Together in partnership with the Namibian Youth Coalition on Climate Change and Green Heart Environmental Solutions, we hosted a two-day SDG workshop focused on challenges and successes using the local context in Swakopmund. The workshop was our first for youth at the new Urban Sustainability Centre.
We wish all the best for 2020 and to many more exciting programmes to come.

Winners of the Recycle Namibia Forum annual School Recycling Competition, Moreson Special School for the Cognitively Impaired, were excited to learn a hands-on recycling method as part of their sustainability visit to NaDEET Centre. NaDEET sponsored the visit for the school with a portion of the prize money from the 2018 UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD. 

To read more about the competition: Schools Recycling Competition  

Visitors to the NaDEET Urban Sustainability Centre can now take part in the programmes that the Centre has to offer after it was officially opened by the Secretary-General Roderick April of the Namibian National Commission to UNESCO in Swakopmund. The opening event on the 22 October was attended by a multi-sectoral stakeholder audience who got impressions of what the centre has to offer to visitors. Read here for more information on the centre and programmes offered. 

On a quest to learn about NaDEET’s hands on ESD practices, a group of twelve Bachelor of Education students from the University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo came to Namibia. The cultural exchange around ESD was inspiring for all. This visit was made a reality by professor Yoshi Nagata, one of the international jury members for the ESD Prize who organized for his students and colleagues.  Read more about their visit here.

World Cleanup Day is fast approaching and our new environmental education intern at NaDEET Centre Michael took on the task to address participants about the waste management. This will better prepare our participants and citizens to do their part in keeping the environment clean and safe.

Held under the theme of “Renewable Energy, Agriculture and Environment for Rural Communities”, NaDEET took the opportunity to promote the efficient use of clean & renewable energy to women from northern Namibia. NaDEET staff exhibited the use of solar ovens and fuel-efficient stoves, as well as, other sustainability practices. Delegates were also involved in hands-on making of recycled fireballs and solar cooking. NaDEET gave away one fuel-efficient stove to one lucky delegate.