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ESKOM Energy and Sustainability Programme

The ESKOM Energy and Sustainability Programme (E&S) is a partnership programme for Education for Sustainable Development between ESKOM and the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA).

It is a programme which supports Active Learning Sustainability Projects with young people in many areas of South Africa. Each of these projects is a stand-alone project and regional co-ordinators from the E&S Programme support and assist educators with these projects.

Currently, the E&S Programme supports 184 projects in South Africa. The number of projects supported by the E&S Programme is represented graphically as follows:


Implementation of the E&S Programme concentrates on three intervention methods:

  • Active Learning Projects (focussed intervention with smaller groups)
  • Provincial workshops (intervention with groups of educators at clustered schools)
  • Strategic Areas schools (strong support with schools clustered near Eskom builds)

For the past 16 years Eskom and WESSA (together) have evolved the design of a joint partnership for Education for Sustainable Development.

In its early years, the programme was run as a nati onal environmental education competition (the Eskom Enviro Competition). Since 2002, however, the programme has changed to meet relevant and appropriate requirements for Education for Sustainable Development processes within a changing South Africa. The programme presently manages a support programme for environmental active learning, centred on local issues, and based on school learners accepting the challenge to work on environmental sustainability issues within their local context.

Due to the responsive nature of the WESSA organisational structure to meet the needs of Education for Sustainable Development in a changing South Africa, and the existing network of regional co-ordinators within that structur e, the E&S Programme is well-placed to support the objectives of both partners – that of vibrant, active learning, and project-driven education for young South Africans.

Project contact details:
Avril Wilkinson
Tel 036-637-5616 / 083-455-6043
E-mail avwil@worldonline.co.za

 


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