| INTRODUCTION The mission of the National Botanical Institute (NBI)'s Environmental Education
Programme is to use the eight National Botanical Gardens (NBG) and Resources to inspire
and enable people to take responsibility for their environment.Three existing programmes
are run at Kirstenbosch, Witwatersrand and Pretoria (NBI, 2000).
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMMES
- improvement of access for pupils, students and teachers to
the gardens;
- facilitating access to the resources and expertise housed at
the NBI to increase the educational value of a visit to the NBG;
- contributing to educational reconstruction and development
through quality environmental and botanical education programmes;
- development of effective environmental and botanical
education networks;
- encouragement and support of community-based environmental
action linked to indigenous plants; and
- continuous evaluation of programmes to ensure dynamic
development and improvement.
REFERENCES
National Botanical Institute 2000: Environmental
Education at the National Botanical Institute. http://www.nbi.ac.za/education.htm |
