INK Environmental Sustainability Booklet [19 MB] - Durban

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catchment, making the knowledge base much more useful. In this way students
also learn about other communities and their needs and life-styles.
Experience has proved that a key aspect of river and catchment investigations
is the co-operation of Local Authorities and the community. Local Authorities are
usually quite open and co-operative, and might well support any efforts at improving
the environment from the school and general communities. In a number of case
studies Local Authorities have even supported these projects financially (transport,
test materials, etc.)
The co-operation of teachers from a variety of school disciplines should be sought
(the geography teacher for catchment studies, history teacher for historical aspects,
the language teacher for interviews and writing letters, art teacher for building models,
etc.) Regular networking with similar projects in other parts of the world are also
critically important, as new ideas, materials and resources can be readily accessed.
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