reuben
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Post by reuben on Sept 7, 2015 13:46:29 GMT -8
What if your elementary school had been located in the middle of a soon-to-be national park? Escuela = school, valle = valley, Chacabuco is a nearby town. Environmental Education at Escuela Valle ChacabucoI posted this a while ago to the FB group and should have posted it here as well. I'm sorta involved down there, so I try to keep up with what's going on. I'm headed there in November. |
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amaruq
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Post by amaruq on Sept 8, 2015 5:02:05 GMT -8
This is amazing. A beautiful region and an incredible, educational life experience for the children.
I grew up in small isolated town in Northwestern Ontario and, while we had no continuous environmental/ecological (E/E) curriculum, there was a week-long program in the tenth grade for the top 50 boys and top 50 girls to break from their normal studies to attend an intensive, hands-on E/E experience similar to those kids. Looking back as an adult now, it was fairly progressive given that the primary source of funding was the local pulp and paper mill (not exactly the most enviro-friendly industry).
Talking with my sister several years after I'd been freed from high school, I discovered the school had actually instituted a hands-on outdoors course teaching things like survival, some traditional Canadian outdoors activities (backpacking, x-country skiing, dog-sledding, etc), and how to be a good environmental steward. Only a little bit sad that I missed out on that one.
I always like to see how other nations (or regions) tackle environmental education, especially those that also lay claim to great tracts of precious wilderness.
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