Education
Environmental education is any kind of teaching about how natural environments function and how human beings can manage their behaviour and ecosystems in order to live sustainably. The term can refer to education within formal school and university systems. However, it is also used more broadly to include all efforts to educate the public and other audiences, including print materials, websites, media campaigns and the like.
At its heart is the idea which transports the participant from nature appreciation and awareness to education for an ecologically sustainable future. Environmental education programs often seek to first engage with participants through developing an understanding of nature which is then translated into actions that affect conservation and sustainability.
Wide teaching experience
Eco Doctor’s Environmental education projects include:
Presentation of seminars on formulation of environmental management plans under ISO 14001 certification system for seven different clients.
Organisation and hosting of a UN sponsored tour of 8 delegates from Hanoi, looking at waste and composting technologies in New Zealand.
Preparation and presentation of environmental seminars and training courses on environmental impacts of geothermal development, for members of the industry operating in Indonesia.
Advice and training on the social and environmental impacts of the extraction and use of landfill gas from landfills in Manila, Philippines, for conversion into electricity. This work has been done in conjunction with Philippine officials from PNOC EC and NZAID.
Design and presentation of environmental awareness courses for junior to senior management (250 people in all) of Total Fina Elf Indonesie, for their operations in East Kalimantan and Java.
Presentation of training and awareness courses on environmental issues associated with the Oil & Gas industry in NZ.
On-the-job training in aspects of environmental impacts and awareness at Maui Production Station, Maui A & B Platforms & on the Whakaaropai FPSO, off the coast of Taranaki, New Zealand (oil refining & storage tanker).
Designed an oil spill response course for staff of VICO Indonesia at a large petrochemical storage depot in North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Full time university lecturer and course co-ordinator for 1st year Physical Geography to a class of 230 undergraduates at Victoria University of Wellington.
Guest lecturer for the Physics department at Victoria University of Wellington for lectures on energy and the environment.
Various presentations to schools and NZ Scouting groups on energy efficiency, climate change and renewable energy.