Nature Conservation
July 29, 2021
What do we teach our children about Conservation?
Conservation is protecting Earth's natural resources for current and future generations. Younger generations seem to have no interest in nature conservation or its importance. At Gaborone International School (GIS), we realise if we are to protect the Earth and its biological diversity as well as maintain habitats for the future, our learners need to know not only the importance of this act but also how to do it themselves.
We encourage the simple task of picking litter in their surroundings as one way of raising environmental awareness as this also creates the opportunity to talk about conservation. During some Biology lessons we task learners with finding and identifying as many animal and/or plant species as they can and commenting on the diversity in their school. This is linked to the topics in the curriculum and the practical engagement helps bring the environment and hopefully conservation closer to home and the mind.
Additionally, we engage in serious conversations about plants and animals that lands on the endangered species list such as the Tiger and our very own Giraffe. Teaching our learners about the value of all creatures, big and small is important for the future of conservation. Children are the future custodians of our planet and teaching them the value of all creatures is important step in raising environmentally aware citizens.
Promoting conservation might not be easy, but we need to try as much as possible to make our children understand the consequences of not conserving natural resources and habitats while we still can. Irreversible change to the environment is happening every day and there is no telling how much humankind may one day need of what is being lost now.
At GIS we find it imperative that the future of the Earth, our children, must be taught about conservation the environment now. Learners recently celebrated World Environment Day and participated in planting trees around the school. This was no doubt a step in the right direction in raising awareness and conservation.
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