2022 is the year for our Teach for ESD participants to apply their knowledge and get practical. Throughout the year, the teachers are  to implement Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) activities at their schools. They can choose from a variety of topics from our Let's Get Practical Toolkit. For each successful activity, they will receive a badge to recognise their achievements. One of our teacher participants from the Kunene region integrated ESD into English poetry writing about Namibian trees! What a great way to celebrate our biodiversity.

We are thrilled to finally be able to launch our Urban Sustainability School Programme. Learners spend three full days with us to explore sustainability in the urban environment. Day one starts with the importance of biodiversity. Here learners are exploring the plants in our garden and their uses and importance to us and nature!

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Learners from the Willem Borchard Primary School and community members from Okombahe in the Erongo region took part in our educational outreach programme. The programme was sponsored by Rossing Uranium and focused on renewable and efficient energy usage. With many hands-on, practical activities, the learners and community members gained a new perspective on solving their energy needs.

With the end of the year fast approaching, we have been busy with teacher workshops and school groups at both NaDEET Centre and at the Urban Centre in Swakopmund. Our latest group at the Centre on NamibRand was the Grade 6 class from Private School Swakopmund this past week. With a little rain on the last day and lots of educational, fun activities, the students are inspired to act for SDG 13 ‘Climate Action’.

The Urban Sustainability Centre is pleased to be hosting a set of workshops for the Teach for ESD programme. With three workshops already done at the centre, teachers from across the country are happy to explore sustainability using the centre and connecting to the various SDGs. Through these workshops, teachers also get to explore various places such as the Lichen fields, the Erongo Desalination Plant and the Rent-a-Drum recycling collection facility.