Sandwatch celebrates 15 years! Where to next?
The Sandwatch programme started in 2001 with a training workshop in St. Lucia and now we have passed the 15-year milestone.
And what a 15-years it has been! With so many Sandwatch groups all over the world using and improving the Sandwatch methodology of Monitoring, Analysing, Sharing information and Taking action (M.A.S.T) to conserve our beach and coastal environments and to use them wisely.
With so many achievements by Sandwatch groups it is difficult to single out individual successes. But here are a few …… and they range from:
- seeing aspects of Sandwatch integrated into the school curriculum in Cook Islands and Kiribati ….. to more than 500 high school students in the Dominican Republic using Sandwatch for their community service activities, which is a requirement for graduation;
- seeing the Sandwatch methodology being applied to the understanding of climate change, especially ocean acidification in Australia …… to the amazing Sandwatch student exchange visits between Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and UK;
- seeing Sandwatch students in The Bahamas replant and conserve sand dunes after a hurricane...to Sandwatch being recognized as one of 25 most successful Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiatives from around the world in 2014 at the end of the Decade of ESD.
- seeing the expansion of Sandwatch from a small regional Caribbean project to now being represented in more than 50 countries in all corners of the world;
- seeing the numerous regional and international conferences that Sandwatch teachers and students have hosted and attended with UNESCO support is literally too lengthy to list!
So as we enter into our second 15-years of Sandwatch we want to hear from you and find out what you would like Sandwatch to achieve in the coming years. Over the course of 2017 the Sandwatch Foundation will be contacting many of you individually, by email, by phone and by skype, to find out what long term impact Sandwatch has had on your students, your groups, your schools, your communities, and to learn how you would like Sandwatch to evolve in years to come.
And of course a special acknowledgement to all the organisations that have supported Sandwatch in so many different ways ……. to UNESCO and the National Commissions for UNESCO; to the many universities, colleges and schools; to the government organisations; to the non-governmental and community groups; and to dedicated individuals.
The Sandwatch Foundation – Gillian, Paul, Dave and Michelle.
And what a 15-years it has been! With so many Sandwatch groups all over the world using and improving the Sandwatch methodology of Monitoring, Analysing, Sharing information and Taking action (M.A.S.T) to conserve our beach and coastal environments and to use them wisely.
With so many achievements by Sandwatch groups it is difficult to single out individual successes. But here are a few …… and they range from:
- seeing aspects of Sandwatch integrated into the school curriculum in Cook Islands and Kiribati ….. to more than 500 high school students in the Dominican Republic using Sandwatch for their community service activities, which is a requirement for graduation;
- seeing the Sandwatch methodology being applied to the understanding of climate change, especially ocean acidification in Australia …… to the amazing Sandwatch student exchange visits between Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and UK;
- seeing Sandwatch students in The Bahamas replant and conserve sand dunes after a hurricane...to Sandwatch being recognized as one of 25 most successful Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiatives from around the world in 2014 at the end of the Decade of ESD.
- seeing the expansion of Sandwatch from a small regional Caribbean project to now being represented in more than 50 countries in all corners of the world;
- seeing the numerous regional and international conferences that Sandwatch teachers and students have hosted and attended with UNESCO support is literally too lengthy to list!
So as we enter into our second 15-years of Sandwatch we want to hear from you and find out what you would like Sandwatch to achieve in the coming years. Over the course of 2017 the Sandwatch Foundation will be contacting many of you individually, by email, by phone and by skype, to find out what long term impact Sandwatch has had on your students, your groups, your schools, your communities, and to learn how you would like Sandwatch to evolve in years to come.
And of course a special acknowledgement to all the organisations that have supported Sandwatch in so many different ways ……. to UNESCO and the National Commissions for UNESCO; to the many universities, colleges and schools; to the government organisations; to the non-governmental and community groups; and to dedicated individuals.
The Sandwatch Foundation – Gillian, Paul, Dave and Michelle.