AECI Eco-Schools Water Education Project 2020 - Modderfontein

Teachers and learners display improved understanding of environmental challenges, evident in their confidence when communicating environmental content knowledge and their related actions towards sustainable lifestyles.

Learners are becoming more environmentally conscious and are making small changes in their daily lives to create a cleaner sustainable planet through e.g. waste management.

The water savings project resulted in a 48.3% reduction of water use or 1280 kilolitres of water which is estimated at R121, 810. The savings allowed for schools to focus on other priorities.

Ability to apply environmental knowledge to real world contexts.

The ten AECI Modderfontein Eco-schools have formed a network of schools that are implementing environmental projects. Moduope and Emfundisweni Primary Schools has adopted and are mentoring other schools in Tembisa.

Schools have showed commitment and dedication in improving their school environments by maintaining the existing projects and starting new environmental action projects.

The schools are minimizing their impact on the environment and are contributing positively to the environment by changing learner and teacher behaviour.

Improved teacher capacity in terms of strongly linking action projects with curriculum requirements has been seen in the classroom.

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