Our children are the next generation. We, as humans, pass on our legacy to them, whether good or bad.
Environmental skills helps children understand the importance of preserving our natural resources and provides them with the tools to become responsible environmental stewards.
Hence, teaching our children about the environment and the need to protect it at an early age is critical.
Professor Wangari Maathai, the late 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, said, “You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, inform them, and help them understand that these resources are their own and that they must protect them.”
Words well understood by teacher Nzuu Boniface, the environmental club leader at the Msoa SDA primary school in Makueni County, Kenya.
Teacher Nzuu has been teaching children like Mwikali to protect the environment by planting trees and handling waste materials. Why has he been doing this? Listen to the podcast below.
We humans rely on nature to survive and have a God-given responsibility to protect the environment we call home.
The environment underpins humans’ survival today and tomorrow. Earth’s natural resources, such as the oceans, rivers, minerals, forests, savannas, grasslands, wildlife, and soil, are vital for the economies, food production, clean air, and the general wealth of every human and wildlife existing on this planet.
As the world warms, it’s important to remember the vital role the environment’s natural resources, such as forests, play in balancing human activities such as the burning of coal and other fossil fuels and reducing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
Our children our future.Great work musoa Sda primary school
Wow! It is encouraging to hear tree planting culture cultivated in our children.