Environment – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

KIRUSSO, enabling youngsters in Tanzania.
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KIRUSSO, enabling youngsters in Tanzania.

Activities, Africa, african conservation education, Competency Based teaching, Conservation Education, Education, Environment, PACE, Tanzania, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK

KIRUSSO, enabling youngsters in Tanzania.

It’s always a joy to receive news of excited young conservationists, learning and doing new things. Today’s inspiring news came from Paul KIMWAGA, who coordinates a commuity based organisation called KIRUSSO, in the Kigoma Region of western Tanzania. PACE has provided educational materials to KIRUSSO, for their work with school teachers and Eco-clubs. “Today I am happy to come back to you again to give you a brief report on the progress of the distribution, reading and use of the [...]

By PACE|2023-05-05T08:57:49+01:00May 5th, 2023|Activities, Africa, african conservation education, Competency Based teaching, Conservation Education, Education, Environment, PACE, Tanzania, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments

Helping communities tackle Human : Elephant conflict in SW Chad

Human - elephant conflict has become a big problem in south west Chad. As climate and habitats change, and human populations increase, the boundaries between space for elephants and space for people are breaking down. Elephant have fewer places where they can feel safe, and people are losing their means of subsistence, some are losing their lives. When Environnement Sahel, a Chadian NGO, visited communities in the Province of Logone Occidental in November reports from different villages included: [...]

By PACE|2023-03-06T17:29:15+00:00March 6th, 2023|Africa, Chad, Climate Change, Community, Conflicts, Education, Energie et changement climatique, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, Environnement Sahel, ESD, french educational resources, Henry Bailey, PACE, Sahel, TUSK, wood energy|0 Comments

Do you have a waste management problem in your neighbourhood?

If so, you may get some ideas on how to solve it from the Shela Environmental Residents Group (SERG) in Kenya. Over just a few years the village worked together to transform their beaches, streets and public spaces, from somewhere that people tolerated and suffered into a clean, bright, healthy and happy place that they are proud of and visitors admire. The Shela Environmental Residents Group worked with Lamu Marine Conservation Trust (LaMCoT) and Africa Underwater to create a new [...]

By PACE|2023-02-17T16:03:00+00:00February 16th, 2023|Africa, Clean oceans, Conservation Education, Conservation Education materials, Energy, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, french educational resources, Health, Hygiene, Income generation, kenya, Lamcot, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, Marine conservation, PACE, TUSK, waste management|0 Comments

Solving community waste management challenges – a new PACE film from Kenya
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Solving community waste management challenges – a new PACE film from Kenya

Africa, Africa Underwater, Community, Conservation Education materials, Education, Environment, ESD, french, Health, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, PACE, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Swahili, TUSK, waste management

Solving community waste management challenges – a new PACE film from Kenya

Waste management is a problem commonly faced by communities across Africa. Poor waste management impacts on people's health and their well-being, it disrupts ecosystems, and is harmful to wildlife. People know this, but often don't know what they can do as individuals, to solve the problems. We are very proud to have worked with Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, a long-standing Tusk partner, and Africa Underwater. Together they created a new short film documenting a local waste management success story they [...]

By PACE|2023-03-03T17:20:35+00:00February 8th, 2023|Africa, Africa Underwater, Community, Conservation Education materials, Education, Environment, ESD, french, Health, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, PACE, Reduce Reuse Recycle, Swahili, TUSK, waste management|0 Comments

“Thank you for making my work easier and impactful”

The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre provide visits, workshops and outreach for schools and communities in the Entebbe area, and from further afield. We are thrilled that access to PACE resources has enabled them to increase their impact. Richard Otiti, Conservation Educator at UWEC, has been organising seminars to help communities live peacefully alongside their wildlife neighbours. "Lugasa School for example neighbours Mabira Forest Reserve. The communities where the school is located are currently struggling with Vervet monkeys. The monkeys destroy crops. [...]

By PACE|2022-11-07T14:38:29+00:00November 7th, 2022|Africa, Competency Based teaching, Conservation, Conservation Education, Conservation Education materials, Environment, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Uganda, Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, UgandaWildlifeEducationCentre, Uncategorized, UWEC, Wildlife|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

PACE – helping people adapt to climate change
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PACE – helping people adapt to climate change

Africa, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK

PACE – helping people adapt to climate change

Africa bears little blame for the world's current climate crisis, yet is one of the continents most effected by and most vulnerable to climate change and variability. Isn't it ironic that after a connecting with kids in the UK and USA over the summer, 16 year old Ruth Mbabazi in rural Uganda (Gasiza parish) said she'd learned "that the whole world is fighting against climate change, I thought we were the only ones doing it" It is because people across Africa [...]

By PACE|2021-10-25T17:33:38+01:00October 25th, 2021|Africa, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, Kariba REDD+ Project, PACE, Teachers Africa, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments

Biochar Action sheet
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Biochar Action sheet

Africa, Biochar, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, PACE, Sustainability, Teaching conservation, TUSK

Biochar Action sheet

Our new PACE Action sheet explains how, at community or household level, people can take advantage of the benefits Biochar can bring to their daily lives. Simple, low or no cost artisanal methods to improve lives, livelihoods, and the environment – locally and globally. It was written with Graeme Boyd-Moss, inspired by experience on his parents small holding in north western Kenya. Biochar has been integral to life at Spencer’s Farm for nearly 20 years. It has ensured that they have [...]

By PACE|2021-03-27T11:12:40+00:00March 27th, 2021|Africa, Biochar, Climate Change, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Energy, Energy & Climate Change, Environment, ESD, PACE, Sustainability, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments

New Conservation Education materials on their way to educators in the field
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New Conservation Education materials on their way to educators in the field

Africa, Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, Environment, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK

New Conservation Education materials on their way to educators in the field

Huge thanks to DHL and their staff for continuing to sponsor the distribution of PACE materials. An efficient, COVID-secure pick up of 250 kg of new materials this afternoon - already en route to some of our fantastic partners in the field. This latest consignment, which includes banners, posters, films, educators guides, action sheets and booklets has printed resources and digital versions on the new PACE USB stick. Now that schools have started to resume after months of closure it [...]

By PACE|2020-10-14T23:20:49+01:00October 14th, 2020|Africa, Conservation Education, COVID Secure education, Environment, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK|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