Biochar Action sheet now available in french

The FAO estimates that 2.4 billion people depend on wood energy for cooking and heating. In African countries the proportion of people using wood fuels as a main or only source of energy can be startling. Ninety percent of the population in Sierra Leone are estimated to rely on charcoal or firewood for energy, and 85% in Mali. In Madagascar, Senegal, Chad and Niger, the figures are similar. In urban areas the trend is from wood towards charcoal. Charcoal stoves are [...]

By PACE|2021-04-29T16:10:45+01:00April 29th, 2021|Africa, Biochar, Climate Change, Conservation agriculture, Conservation Education, Empowering women, ESD, Health, PACE, TUSK, wood energy|0 Comments

‘PERMACULTURE’ providing for our families, protecting nature.
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‘PERMACULTURE’ providing for our families, protecting nature.

Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Cultivation, Environment, Farming, Healthy families, Home school activities, PACE, Permaculture, Preventing habitat loss, Subsistence farming

‘PERMACULTURE’ providing for our families, protecting nature.

Our lockdown VOCAB for this week is 'PERMACULTURE' Now that schools and jobsites are closed and sources of income drying up, people across Africa are looking for ways to feed their families, some in desperation. Those of you turning to your farms, vegetable gardens and orchards, any space and way to produce food, this post is especially for you. Permaculture is a way to grow more food for less – less cost, less space and less work. Permaculture works in the [...]

By PACE|2020-04-30T13:14:51+01:00April 30th, 2020|Conservation, Conservation agriculture, Cultivation, Environment, Farming, Healthy families, Home school activities, PACE, Permaculture, Preventing habitat loss, Subsistence farming|0 Comments