1. Best of Both Worlds 2016 Colorado, USA EERace: The Amazing Environmental Education Course For Teachers In Sabah, Malaysia
Bernadette Joeman & G. Hubert Petol
Rainforest Discovery Centre,
SABAH FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
MALAYSIA

2. Contents Introduction to the RDC
Background of RDC’s teacher’s course on EE
What is EERace ?
The conclusion

3. RDC is situated in the East Coast of Sabah

4. The RDC is situated within the 4,400 Ha Kabili-Sepilok FR

5. Our 347m-long canopy walkway is one of our main attraction

6. RDC is first and foremost an Environmental Education Centre

7. Our Sepilok Jr Rangers Programme nurtures children to love nature

8. RDC is home to the Borneo Bird Festival

9. Background of RDC’s teacher’s course on EE
Two types of teacher’s courses conducted from 1998 to 2005.
Introduction to Environmental Education
Residential Course on Environmental Education
2005, we revised these courses in a 2- day workshop
We have trained more than 880 teachers
We have conducted 3 EERace Simulation courses, 8 EERaces & 2 EERace Seminars

10. What is EERace?
A unique six-day course, which takes participants to many places to complete their assignments about topics related to forest and wildlife conservation, agriculture, electrical power production and conservation, water purification and supply, communities and many more.
It’s experiential, participant-centred & 70% outdoor.
teachers are divided into 6 groups & each group is given 3 assignments

11. Learning how to make crab traps from the community

12. Cleaning an oxbow lake off Salvinia

13. Hands on experience plucking tea at Sabah Tea Garden

14. Realising the importance of recycling at the landfill

15. Making fish traps with a fishing community

16. Tree planting with community

17. Assignment: You are required to know the rehabilitation proses & conservation of orangutan in Sepilok

18. Assignment: What is Sustainable Forest Management?

19. Assignment: A day in the life of a fishing community

20. Each group presents their assignments to other groups

21. Like any race, one group will emerge the EERace CHAMPION!

22. A survey on the impacts of EERace to teachers
Survey conducted: March-April 2012
Sandakan Teachers from EERace 1-9
38 respondence
Format: Interviews with questionaire

23. Findings from the survey
More teachers are involved in Environmental programmes
Their level of involvements go beyond the school
Personal impact: More teachers are using eco-bags when shopping.

24. Conclusion Teachers enjoy the EERace approach to EE training
EERace brings together the government, NGOs, communities and the private sector in educating teachers on the environment.
More schools are doing environmental programmes: recyling, composting, energy saving campaign, school greening programmes.

25. Thank You