ESD – PACE – Pan African Conservation Education

Getting kids onto computers!
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Getting kids onto computers!

Africa, african conservation education, Competency Based teaching, Conservation, Conservation Education, Digital Literacy, Education, ESD, kenya, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PACE, Quality Education, TUSK, Uncategorized

Getting kids onto computers!

In May last year we wrote about the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP) at Lewa Wildlife conservancy in Kenya. As a PACE hub the DLP created a PACE channel (containing all the PACE content) on the Kolibri software they use, and made this available to schools, 23 in total, that they support in the area around Lewa conservancy. DLP helped the schools acquire tablets and smart boards, created school intranets, digitised curriculum material and additional content like PACE and loaded it [...]

By PACE|2023-08-11T18:14:48+01:00August 12th, 2023|Africa, african conservation education, Competency Based teaching, Conservation, Conservation Education, Digital Literacy, Education, ESD, kenya, Lamu Marine Conservation Trust, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PACE, Quality Education, TUSK, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Children not only learning, but making a difference, a big difference!
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Children not only learning, but making a difference, a big difference!

african conservation education, Climate smart agriculture, Competency Based teaching, Conservation, Conservation Education, Environment, ESD, kenya, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PACE, Quality Education, TUSK, Uncategorized

Children not only learning, but making a difference, a big difference!

This is Ntalabany primary school in northern Kenya. It was brought to our attention 18 months ago when Lewa educators created a new PACE action sheet to share the children's vertical gardening innovations and success. We're told that this year they are having to rethink the concept of school clubs like the Environment Club at Ntalabany, because they have moved from the club being 20 or 30 kids interested in environment to the whole school being involved. Rather than [...]

By PACE|2023-08-11T15:17:15+01:00August 11th, 2023|african conservation education, Climate smart agriculture, Competency Based teaching, Conservation, Conservation Education, Environment, ESD, kenya, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, PACE, Quality Education, TUSK, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Newly qualified Vulture experts at Makuleke!
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Newly qualified Vulture experts at Makuleke!

Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, Makuleke, PACE, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Teaching conservation, TUSK, VulPro, Vultures

Newly qualified Vulture experts at Makuleke!

In April we produced a series of four 'webinars' with VulPro. The webinar recordings were used as the first introductory sessions for a club, the VulPro Vulture Club, that has been meeting in Makuleke cultural centre, on alternate Saturdays since. Makuleke is at the northern end of Kruger National Park in South Africa. The club members are youngsters from nearby schools, and it's been organised by the Makuleke Park manager and led by his Conservation educators, Rhulani and Mika. [...]

By PACE|2023-08-24T12:14:20+01:00August 11th, 2023|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, Makuleke, PACE, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Teaching conservation, TUSK, VulPro, Vultures|0 Comments

Ecological custodians on weekend Camp in south west Zimbabwe.
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Ecological custodians on weekend Camp in south west Zimbabwe.

Conservation Education, Education, Environment, ESD, PACE, TUSK, Uncategorized, Zimbabwe

Ecological custodians on weekend Camp in south west Zimbabwe.

PACE is proud to be assisting the Ecological Custodians Foundation in south western Zimbabwe. Di Drummond, with help from volunteers and interns has been assisting local schools for years, including Jopempe, Mlelezi and Chiswene schools. We 're very pleased that PACE materials they received this year have been helpful - providing content, ideas for activities and reading material as ECF started establishing and getting Eco clubs up and running in the area. ECF ran a first weekend camp for the [...]

By PACE|2023-08-08T12:15:59+01:00August 8th, 2023|Conservation Education, Education, Environment, ESD, PACE, TUSK, Uncategorized, Zimbabwe|0 Comments

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

School kids debating – for conservation or not for conservation?
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School kids debating – for conservation or not for conservation?

Africa, african conservation education, Conservation Education, ESD, Makuleke, PACE, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Teaching conservation, TUSK

School kids debating – for conservation or not for conservation?

Living with Wildlife, the advantages and disadvantages The RISE department at Southern Africa Wildlife College has been organising school debating competitions. These youngsters (above) attend schools in the Manyeleti Circuit, Mpumalanga Province in South Africa, close to Kruger National Park and the College. They are from communities that were displaced by the park. The students from five primary and four high schools each set up teams, prepared their case and traveled to the College for their competition. On day one, [...]

By PACE|2023-06-10T13:28:00+01:00June 10th, 2023|Africa, african conservation education, Conservation Education, ESD, Makuleke, PACE, South Africa, Southern Africa Wildlife College, Teaching conservation, TUSK|0 Comments

Chiswene Eco-buddies
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Chiswene Eco-buddies

Africa, african conservation education, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe

Chiswene Eco-buddies

In December we sent PACE resources to Di Drummond, who supports the local school, Chiswene Primary, near her home in Zimbabwe’s low veld. It was only last month that Di’s team were able to access the school. They had to wait until the water level in a large river dropped low enough to permit crossing. "Two of our interns, and game scouts took the walk across to the school, and held the first club meeting with Grade 5 & 6 [...]

By PACE|2023-04-05T12:46:58+01:00April 6th, 2023|Africa, african conservation education, Community, Conservation, Conservation Education, Education, ESD, PACE, Teaching conservation, TUSK, Zimbabwe|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

A new PACE resource – Vultures.
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A new PACE resource – Vultures.

Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education materials, ESD, PACE, Portuguese, South Africa, VulPro, Vultures

A new PACE resource – Vultures.

Vultures are awesome birds. They are majestic, amusing, vulnerable, and yet sadly, are much misunderstood. Most of us know very little about vultures, and though we don't realise, much of what we do know tends to be myth and speculation. That's why we teamed up with VulPro in South Africa to produce a new resource. It's designed for school and community use, is available in print and digital, in English and Portuguese. We are also running interactive on-line sessions for schools [...]

By PACE|2023-03-07T14:56:08+00:00March 3rd, 2023|Africa, Conservation, Conservation Education materials, ESD, PACE, Portuguese, South Africa, VulPro, Vultures|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