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SANDWATCH

SANDWATCH. AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Vision statement. Sandwatch seeks to change the lifestyle and habits of youth and adults on a community-wide basis and to develop awareness of the fragile nature of the marine and coastal environment and the need to use it wisely.

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SANDWATCH

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  1. SANDWATCH AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  2. Vision statement Sandwatch seeks to change the lifestyle and habits of youth and adults on a community-wide basis and to develop awareness of the fragile nature of the marine and coastal environment and the need to use it wisely

  3. Specific objectives • Involve school students of all ages in the scientific observation, measurement and analysis of beaches utilizing an inter-disciplinary approach • Assist school students, with the help of teachers, parents and local communities, to apply the information to the wise management and enhancement of their beaches • Reduce the level of pollution in adjoining seas and oceans

  4. Starting as a pilot project • Sandwatch started small scale with just a few schools in several islands involved • The idea was to see if the approach was successful and if so to expand it accordingly • We are now at the end of the pilot project stage

  5. Teacher training workshop 2001 • Teachers from 17 Caribbean countries met in St. Lucia in 2001 to learn about the Sandwatch approach and methods used • They were joined by students from secondary schools in St. Lucia • They were provided with basic equipment and manuals for use in their islands

  6. Teachers and students testing out the methods in 2001

  7. Sandwatch approach 1. Scientific measurement • Selecting a beach to monitor • Observing and recording • Measuring erosion and accretion • Beach composition • Human activities on the beach • Beach debris • Water quality • Waves • Longshore currents • Plants and animals

  8. Sandwatch approach 2. Scientific analysis • Incorporating the activities into all parts of the curriculum • Analysing the results • Making conclusions

  9. Sandwatch approach 3. Applying science to life • Based on the monitoring, identifying sustainable development issues at the beach • Discussing conflicts and their resolution • Designing and implementing sustainable development projects/activities to implement with the community at the beach

  10. Sharing results of monitoring activities in Dominica in 2003 • Teachers and students from 10 Caribbean countries met to share their findings and results and discuss future activities • They were joined by teachers and education professionals from Seychelles, Cook Islands and Palau

  11. Sharing results of monitoring activities in Dominica in 2003

  12. Implementing sustainable development projects • Starting in September 2004 a Community Sandwatch Competition was launched • Schools embarked on projects with their communities to address beach issues • Judging of entries in progress July 2005 • Winners to be announced in September 2005 and to take part in an ESD conference in Jamaica

  13. Community Sandwatch Competition Some of the titles of projects: Operation: Love your beach -Share our care - be aware - Footprints in the sand - Animals on the beach: an opinion poll - Changes and tourism Anaaaraura Beach, Mauke - All things bright and beautiful - Saving our natural heritage -Garbage is more than a headache – Promoting community awareness of sustainable environment development

  14. Community Sandwatch competition

  15. Sandwatch strategy1. Review • To date the Sandwatch approach has worked well in the pilot schools, some of which have adapted it to their individual needs and integrated it across the curriculum and into the wider community. For the future the strategy is to strengthen and expand

  16. Sandwatch strategy2. Strengthen • Assessing each island’s needs and assisting islands on an individual basis as needed • Highlighting the successes, e.g. at Jamaica ESD conference • Publishing the Sandwatch manual • Using the internet to network and update: websites, e-discussion groups

  17. Sandwatch strategy 3. Expand • Expand Sandwatch approach to more schools in each country • Assist countries with integrating the Sandwatch approach into school curricula • Link up with related initiatives e.g. River Care in the Pacific

  18. Final remarks “Sade and Shurlan (two Sandwatch students in Trinidad) are learning that they have the power to make a difference in their community and the wider world. Their principal Avra Bernard describes the "attitude of caring" that Sandwatch is fostering in Mayaro, fishermen now think twice before dumping leftover fish on the beach”

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