Educator Capacity Building: Train the Trainer: School Climate Advocacy, Empowerment & Interfaith Leadership Eco-Workshop
On Friday, 02 June 2023, at IQRAA Trust Centre in Bulwer, Durban, One Voice South Africa (OVSA) brought together 15 educators, 5 OVSA facilitators and one trainer for a workshop on climate advocacy and leadership. This educator capacity building, 4 - hour workshop, conducted and designed by Ms. Merylene Chitharai, focused on empowering educators to become eco-leaders to promote climate advocacy at their schools or teaching facilities. Supported by experiential knowledge and training, Ms. Merylene had attended a training with Religions for Peace International and Greenfaith in Krakow, Poland in 2018 called 'Train the Trainer Workshop on Climate Change' . Click here to read her reflections about this workshop. She shared experiential knowledge by giving a spiritual perspective on climate change. Her workshop centered on group activities, engaged participants in an Interfaith Prayer, Earth Poetry, Eco-Autobiography Exercises, Climate Pledge Exercises, Story Telling and an Eart...