Changes: Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust

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The Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET) is a non-profit, Namibian trust established in 2003. It is located 100 km south of Sesriem/Soussusvlei on the NamibRand Nature Reserve. NaDEET believes environmental education must not only increase awareness and knowledge but also eco-friendly attitudes and skills in Namibia's youth and educators to promote participation.

NaDEET Objectives

To provide environmental education for Namibian children and educators, regardless of income, by

addressing relevant environmental issues through hands-on, experimental learning.

supporting the Namibian school curricula in a practical, learner-centred way.

providing them with the opportunity of experiencing their county's namesake - the Namib Desert - first hand, thus creating a sense of respect and responsibility for their natural environment.

EE - a national and international priority

Namibia's vision 2030 and the United Nations' Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UN - DESD) 2005 - 2014, now provide a strong framework for local action, such as NaDEET’s Projects:

Environmental Education at NaDEET Centre - Three to five day hands-on, experiential, environmental education programmes for Namibian youth, grades three to twelve. Learners participate in many activities such as solar cooking, recycling paper and learning about the plants and animals in the desert first-hand.

Environmental Literacy Projects - The main NaDEET literacy project is a youth mini-magazine available at no cost to all learners, educators and interested citizens in Namibia, called the Bush Telegraph. Over 7 500 learners and educators are currently subscribed. It aims to increase knowledge of and improve attitudes towards our environment through reading.

Capacity Building and Tertiary Level Support - Training of Namibian environmental educators at the Centre, as well as hosting of tertiary level Namibian students over a period of six months for practical, hands-on experience in outdoor teaching, programme planning, Centre logistics and activity development.

[This text was borrowed from http://www.nadeet.org/about.html.]

News and recent developments

November 2011: NaDEET reports that since they began teaching solar cooking in Namibia in 2003, they have taught over 5000 people.

September 2011: The Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET), a non-profit Namibian trust geared towards protecting Namibia’s natural environment through educating citizens how to live sustainably, has to date donated about 70 solar cookers to almost 150 people in the South. In 2010 NaDEET expanded its youth orientated programmes to include adults, in order to expand knowledge about solar cooking and related issues, such as climate change. A survey done prior to the training found that 57 per cent of the adults did not know about climate change. Viktoria Keding, director of NaDEET, explained there is a misperception that children are the primary target, whereas adults are just as eager to learn and adapt, especially when the benefits are clear. Read more...

April 2011: Jon Maravelias of the NGO, NaDEET, traveled to five communities in Namibia to evaluate results of previous solar cooking workshops conducted by the organization. The areas are mostly rural and poor. He reports; In general, it seemed that the poorer you were, the more you relied on solar cooking since it meant you did not need to collect firewood for the day. He visited several women who use the solar cooker and fuel-efficient stoves to heat their bath water and to cook all of their meals. The most successful communities were the ones with a traditional power structure. Both the communities of Maltahohe and Bethanien were under the leadership of two elder women. NaDEET also has been active in planting new trees in this mostly barren area. Read more...

July 2010: Students learn how to cook on solar. The final 20 students from a group of 60 received their certificates last week for successfully completing a training course on the use of alternative energy to help rural communities create conditions for sustainable living in Namibia. The project is possible through NaDEET, an NGO funded from the Small Grants Programme of the Global Environment Facility. More Information...

Articles in the media

July 2010: Solar ovens can slow climate change - New Era

External links

http://www.nadeet.org

Contact

NaDEET
P.O. Box 31017
Pioneerspark - Windhoek
Namibia

Tel: +264 (0)63-693 012
Fax: +264 (0)63-693 013

Email: admin@nadeet.org
Web: http://www.nadeet.org

Trust Certificate No.: T168/2003

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 ==News and recent developments==
-*'''November 2011:''' NaDEET reports that since they began teaching solar cooking in [[Namibia]] in  2003, they have taught over 5000 people.
+*'''November 2011:''' [[NaDEET]] reports that since they began teaching solar cooking in [[Namibia]] in  2003, they have taught over 5000 people.
 *'''September 2011:''' The [[Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust]] (NaDEET), a non-profit Namibian trust geared towards protecting Namibia’s natural environment through educating citizens how to live sustainably, has to date donated about 70 solar cookers to almost 150 people in the South. In 2010 NaDEET expanded its youth orientated programmes to include adults,  in order to expand knowledge about solar cooking and related issues, such as climate change. A survey done prior to the training found that 57 per cent of the adults did not know about climate change. Viktoria Keding, director of NaDEET, explained there is a misperception that children are the primary target, whereas adults are just as eager to learn and adapt, especially when the benefits are clear. [http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/september/article/shining-a-light-on-solar-cooking/ Read more...]