Date of RCE Acknowledgement:
January, 2007
Description of RCE and Geographic Region:
RCE KwaZulu-Natal collaborates with various partners in ESD, in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, in the Midlands region of Pietermaritzburg and northwards.
All individuals and organisations in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands who seek more sustainable practices through ESD are welcome to join and collaborate.
AfriAlliance Group on a field-trip in Mpophomeni (Photo cr: RCE KwaZulu-Natal)
Organisation Hosting RCE Secretariat:
University / NGO Partnership
Goals and Objective:
Promote sustainable lifestyles through ESD.
Jim Taylor and Gcina Dladla in eSwatini for the 9th African Regional RCE meeting (Photo cr: RCE KwaZulu-Natal)
Key Partners:
Name of organisation: UKZN
Role: Founder Member and Research partner
Contact name: Dr. Jim Taylor
Contact email: jimtaylor835@gmail.com
Name of organisation: GroundTruth
Role: Founder Member and Water related projects
Contact name: Dr. Mark Graham
Contact email: mark@groundtruth.co.za
Name of organisation: WESSA
Role: Founder Member and Project Partner
Contact name: Matthew Cocks
Contact email: matthew@wessa.co.za
Name of organisation: DUCT
Role: Founder Member and Project Partner
Contact name: Liz Taylor
Contact email: ejdtaylor@gmail.com
Current Activities:
Citizen Science for sustainable water management
HandPrint Actions for Sustainability
ESD Training in SA, India, Germany and Mexico through Mentee training programmes
Achievements:
Attended and presented the keynote at the African RCE meeting in eSwatini from 5-7 August, 2019
Hosted the AfriAlliance workshop on Citizen Science for the southern African region
Supported the Umzimvubu Catchment Project – catchment-wide sustainable living
Supported NADEET (in Namibia). NADEET won the UNESCO award (US $ 50,000)
AfriAlliance delegates from 6 Countries: Italy, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa, Tanzania, Lesotho (Photo cr: RCE KwaZulu-Natal)
Upcoming Activities:
Sustainability Starts with Teachers (SST) in 11 countries in partnership with UNESCO and Rhodes University
Citizen Science for sustainable water management. Developing citizen science tools for level 2 monitoring of SDG 6.3.2
HandPrint Actions for Sustainability
23-28 August, 2020 – Global Mentoring course in ESD with Germany, India, Mexico & South Africa (Virtual format)
Chihiro Saito and Fumiko Noguchi, UNU-IAS with Jim Taylor, RCE KwaZulu-Natal (Photo cr: RCE KwaZulu-Natal)
Name:
Jim Taylor
Email:
jimtaylor835@gmail.com
General RCE email:
jimtaylor835@gmail.com
RCE Mailing ress for Correspondence:
P.O. Box 134, Merrivale, 3291, South Africa
Email:
mark@groundtruth.co.za
Name:
Mark Graham
RCE Youth Coordinator:
Ayanda Lepheana
ayanda@groundtruth.co.za
Saltanat M Kazi saltanat@teri.res.in
Saltanat M Kazi saltanat@teri.res.in
Saltanat M Kazi saltanat@teri.res.in
Saltanat M Kazi saltanat@teri.res.in
Saltanat M Kazi saltanat@teri.res.in
United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
(UNU-IAS)
5‒53‒70 Jingumae
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5467 1212
Fax: +81 3 3499 2828
United Nations University
Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
(UNU-IAS)
5‒53‒70 Jingumae
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8925
Japan
Tel: +81 3 5467 1212
Fax: +81 3 3499 2828
