Cultural Sustainability: a key aspect of Education for Sustainability
Arihia Latham has been facilitating Sustainability in Education through the Enviroschools programme in Wellington schools for ten years. She is also a rongoā practitioner (traditional Māori healer) and a writer who is working across all platforms to re-indigenise our community.
The Enviroschools Kaupapa has a commitment to ensuring our schools are supported in strengthening cultural sustainability which is aligned with place-based education, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, local curriculum and history studies. This workshop will look at how we ensure we are being good treaty partners, how to be culturally safe and why forming relationships with mana whenua is key. We'll look at the Enviroschools programme as a whole and how being community oriented strengthens schools as hubs of inspiration in their community.