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A New Environmental Education Tool
by Charlie Welch
The training of primary school teachers of the SAVA region in use of
the Teacher’s Manual for Teaching Environmental Education has been
a pillar of the SAVA Conservation environmental education program
since the beginning of the project. In recent years, SAVA Conservation
has been collaborating with GIZ/Symrise on various environmental
education activities, including the teacher trainings. GIZ is an
international development branch of the German government, and
partners with Symrise, a global supplier of fragrances and flavorings,
including vanilla. GIZ and Symrise have formed an alliance in an effort
to improve the human condition and put in place environmentally
sensitive and sustainable practices in the SAVA region. They have
supported the creation of an environmental education tool known as
the Kit Mad’ere, which can be used by primary school teachers as a
visual aid. The kit is made to be easily portable, and has many velcro
type removable attachments (see photos). As with the Teacher’s
Manual, trainings are carried out for the kits by a trained team, and
SAVA Conservation education personnel participated in and helped to
organize the trainings. Two separate Kit Mad’ere trainings took place
in Feb. and March of this year, and eventually the Kit trainings will be
integrated into the Teacher’s Manual trainings. We are very pleased to be collaborating
with GIZ/Symrise in the critically important realm of environmental education.
The SAVA Conservation education team, with (from left) Environ-
mental Education Coordinator, Joxe, and teacher trainers Vita Mod-
este and Bruno, all with their Kits.
Vita Modeste with an unfolded Kit Mad’ere
