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Eco-Solution 3: Environmental Education At the time of the audit, Gymkidz had few elements
of environmental education incorporated into its
“Children will inherit this planet. Will they care for it activities with kids. Hence, our objective, mission and
better than we have? Repair the damage we have done recommendations are further elaborated below.
before it is too late” – Jane Goodall
Objective
We spotted the quote on the cover of a book found at a
pre-school that we visited (see Figure 10). To impart the importance of protecting the environment
to the children.

Mission

To incorporate elements of environmental education
into activities conducted by GymKidz.

Lesson plan

Developed in partnership between ITE, WWF and
GymKidz

GymKidz, as an educational provider, offers the best
opportunity for us to include environmental education
Figure 10: Quote from the cover of a book. into its programs for children. Figure 11 shows how we
engaged the children in environmental education.

Figure 11: ITE students and GymKidz staff engaging children in environmental
education.
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