Keeping a grow profile

Planting pathways for educators to grow environmental topics taught at local schools epitomised the Environmental Educators Expo at Pūtangitangi Greenmeadows Centre last week.

The event, cultivated by Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council and the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education, cropped up 14 local exhibitors from conservation and climate change to waste management.

Co-organiser Prashanti Lovegrove, who also coordinates the regional Garden to Table programme, says “great conversations” were had between teachers and exhibitors, and she is satisfied the event was fruitful.

“There’s a lot of expectations on teachers and they can’t be experts on everything, so our [attending] teachers have learned from our experts who might be able to deliver environmental education from a specialist perspective to our tamariki in schools.”

“We feel like it’s paramount that our tamariki understand the environmental pressures that we face and how to take action for our environment.”