scholarly journals Self-Directed Education in Two Transformative Pro-Environmental Initiatives within the Eco-Schools Programme: A South African Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Kruger
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
South African ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
School Initiatives ◽  
Resource Poor ◽  
Local Support ◽  
Widespread Interest

The international Eco-Schools programme promotes Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through introducing and stimulating pro-environmental initiatives by school learners and staff. This enabled learners in the Eco-Clubs at a resource-poor primary school to identify and undertake transformative pro-environmental initiatives in 2011 and 2014 through Self-Directed Education (SDE). An educative approach encouraging critical thinking at the school provided the foundation that made this possible. In discussing and working through their strategies to undertake research and challenge authorities about noncompliance in regard to municipal responsibilities that led to environmental degradation, Eco-Club members liaised freely with teachers and other learners. This process, together with local support for the eco-school initiatives, stimulated widespread interest and generated hope among learners by showing that another way of being is possible.

scholarly journals The involvement of parents in the implementation of Curriculum 21 in a rural KwaZulu-Natal primary school : a case study

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Phiwayinkosi Manqoba Biyela
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public School ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
South African ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Family Home ◽  
South African Schools Act

The introduction of Curriculum 21 in South Africa in 1998 has brought with it added responsibilities for parents. According to the South African Schools' Act, No.84 (1996), parents have been granted powers to "support teachers in the performance of their task "and "determine subject choices" for their children. However, when Curriculum 21 was introduced in 1998, relevant programmes for introducing parents to these ideas dia not exist. According to Schlebusch and Spady (1999) family, home, identity and respect are important features of Curriculum 21 and only parents can create the best conditions for the academic development of their children. Therefore, the involvement of parents in the education of their children is vital. This dissertation is a case study of a rural KwaZulu- Natal public school, Hopewell Primary School, in which a pilot study of a programme to introduce parents to their responsibilities in the implementation of Curriculum 21, was first introduced.

scholarly journals Eco-Initiatives in Municipal Cultural Institutions as Examples of Activities for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Poznan

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 682
Author(s):  
Mateusz Rozmiarek ◽  
Kevin Nowacki ◽  
Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko ◽  
Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Deep Ecology ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Environmental Initiatives ◽  
Institutional Cooperation ◽  
The City

The aim of the study is to demonstrate which pro-environmental initiatives consistent with the idea of sustainable development are undertaken by municipal cultural institutions in Poznan—the largest city in the Greater Poland region in Poland. The diagnostic survey was conducted by means of interviews with directors of municipal cultural institutions or their representatives. A total of 12 (out of 15) municipal cultural institutions from the city of Poznan were surveyed. All were asked to cite specific examples of their activities, visualising their institution’s approach to ecology. The results indicated that the institutions undertake numerous eco-initiatives, which very often fit into the discourse on so-called “deep ecology” and address the sources of the existing environmental crisis. Their activities are also aimed at stimulating a “return to nature” of the city’s inhabitants. In addition to initiatives aimed at the recipients of the offer of individual institutions, many institutions also pay attention to pro-environmental internal activities. In effect, the results could be divided into three general groups, which include internal institutional activities, the implementation of projects on environmental themes, and educational activities in the field of ecology. However, these activities were undertaken individually, as the survey revealed a lack of inter-institutional cooperation on ongoing projects.

scholarly journals Eco-Innovation in Municipalities as an Element of Smaller Agglomerations Sustainable Development - Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-116
Author(s):  
Anna Zelga-Szmidla ◽  
Katarzyna Kapustka
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
The State ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
State Of The Environment ◽  
Macroeconomic Management

Abstract Management in accordance with the principle of sustainable development is one of the basic aspects of environmental protection, and is nevertheless important in macroeconomic management (eco-innovations in national regulations) as well as in micro-regulations (municipal regulations). The municipalities authorities are obliged to preventing the negative effects of environmental degradation, preventing pollution, providing information on the state of the environment, cover the environmental policy, in order to ensure the land advancement in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. The implemented projects should mainly improve the living conditions of the inhabitants. That is why eco-innovative activities introduced in individual, small territorial areas (municipalities) are becoming more and more important. The paper is based on a case study as a recognized method of analyzing and discussing authentic situations used in management sciences.

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