The Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA) conference is an event hosted by Southern African Development Countries (SADC) member states annually. In 2018, it was hosted by Zambia under the theme “Rethinking Education for Sustainable Development: A key to our Future.” CCB’s Education officer Mr Britz G. Malepe and volunteer Ms Keneilwe Mathaba attended the conference in September. The objectives were to exchange ideas and experiences with other environmental practitioners as well as to create working networks among EEASA members.
The conference attracted about 200 participants from all over the SADC region as well as from Sweden and the United States of America including 12 representatives from Botswana. The participants enjoyed various excursions such as the visit to Kazungula bridge, Victoria Falls, an art studio that uses waste to make artefacts and eco-cycling and a tour of the town of Livingstone. To conclude the conference, EEASA held their Annual General Meeting that was attended by all, at which a lot of issues relating to EEASA Council and Conferences were raised.
This event is a wonderful platform for networking as it gives an opportunity to participants to forge collaborations and to work together for the successful implementation of education for sustainable development projects and initiatives. CCB’s representatives were excited to learn about all the different approaches including performing arts that are being used to further disseminate environmental conservation messages to different audiences.
The conference attracted about 200 participants from all over the SADC region as well as from Sweden and the United States of America including 12 representatives from Botswana. The participants enjoyed various excursions such as the visit to Kazungula bridge, Victoria Falls, an art studio that uses waste to make artefacts and eco-cycling and a tour of the town of Livingstone. To conclude the conference, EEASA held their Annual General Meeting that was attended by all, at which a lot of issues relating to EEASA Council and Conferences were raised.
This event is a wonderful platform for networking as it gives an opportunity to participants to forge collaborations and to work together for the successful implementation of education for sustainable development projects and initiatives. CCB’s representatives were excited to learn about all the different approaches including performing arts that are being used to further disseminate environmental conservation messages to different audiences.
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