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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bacon, Jamie P
• Ziepniewski, Cathy

Titel

Environmental Education: The Need, the Challenges, and What We've Learned

Ist Teil von

• Voices in Education, 2017-08, Vol.3, p.16

Ort / Verlag

Bermuda College

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

ERIC

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Bermuda's fragile environment is under threat. Rising sea levels due to global warming, ocean acidification, invasive lionfish, plastic debris and locally generated water pollution are just a few of the issues that should concern all of Bermuda's residents. Now, more than ever, "environmental education" should be a critical part of every child's education. Adults also need to be made aware of these issues and appropriate courses of action. In response to this need, the "Bermuda Zoological Society" (BZS) has developed several programmes utilising experiential education and designed to increase environmental awareness and appreciation. Each of our week-long summer Aqua Camps for preschool to senior-one aged "children" addresses different natural history themes. Our "Kids on the Reef" programme provides middle-school students with a life-changing, two-day reef ecology, snorkeling and free-diving experience. Our "Schools Programme" free classes and field trips dovetail with the Cambridge Curriculum and teach the material using engaging, hands-on activities. And our Bermuda Natural History Course provides adults with stimulating lectures and field trips given by the island's experts. Through these efforts our hope is to inspire appreciation and stewardship of Bermuda's fragile environment.