conservation education
Sustainable living, learning and local action
CONSERVATION EDUCATION RESOURCE MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE CAPE
FLORISTIC REGION
Prepared by Ally Ashwell, ENVIROEDS, Cape Town, 2005 for the C.A.P.E. Conservation Education Program
Updated by Venencia Shonhai, RUEESU, Grahamstown, 2008 for the C.A.P.E. Conservation Education Program
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Resource Materials supporting Biodiversity Conservation Education Arranged by Topic
All resource materials in this list relate to the core focus of the CAPE BCEP project, i.e. Biodiversity Conservation
Education in the Cape Floristic Region (including marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems).
Resources are listed in alphabetical order by title.
Where possible, information on their availability has been included, e.g. contact details of the organisation from which
they may be ordered.
The Botanical Society of South Africa’s bookshop at Kirstenbosch Gardens in Cape Town stocks a large number of
environmental resource materials for the Cape Floristic Region. Contact them at (021) 762 1621 or
kbranch@botanicalsociety.org.za for a mail order form.
WESSA – Publications - Sharenet stocks a number of environmental resources materials. Contact them at Wildlife
Marketing Services (Pty) Ltd. PO Box 394,Howick, 3290, sharenet@wessa.co.za, Tel: (033) 330 3931, Fax (033) 330
4576
In order to keep this resource list up to date and to publicise your resource materials and programmes, please send
information on your resource materials to: Venencia Shonhai, CAPE Biodiversity Conservation Education Support
Project, Environmental Education & Sustainability Unit, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Tel (046) 603 8390,
v.shonhai@yahoo.co.uk
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Coastal & Marine Ecosystems
Freshwater Ecosystems
Mountains
Lowland Ecosystems
Forests
General Fynbos
Flowering Plants & Vegetation
Invertebrates
Fish & Amphibians & Reptiles
Birds
Mammals & Wildlife
Biodiversity & Biomes
Alien Invasive Species & their Management
Fire & Fire Management
Pollution
Urban Greening
Indigenous Medicinal, Food & Economically Important Plants
Botanical Gardens, Nature Reserves & National Parks
Environmental Education & Activities
Databases/Directories
Newsletters / Magazines
Organisational Websites & Information Resources
Conservation Planning and Management
Soil Erosion, Land Degradation
Environmental Policy, Strategies & Legislation
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Title / Brief
description
Content focus
1.
Coastal & Marine Ecosystems
CoastCare poster Six posters: Filter
series
feeders, Fish fantastic,
Food webs, Marine
mammals, People &
the coast, Shaped for
success
Two oceans,
How people on the
many ecosystems, west and east coasts
one nation
use marine resources
Enviro Facts
About 60
sheets (Coastal & environmental fact
Marine info)
sheets, with some
relevant to the CFR
Field guide to the Field guide to ecology,
eastern and
plants and animals;
southern Cape
clear line drawings;
nd
coasts. 2
maps of coast from
edition. Lubke, R Mossel Bay to the Kei
& de Moor, I.
River. Covers coastal,
1998. UCT Press marine, estuarine,
& WESSA
freshwater & terrestrial
(Eastern Cape).
ecosystems.
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Language
(s)
Availability / distribution
Supported by
CoastCare fact
sheet series file
Teachers & EE providers
E
Marine & Coastal Management: (021)
402 3249
Marine Week
poster 2003
Teachers & EE providers
E
EE research
projects
Teachers, learners, EE
providers
E
Marine & Coastal Management –
distributed widely during 2003: (021)
402 3249
Share-Net: (033) 330 3931, Pick ‘n
Pay retail stores
Supports ecological
monitoring and
research, as well as
general interest in
these ecosystems.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers, teachers,
EE providers;
conservationists,
biologists.
E
WESSA bookshops, Botanical
Society bookshop
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Title / Brief
description
Content focus
1.
Coastal & Marine Ecosystems
Two oceans: A
Photographic field
guide to the
guide to the plants,
marine life of
invertebrates and
southern Africa.
vertebrates of southern
Branch, G,
Africa’s coastline and
Griffiths, C,
oceans.
Branch, M &
Beckley, L. 1994.
David Philip,
Cape Town &
Johannesburg.
Coastal zone
Strategy for conserving
strategy (City of
the coastal zone of the
CT)
City of Cape Town
National Coastal
Monitoring
Project: A guide
to coastal
adoption for
teachers
Bin of equipment with
supporting booklet to
enable monitoring of
coastal ecosystems and
processes
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Languag
e(s)
General field
guide.
General public, tourists,
conservationists,
educators
Guiding document
for City of Cape
Town decision
makers and staff
Community-based
coastal monitoring
City councillors,
E
planners, staff and partner
organisations
CoastCare groups,
teachers
E
E, A
Availability / distribution
Bookstores, Botanical Society
bookshop
City of Cape Town Environmental
Management Department (021) 487
2284; enviro@capetown.gov.za
www.capetown.gov.za/environment
CoastCare project, WESSA (021)
701 1397 & DEAT (Marine &
Coastal Management): (021) 402
3208
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Title / Brief
description
Content focus
1.
Coastal & Marine Ecosystems
Centre for
Variety of learning
Conservation
programmes and
Education
materials for GET
worksheets &
environmental learning
lesson plans
National Coastal
Monitoring
Project: Adopt a
Beach
City slickers
Nature’s Valley:
Responsible
marine resource
use
Bin of equipment with
supporting
documentation to
enable monitoring of
coastal ecosystems and
processes
Amusing story of a pair
of African penguins at
the Boulders colony,
and their interactions
with people (53 min
video)
Information sheet with
tide table on permit
requirements,
endangered species,
etc.
Context of use
Support visits to
the Education
Museum, Tokai
Arboretum, Table
Mountain, rocky
shores, Liesbeeck
River
Community-based
coastal monitoring
Main user group(s)
Language
(s)
Availability / distribution
Teachers and learners
E, A
Centre for Conservation Education,
Wynberg
(021) 762 1622
postmaster@cce.wcape.school.za
CoastCare groups
E, A
CoastCare project, WESSA (021)
701 1397 & DEAT (Marine &
Coastal Management): (021) 402
3208
Covers the biology General public
and conservation of
African penguins in
the form of a story.
E
Trevor de Kock, Pelican Pictures,
Cape Town
pelpic@iafrica.com
Promote
Residents and visitors
ecologically fishing
sensitive practices
E
Nature’s Valley Trust (044) 531
6820, nvalley@worldonline.co.za
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Title /Brief
description
Southern
African
Foundation for
the
Conservation of
Coastal Birds
(SANCCOB)
State of the
Environment
(South Africa)
Two Oceans
Aquarium
University of
Cape Town
Website
Comments
http://www.sanccob.co.za
Provides news about SANCCOB. Information on seabirds and their rehabilitation;
opportunities to volunteer, become a member of SANCCOB, book an educational
outing.
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/
National SoE report on the web. Information on Fynbos available at:
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/Data/vegrsa/fynbinl.htm
http://www.aquarium.co.za
Western Cape
Department of
Environmental
Affairs &
Development
Planning
Wildlife &
Environment
Society of SA
(WESSA)
WWF-SA
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/yo
urgovernment/gsc/406
Information on the Aquarium and its programmes, e.g. education programmes for
children and adults. Page of links to marine information sources
Information on departments involved in marine & coastal biodiversity research, e.g.
Avian Demography Unit, Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology, Marine Biology
Research Institute, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, Small
Mammal Research Unit, South African Bird Ringing Unit, Zoology Department
News and information on the responsibilities and projects of the provincial
Environmental Affairs department; Foci: Integrated Environmental Management;
Planning, Biodiversity Management & Coastal Management; Services provided;
Research reports; Relevant legislation
http://www.uct.ac.za/
http://www.wildlifesociety.org.za
Information on membership, projects and publications, e.g. African Wildlife and
EnviroKids
http://www.panda.org.za
Information on WWF-SA, its projects and trusts; newsletters and publications.
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Title / Brief description
Content focus
2. Freshwater Ecosystems & Water
Enviro Facts sheets
About 60 environmental
(water, rivers, etc)
fact sheets, with some
relevant to the CFR
Waarom moet ons werk
Comic-style pamphlet on
vir water?
the need to remove
invasive alien plants, in
order to enhance water
resources
Wetlands: No wetlands,
Information sheet on the
no water
value of wetlands globally
and in SA
Wetlands: Water, life,
Full colour information
culture
booklet on the value of
wetlands to people
Invasive Aquatic Plants,
Henderson, L & Cilliers,
CJ (Plant Protection
Research Institute
Handbook No. 16).
Full colour A5 guide to
identification & control of
21 invasive aquatic &
wetland plant species in
South Africa
Context of use
EE research projects
Main user group(s)
Lang(s)
Availability /
distribution
Teachers,
learners, EE
providers
General public,
educators and
learners
E
Information for advocacy
around wetlands
conservation
Information to promote
understanding of the value
of wetlands
General public,
educators,
decision-makers
General public,
educators,
conservationists
E
Working for Wetlands
www.dwaf.gov.za/wfw
E
Alien plant control
programmes
Land managers,
conservationists,
biologists
E, A
Working for Wetlands
www.dwaf.gov.za/wfw
Share Net: sharenet@
futurenet.co.za
DEAT:
www.environment.gov.za
Agricultural Research
Council,
Plant Protection Research
Institute: (012) 808 8137;
nipblk@plant1.agric.za,
www.arc.agric.za
Awareness and
understanding
A/E
Share-Net: (033) 330 3931,
Pick ‘n Pay retail stores
R40
Distributed by Working for
Water programme
wfw@dwaf.gov.za; Tel:
0800 005 376
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Title / Brief description
Content focus
2. Freshwater Ecosystems & Water
Hands-on stream & pond Simple guide to some of
life. Umgeni Valley
the plants and animals
Project. 1991. Share-Net, commonly found in
Howick
streams and ponds
State-of-rivers report:
Diep, Hout Bay, Lourens
& Palmiet River systems
2003
Water is life
Eco Activities
worksheets
CSIR report on the current
ecological status of Cape
Rivers, with
recommendations as to
rehabilitation
Booklet of ideas for
teaching about water
across the curriculum
Variety of worksheets
supporting classroom &
fieldwork based lessons
(e.g. adaptations,
classification, aliens,
freshwater systems)
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang(s)
Availability / distribution
Guide to support ecological
studies and monitoring of
freshwater ecosystems.
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Share-Net 033 330 3931
Sharenet@wessa.co.za
R15
Status report with
recommendations for better
river management
Planners,
decision-makers,
researchers,
educators
E
www.csir.co.za/rhp/
Activity ideas for teachers
and EE providers on water
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed by Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R20 per
copy
Wendy Hitchcock, Eco
Activities. Available in
support of guided
programmes only. (021)
712 3966,
Hitchcock@mweb.co.za
Mainly developed for natural Teachers &
areas in Cape Town, but
learners
adaptable to suit the
requirements of the class
E
9
Mini-SASS Sheets
SET OF 5
Sheet showing categories
of freshwater pollution
indicator organisms
Support monitoring of the
health of freshwater systems
SWAP starter kit
Basic equipment to
monitor the quality of
freshwater resources
Support monitoring of the
health of freshwater systems
Salt River Trail
A4 booklet
A trail for children at the
river educating them on
rivers, water cycle, etc.
The water cycle
Title / Brief description
Website Address
Websites
South African National Parks
Addresses
http://www.parks-sa.co.za
State of the Environment
(South Africa)
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/
Table Mountain National Park
University of Cape Town
http://www.cpnp.co.za/
http://www.uct.ac.za/
EE providers,
Teachers &
learners,
environmental
groups
EE providers,
Teachers &
learners,
environmental
groups
Children
E
Available from Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R11 for 5
sheets
R8
E
Available from Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R20 per
kit
E
Nature’s Valley Trust
Office
SAPPI
Comments
Project information, e.g. SANParks & Wetlands, Quagga
Project, Extended Public Works Programme, Hoerikwaggo
Trail
National SoE report on the web. Information on Fynbos
available at:
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/Data/vegrsa/fynbinl.htm
Introductory information on the Table Mountain National Park
Information on departments involved in biodiversity research,
e.g. Avian Demography Unit, Biodiversity & Evolutionary
Biology, Botany, Environmental & Geographical Sciences,
Environmental Evaluation Unit, Freshwater Research Unit,
Institute for Plant Conservation, Marine Biology Research
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Western Cape Department of
Environmental Affairs &
Development Planning
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/yourgover
nment/gsc/406
Wildlife & Environment
Society of SA (WESSA)
WWF-SA
http://www.wildlifesociety.org.za
http://www.panda.org.za
Institute, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology,
Small Mammal Research Unit, South African Bird Ringing
Unit, Zoology Department
News and information on the responsibilities and projects of
the provincial Environmental Affairs department; Foci:
Integrated Environmental Management; Planning, Biodiversity
Management & Coastal Management; Pollution & Waste
Management; Services provided; Research reports; Relevant
legislation
Information on membership, projects and publications, e.g.
African Wildlife and EnviroKids
Information on WWF-SA, its projects and trusts; newsletters
and publications
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Title / Brief description
3. Mountains
Table Mountain National
Park information
pamphlets
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g(s)
Availability /
distribution
Z-folds on Cape of Good
Hope, Silvermine,
Boulders, bird list, etc.
Visitor information,
maps
General public
E
Available from Table
Mountain National Park head
office and access points (021)
701 8692
Self-published: available from
Botanical Society bookshop or
Ali Corbett.
Monty on Table
Mountain. Corbett, A.
2003. Cape for Kids,
Hout Bay.
Story of a mongoose and
its friends on Table
Mountain.
Young children,
parents, EE
providers, educators
E
Table Mountain: A
natural history. Pauw, A
& Johnson, S. 1999.
Fernwood Press,
Vlaeberg.
Cederberg, Clanwilliam
& Biedouw Valley. SA
Wild flower guide 10.
Van Rooyen, G. & Steyn,
H. 1999. Botanical
Society of SA,
Kirstenbosch.
Hottentots Holland to
Hermanus. SA Wild
flower guide Southern
Overberg.81997.
Full colour coffee table
publication on Table
Mountain’s natural
history.
Story book or supporting
text for visits by young
children to Kirstenbosch.
Supports Ali Corbett’s
puppet show company.
Very useful background
text with excellent
examples of ecology of
fynbos and forest.
General public
E
Bookstores, Botanical Society
bookshop
R265
Photographic field guide
arranged by plant family.
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E, A
Bookstores, Botanical Society
bookshop
R160
Photographic field guide
arranged by plant family.
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E, A
Bookstores, Botanical Society
bookshop (English out of
print) R45
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Title / Brief description
3. Mountains
Mountains in the sea:
Table Mountain to Cape
Point. Yeld, J & Barker,
M. 2004. SANParks,
Constantia.
Southern Overberg. SA
Wild flower guide 8.
Mustart, P, Cowling, R &
Albertyn, J. 1997.
Botanical Society of SA,
Kirstenbosch.
Hoerikwaggo: people of
the mountain
Table Mountain National
Park Hoerikwaggo Trail
guide training
Centre for Conservation
Education worksheets &
lesson plans
Content focus
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Lan
g(s)
Availability / distribution
Richly illustrated
photographic field guide
to the natural and
cultural history of Table
Mountain National Park.
Photographic field guide
arranged by plant family.
Very informative field
guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Bookstores, TMNP; Available
from the Park at a special price
for educators (R30) (021) 701
8692
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Bookstores, Botanical Society
bookshop
Relation between people
and Table Mountain over
the centuries (Video &
DVD)
Course with supporting
materials to train trail
guides for a 5-day trail
along the Cape Peninsula
mountain chain
Variety of learning
programmes and
materials for GET
environmental learning
Covers historical and
current interactions and
issues
General public
E
Contact Table Mountain
National Park: (021)701 8692
Trail guide training
Trainee trail guides;
TMNP staff
E
TMNP Volunteer coordinator
(021) 701 8692
Support visits to the
Education Museum,
Tokai Arboretum, Table
Mountain, rocky shores,
Liesbeeck River
Teachers and learners
E, A
Centre for Conservation
Education, Wynberg
(021) 762 1622
postmaster@cce.wcape.school.
za
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Title / Brief description
3. Mountains
Mike Woods
Environmental Education
Centre worksheets
Content focus
Learning programmes
and worksheets for a
number of grades and
topics relevant to the
Helderberg Nature
Reserve
Context of use
Nature reserve-based
school visit programme
(e.g. fynbos ecology &
uses, freshwater ecology)
Main user group(s)
Lan
g(s)
Schools
E, A
Availability / distribution
Mike Woods EE Centre,
Helderberg Nature Reserve:
(021) 852 8831
Mountain of the sea
Ecology of Table
Covers general fynbos
General public
E
Trevor de Kock, Pelican
Mountain, including fire biology & ecology
Pictures, Cape Town
and post-fire succession
pelpic@iafrica.com
(50 min video)
Helderberg Nature
Well catalogued EE &
Project research
Teachers, learners,
E, A Visitors may copy or borrow
Reserve: Mike Woods
resource centre, with
(reference & lending
EE providers, general
materials from the resource
EE resource lists
many books, magazines, sections); outdoor lesson public
centre: (021) 852 8831,
posters, pictures, lesson
preparation
mweec@absamail.co.za
plans & worksheets
Table Mountain National Park
http://www.cpnp.co.za/
Introductory information on the Table Mountain National Park
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Title / Brief
Content focus
description
4. Lowland Ecosystems
Discovering hidden
Pamphlets on the
treasures on the Cape
location of core flora
Flats
conservation sites on
the Cape Flats,
explaining why these
are important and how
to help conserve them
EE programmes on
Z-fold publicising the
nature areas in Cape
nature reserves
Town
managed by the City of
Cape Town and
indicating what EE
programmes are
available.
Find out about the
Information pamphlet
Cape Flora
on the Cape Floristic
Region
Nature’s Valley Fynbos Information pamphlet
Reserve
on the importance and
management of the
reserve
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Lang(s)
Availability / distribution
General awareness
raising
General public,
educators, EE
providers,
conservationists
E, A, X
Produced and distributed by
City of Cape Town
Environmental Management
Department (021) 487 2284,
enviro@capetown.gov.za
Promotion
General public,
educators
E
Produced and distributed by
City of Cape Town Nature
Conservation: (021) 706
2404,
enviroedsouth@sybaweb.co.
za
General information
sheet
General public
E
Promote understanding
of the reserve and its
management
Residents and visitors
E
Produced by Gold Fields EE
Centre, Kirstenbosch (021)
799 8670
Nature’s Valley Trust (044)
531 6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
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Title / Brief
description
4. Lowland Ecosystems
Field guide to the
eastern and southern
Cape coasts. 2nd
edition. Lubke, R & de
Moor, I. 1998. UCT
Press & WESSA
(Eastern Cape).
Hands-on fynbos life.
Kelly, A. undated.
Share-Net, Howick.
Outeniqua,
Tsitsikamma & Eastern
Little Karoo. SA Wild
flower guide 2. 2nd
edition. Moriarty, A.
1997. Botanical Society
of SA, Kirstenbosch.
SASOL First field
guide to fynbos of
southern Africa.
Manning, J. 2004.
Struik, Cape Town.
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
La
ng
(s)
Availability / distribution
Field guide to ecology,
plants and animals; clear
line drawings; maps of
coast from Mossel Bay to
the Kei River. Covers
coastal, marine, estuarine,
freshwater & terrestrial
ecosystems.
Simple guide to some of
the plants and animals of
fynbos. Line drawings.
Photographic field guide
arranged by plant family.
Supports ecological
monitoring and research, as
well as general interest in
these ecosystems.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers;
conservationists,
biologists.
E
WESSA bookshops,
Botanical Society bookshop
R265
Guide to support EE
programmes in fynbos.
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Share-Net (033) 330 3931
R15
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E,
A
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
A6 pocket field guide to
the Fynbos; good
introduction; selection of
plants from various
families with photos,
descriptions, distributions
and general info.
Useful introductory text.
General public, e.g.
tourists; teachers.
E,
A
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
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West coast. SA Wild
flower guide 7.
Manning, J & Goldblatt,
P. 1996. Botanical
Society of SA,
Kirstenbosch.
Plants and Flowers on
the Cape Flats:
Colouring-in book:
Cape Flats Nature:
Biodiversity for People
Photographic field guide
arranged by plant family.
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E, A
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Cape Flats flora:
distribution, threats &
opportunities
Video introducing the
Cape Flats Nature project,
based at Edith Stephens
Wetland Park
Colouring-in book to raise
awareness among younger
learners
Promotional video
Teachers & young
learners on the
Cape Flats
General public,
potential funders
E
www.capetown.gov.za/
environment
E
Produced by George
Davis, SANBI; Contact
Cape Flats Nature:
(021) 691 4929
Title / Brief description
CapeNature
Website Address
http://www.capenature.org.za
City of Cape Town
http://www.capetown.gov.za
Eastern Cape Province:
Dept. of Economic Affairs,
Environment & Tourism
http://www.ecprov.gov.za
Comments
Information on CapeNature’s reserves and research projects; On-line
information brochures on a range of topics, e.g. Tortoises of the
Western Cape, blue cranes, lowland fynbos, African black
oystercatcher; Envirolinks: extensive links to other environmental web
pages.
Information on City of Cape Town’s Integrated Metropolitan
Environmental Policy (IMEP), sectoral strategies and annual State of
the Environment report; Very useful links page providing web addresses
for: Animal-, Botanical-, Marine & Environmental Conservation &
Management, Government Bodies, Local Agenda 21, Museums, State
of the Environment (SoE) Reports, Tourism, etc.
Information and news about environmental affairs in the Eastern Cape
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Title / Brief description
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang(s)
Availability /
distribution
5. Forests
Discovering indigenous
forests at Kirstenbosch.
Argent, S & Loedolff, J.
1997. NBI & UCT Press,
Cape Town.
One-colour book on the
ecology and history of the
Afromontane forests at
Kirstenbosch.
Background text that is
relevant to school users and
hikers alike.
General public,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Forest fun
Booklet of ideas for teaching
about forests
Activity ideas for teachers
and EE providers on forests
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Tree checklist
A6 booklet with a list of trees
Provide information on the
trees in the forest
Adults and
Children
Life of a tree
Papermaking process
Title / Brief description
Port Elizabeth Technikon
Website Address
http://www.petech.ac.za/
Botanical Society
bookshop
Distributed by Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R20 per
copy
E
Nature’s Valley Trust
office, SANParks
SAPPI
SAPPI
Comments
Information on departments involved in biodiversity
research, e.g. Forestry, Nature Conservation,
Agricultural Management, Tourism Management
(George campus)
18
Title / Brief description
6. General Fynbos
Guide to the wild
flower regions of the
Western Cape
Content focus
Flora’93 poster showing a
bird’s eye view of the
flower areas of the W Cape
(looking south) – illustrated
with flowers
Enviro Facts sheets
About 60 environmental
(Fynbos, Indigenous & fact sheets, with some
Alien explained)
relevant to the CFR
Nature’s Valley Fynbos Information pamphlet on
Reserve
the importance and
management of the reserve
A fynbos year.
A natural history
McMahon, L & Fraser, sketchbook with full colour
M. 1988. David Philip. plates, supported by
Cape Town &
entertaining text on the
Johannesburg.
natural history of fynbos.
Between two shores:
The natural and cultural
Flora and fauna of the
history of the Cape of Good
Cape of Good Hope.
Hope illustrated by natural
Fraser, M & McMahon, history paintings.
L. 1994. David Philip.
Cape Town &
Johannesburg.
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang(s)
Availability /
distribution
Tourist information
General public
E,
A
Produced by NBI in 1993;
Gold Fields Centre has a few
copies: (021) 799 8670
EE research projects
Teachers, learners,
EE providers
E
Promote understanding of
the reserve and its
management
Very useful background
text with on fynbos ecology
and conservation.
Residents and
visitors
E
General public
E
Very useful background
text with specific
information on Cape of
Good Hope.
General public
E
Share-Net: (033) 330 3931,
Pick ‘n Pay retail stores
R40
Nature’s Valley Trust (044)
531 6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop: (021) 762
1621,
kbranch@botanicalsociety.or
g.za
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
19
Title / Brief
description
6. General Fynbos
Hands-on fynbos life.
Kelly, A. undated.
Share-Net, Howick.
CREW identification
guides
Veld & Flora
Billy the brenton blue
butterfly
Percy Fitzpatrick 2007
Institute and CAPE
Ashwell, A., Sandwith,
T., Barnett, M.,
Parker, A. & Wisani,
F. 2006. Fynbos
Fynmense: people
making biodiversity
work.
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g(s)
Availability / distribution
Simple guide to some of the
plants and animals of
fynbos. Line drawings.
Ring-bound identification
guides to threatened plants
indigenous to study areas
Guide to support EE
programmes in fynbos.
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Share-Net (033) 330 3931
R15
Community-based
monitoring of rare and
endangered wildflowers
CREW participants
E,
A
Quarterly magazine of the
Botanical Society of South
Africa
A4 booklet
Popular articles on
indigenous botany,
horticulture and ecology
Trail for learners on fynbos
Botanical Society
members; Plantloving public
Children
E
(A)
Custodians of Rare &
Endangered Wildflowers
groups; CREW office: (021)
799 8751
Botanical Society of SA
Tel: (021) 797 2090
R15
NVTrust office
FREE
C.A.P.E
Fynbos i-Forum Version
1.1 on CD (bibliography)
E
SANBI Biodiversity Series 4.
South African National
Biodiversity Institute,
Pretoria. (Book)
20
The Levyns guide to
the plant genera of the
southwestern Cape.
Trinder-Smith, T. 2003.
Bolus Herbarium,
UCT. Cape Town.
Fynbos Fynmense –
Title / Brief
description
Botanical Society of
South Africa
Key and descriptions of all
the genera of plants in the
southwestern Cape, with
numerous annotated line
diagrams.
Reference work and key to
assist with identification to
genus level.
Researchers,
students, resource
developers, land
managers.
E
brochure
Bolus Herbarium, UCT;
Botanical Society bookshop
C.A.P.E
Website Address
http://www.botanicalsociety.org.za
Cape Action for People
& Environment (CAPE)
http://www.capeaction.org.za
Conservation Planning
Unit (CPU)
EnviroLEARN portal
http://www.capeaction.org.za
Protea Atlas Project
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu
South African National
Biodiversity Institute
http://www.sanbi.org.za
http://www.envirolearn.org.za
Comments
Background information, news, membership, branches and publications /
bookshop of Botanical Society; mail orders from the Botanical Society
Bookshop
Information on CAPE projects and partners (useful links), with regular
newsletters and updates. Examples of projects: Conservation Planning Unit,
Blaauwberg Conservation Area, Mainstreaming biodiversity on the Cape
Flats, Electronic access to herbarium data, C.A.P.E. Threatened Plants
Programme
High quality, up to date biodiversity maps to guide sustainable planning and
development, and to highlight conservation-worthy areas
Environmental education web portal managed by My Acre of Africa;
Information on environment and the RNCS, Share Net resources, Enviro
Facts, Environmental days, Eco-Schools; Opportunity to post EE resources
Mapping of proteas throughout SA; Information to help identify proteas, e.g.
illustration, descriptions, distribution maps; Species lists for nature reserves /
regions
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA biomes and
indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical Society’s Veld & Flora
21
(SANBI) – previously
National Botanical
Institute (NBI)
State of the Environment
(South Africa)
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/
Western Cape
Department of
Environmental Affairs &
Development Planning
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/y
ourgovernment/gsc/406
magazine; Information on SANBI’s Threatened Species Programme,
Biodiversity planning & Bioregional programmes
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available from
SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
National SoE report on the web. Information on Fynbos available at:
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/Data/vegrsa/fynbinl.htm
News and information on the responsibilities and projects of the provincial
Environmental Affairs department; Foci: Integrated Environmental
Management; Planning, Biodiversity Management & Coastal Management;
Pollution & Waste Management; Services provided; Research reports;
Relevant legislation
22
Title / Brief description
Content focus
7. Flowering Plants and Vegetation
Plant cards
32 plant cards covering all
SA biomes; Visual
information on one side and
written info on the other;
PSP teachers’ workshop
report Grade 4 gives ideas on
how to use the cards.
Ericas of South Africa.
Schumann, D, Kirsten, G
& Oliver, E. 1992.
Fernwood Press,
Vlaeberg.
The Levyns guide to the
plant genera of the
southwestern Cape.
Trinder-Smith, T. 2003.
Bolus Herbarium, UCT.
Cape Town.
The protea family in
southern Africa.
Paterson-Jones, C. 2000.
Struik, Cape Town.
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang(s)
Used in classrooms and
outdoor contexts; promotes
cooperative learning;
supports many aspects of
learning, e.g. uses,
distribution, adaptations,
biomes, ecology of SA plants
Teachers & EE
E–
providers
appropriate for
senior primary level
Comprehensive guide to the
Erica family in SA; excellent
photographs, distribution
maps & species descriptions.
Comprehensive reference
work on the family Ericaceae
Biologists,
conservationists
E
Key and descriptions of all
the genera of plants in the
southwestern Cape, with
numerous annotated line
diagrams.
Reference work and key to
assist with identification to
genus level.
Researchers,
students, resource
developers, land
managers.
E
Photographic guide with
paragraphs of information on
the genera, origins,
distribution, ecology and
conservation of Proteaceae.
Beautifully illustrated
introductory information to
the family
General public,
educators
E
Availability /
distribution
Primary Science
Programme, NBI and
Centre for Community
Development project,
field tested with
teachers and learners.
Available from PSP
(021)691 9039.
R100
Botanical Society
bookshop,
Kirstenbosch
Can be ordered on
request
Bolus Herbarium,
UCT; Botanical
Society bookshop
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
23
Cederberg, Clanwilliam
& Biedouw Valley. SA
Wild flower guide 10.
Van Rooyen, G. &
Steyn, H. 1999.
Botanical Society of SA,
Kirstenbosch.
Ericas of the Cape
Peninsula. Oliver, I &
Oliver, T. 2000. NBI &
Protea Atlas Project,
Cape Town.
The Levyns guide to the
plant genera of the
southwestern Cape.
Trinder-Smith, T. 2003.
Bolus Herbarium, UCT.
Cape Town.
Photographic field guide
arranged by plant family.
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E, A
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
A6 pocket field guide with
line drawings, distribution
maps and descriptions.
Pocket guide to identify
ericas of the Cape Peninsula
in the field.
E
Botanical Society
bookshop
Key and descriptions of all
the genera of plants in the
southwestern Cape, with
numerous annotated line
diagrams.
Reference work and key to
assist with identification to
genus level.
General public,
hikers,
conservationists,
biologists, EE
providers.
Researchers,
students, resource
developers, land
managers.
E
Bolus Herbarium,
UCT; Botanical
Society bookshop
24
Title / Brief description
Content focus
7. Flowering Plants and Vegetation
Field guide to the eastern Field guide to ecology, plants
and southern Cape
and animals; clear line
coasts. 2nd edition.
drawings; maps of coast from
Lubke, R & de Moor, I.
Mossel Bay to the Kei River.
1998. UCT Press &
Covers coastal, marine,
WESSA (Eastern Cape). estuarine, freshwater &
terrestrial ecosystems.
Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma Photographic field guide
& Eastern Little Karoo.
arranged by plant family.
SA Wild flower guide 2.
2nd edition. Moriarty, A.
1997. Botanical Society
of SA, Kirstenbosch.
Proteas of the Cape
A6 pocket field guide with
Peninsula. Rebelo, A.
line drawings, distribution
2000. NBI & Protea
maps and descriptions.
Atlas Project, Cape
Town.
SASOL First field guide
A6 pocket field guide to the
to fynbos of southern
Fynbos; good introduction;
Africa. Manning, J.
selection of plants from
2004. Struik, Cape Town. various families with photos,
descriptions, distributions
and general info.
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g(s)
Availability /
distribution
Supports ecological
monitoring and research, as
well as general interest in
these ecosystems.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers;
conservationists,
biologists.
E
WESSA bookshops,
Botanical Society
bookshop
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E, A
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Pocket guide to identify
proteas of the Cape
Peninsula in the field.
General public,
hikers,
conservationists,
biologists, EE
providers.
General public, e.g.
tourists; teachers.
E
Botanical Society
bookshop
Available through
order
E, A
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Useful introductory text.
25
Title / Brief description
Content focus
7. Flowering Plants and Vegetation
Trees of southern Africa. Comprehensive field guide
2nd edition. Coates
and key to the families,
Palgrave, K. 1983.
genera and species of
Struik, Cape Town.
southern African trees. Leaf
illustrations and some colour
plates.
Southern Overberg. SA
Photographic field guide
Wild flower guide 8.
arranged by plant family.
Mustart, P, Cowling, R
& Albertyn, J. 1997.
Botanical Society of SA,
Kirstenbosch.
West coast. SA Wild
Photographic field guide
flower guide 7. Manning, arranged by plant family.
J & Goldblatt, P. 1996.
Botanical Society of SA,
Kirstenbosch.
Arbor day
Booklet of activity ideas
appropriate for Arbor Day
lessons
Trees of southern Africa. Comprehensive field guide
2nd edition. Coates
and key to the families,
Palgrave, K. 1983.
genera and species of
Struik, Cape Town.
southern African trees. Leaf
illustrations and some colour
plates.
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g(s)
Availability /
distribution
Very useful identification
guide to trees throughout the
region.
General public,
researchers
E
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Very useful field guide.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E, A
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Activity ideas for teachers
and EE providers to support
Arbor Week lessons
Very useful identification
guide to trees throughout the
region.
Teachers, EE
providers
E
General public,
researchers
E
Distributed by ShareNet (033) 330 3931
R20
Bookstores
26
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Context of use
7. Flowering Plants and Vegetation
Teaching the topic Plants Variety of classroom
Curriculum support
(PSP)
activities on plants, e.g.
growing plants; reproduction;
classification, food.
CREW identification
guides
Ring-bound identification
guides to threatened plants
indigenous to study areas
Community-based
monitoring of rare and
endangered wildflowers
Gold Fields EE Centre,
Kirstenbosch (SANBI)
worksheets
Variety of learning
programmes & learning
support materials on
botanical garden-based
themes, e.g. plants & people;
biodiversity walk; travel &
tourism
Cape Flats flora: distribution,
threats & opportunities
Garden-based school visit
programme for learners (all
grades)
Plants and Flowers on
the Cape Flats:
Colouring-in book:
Veld & Flora
Quarterly magazine of the
Botanical Society of South
Africa
Colouring-in book to raise
awareness among younger
learners
Popular articles on
indigenous botany,
horticulture and ecology
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g(s)
Primary Science
Teachers
E
CREW participants
E, A
Availability /
distribution
Distributed by Western
Cape Primary Science
Programme PO Box
529 Howard Place
7450; (021) 691 9039
info@psp.org.za
www.psp.org.za
Custodians of Rare &
Endangered
Wildflowers groups;
CREW office: (021)
799 8751
Teachers & learners E, A, Provided as part of a
X
guided school visit to
Kirstenbosch – not
available to general
public without an
appointment (021) 799
8670
Teachers & young
E
www.capetown.gov.za/
learners on the
environment
Cape Flats
Botanical Society
E
Botanical Society of
members; Plant(A)
SA
loving public
Tel: (021) 797 2090
27
Cape Floral Kingdom
Hard cover book
E
Cape Plants Strelitzia9
H\cover
E
Vegetation Book of
South Africa, Lesotho
Swaziland H\cover
E
Title / Brief description
Botanical Society of South
Africa
Website Address
http://www.botanicalsociety.org.za
Cape Action for People &
Environment (CAPE)
http://www.capeaction.org.za
Cape Nature
http://www.capenature.org.za
Conservation Planning Unit
(CPU)
http://cpu.uwc.ac.za
Botanical Society
bookshop Kirstenbosch
Gardens
R140.00
Botanical Society
bookshop Kirstenbosch
Gardens
R286.50
Botanical Society
bookshop Kirstenbosch
Gardens
R447.00
Comments
Background information, news, membership, branches and
publications / bookshop of Botanical Society; mail orders from
the Botanical Society Bookshop
Information on CAPE projects and partners (useful links), with
regular newsletters and updates. Examples of projects:
Conservation Planning Unit, Blaauwberg Conservation Area,
Mainstreaming biodiversity on the Cape Flats, Electronic access
to herbarium data, C.A.P.E. Threatened Plants Programme
Information on CapeNature’s reserves and research projects; Online information brochures on a range of topics, e.g. Tortoises of
the Western Cape, blue cranes, lowland fynbos, African black
oystercatcher; Envirolinks: extensive links to other
environmental web pages.
High quality, up to date biodiversity maps to guide sustainable
planning and development, and to highlight conservation-worthy
areas
28
Council for Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR)
http://www.csir.co.za
Department of Environmental
Affairs & Tourism
http://www.environment.gov.za/
Department of Water Affairs &
Forestry
http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za/
Eastern Cape Province:
Department of Economic
Affairs, Environment & Tourism
Food & Trees for Africa
http://www.ecprov.gov.za
National Department of
Agriculture
http://www.nda.agric.za
Protea Atlas Project
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu
South African National
http://www.sanbi.org.za
http://www.trees.co.za
Environmentek: Environmental branch of CSIR focuses on
biophysical aspects of sustainable development; lists services
offered, e.g. catchment management, ecosystem management,
environmental economics
Information on / links to DEA&T projects, e.g. CoastCare,
CITES, State of the Environment, World Heritage Convention
Programme, National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan;
Environmental maps & graphics; EnviroInfo;
National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
Projects & programmes, e.g. Berg River Monitoring Programme,
Breede River Basin Study, SA River Health Programme, Water
Plan for the Western Cape, Working for Water Programme
Government Notices : Related to the National Water Act,
Catchment Management, etc.
Information and news about environmental affairs in the Eastern
Cape
Information on Food & Trees for Africa’s programmes,
including permaculture, urban greening, EduPlant competition,
and activities relating to Arbor Week
Resource catalogue: www.nda.agric.za/publications (including:
Alien plants & why to eradicate)
Policy documents
Mapping of proteas throughout SA; Information to help identify
proteas, e.g. illustration, descriptions, distribution maps; Species
lists for nature reserves / regions
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA
29
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) –
previously National Botanical
Institute (NBI)
State of the Environment (South
Africa)
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/
University of Cape Town
http://www.uct.ac.za/
biomes and indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical
Society’s Veld & Flora magazine; Information on SANBI’s
Threatened Species Programme, Biodiversity planning &
Bioregional programmes
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications
available from SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
National SoE report on the web. Information on Fynbos
available at:
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/Data/vegrsa/fynbinl.htm
Information on departments involved in biodiversity research,
e.g. Avian Demography Unit, Biodiversity & Evolutionary
Biology, Botany, Environmental & Geographical Sciences,
Environmental Evaluation Unit, Freshwater Research Unit,
Institute for Plant Conservation, Marine Biology Research
Institute, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology,
Small Mammal Research Unit, South African Bird Ringing Unit,
Zoology Department
30
Title / Brief
description
8. Invertebrates
The story of Billy
the Brenton Blue
butterfly
Butterflies of the
Cape Peninsula: A
comprehensive
guide. Claassens, A.
2000. Tafelberg,
Cape Town.
Field guide to
insects of South
Africa. 2nd edition.
Picker, M, Griffiths,
C & Weaving, A.
2004. Struik, Cape
Town.
Hands-on stream &
pond life. Umgeni
Valley Project.
1991. Share-Net,
Howick
Content focus
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Story for young
children about a rare
and endangered
butterfly that once
lived in Nature’s
Valley
Soft cover illustrated
field guide to the
butterflies of the Cape
Peninsula.
Holiday programmes in
Nature’s Valley
Young visitors
E
Nature’s Valley Trust
(above)
free
Comprehensive field guide
General public,
conservationists,
biologists
E
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Soft cover illustrated
field guide to South
African insects.
Photographic field guide to
the families and genera of
SA insects
General public,
biologists,
conservationists
E
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Simple guide to some
of the plants and
animals commonly
found in streams and
ponds
Guide to support ecological Teachers, EE providers
studies and monitoring of
freshwater ecosystems.
E
Share-Net
R15
31
Title / Brief
description
8. Invertebrates
Hands-on stream &
pond life. Umgeni
Valley Project.
1991. Share-Net,
Howick
Scorpions of
southern Africa.
Leeming, J. 2003.
Struik, Cape Town.
Mini-SASS Sheets
SWAP starter kit
Hands-on soil and
compost life.3rd
edition. Van den
Berg, I & Ngcobo,
H. 1992. Share-Net,
Howick
Content focus
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Simple guide to some
of the plants and
animals commonly
found in streams and
ponds
Field guide to
southern African
scorpions
Guide to support ecological Teachers, EE providers
studies and monitoring of
freshwater ecosystems.
E
Share-Net
R15
Comprehensive field guide
General public,
biologists,
conservationists.
E
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Sheet showing
categories of
freshwater pollution
indicator organisms
Basic equipment to
monitor the quality of
freshwater resources
Simple guide to some
of the plants and
animals commonly
found in compost &
leaf litter.
Support monitoring of the
health of freshwater
systems
EE providers, Teachers
& learners,
environmental groups
E
Available from Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R8 for 5
sheets
Support monitoring of the
health of freshwater
systems
Guide to support ecological
studies of decomposer
organisms.
EE providers, Teachers
& learners,
environmental groups
Teachers, EE providers
E
Available from Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R20 per
kit
Share-Net
R15
E
32
Title / Brief
Content focus
description
9. Fish & Amphibians & Reptiles
Frogs and frogging Soft cover illustrated
in southern Africa. field guide to southern
Carruthers, V.
African frogs.
2000. Struik, Cape
Town.
Snake guide:
Fold-out laminated A5
Snakes of southern identification guide to
Africa. Marais, J.
dangerous and common
1999. Korck
harmless snakes
Publishing.
Field guide to the
eastern and
southern Cape
coasts. 2nd edition.
Lubke, R & de
Moor, I. 1998. UCT
Press & WESSA
(Eastern Cape).
Field guide to ecology,
plants and animals;
clear line drawings;
maps of coast from
Mossel Bay to the Kei
River. Covers coastal,
marine, estuarine,
freshwater & terrestrial
ecosystems.
Title / Brief description
CapeNature
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Availability /
distribution
Lang’s
Comprehensive field guide
with CD of calls
General public,
biologists,
conservationists
E
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Good photographs,
distributions and first aid
information; quick
reference guide
General public
E
Available from
Botanical Society
bookshop (021) 762
1621,
kbranch@botanicalsociet
y.org.za
Supports ecological
monitoring and research, as
well as general interest in
these ecosystems.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE providers;
conservationists,
biologists.
E
WESSA bookshops,
Botanical Society
bookshop
Website Address
http://www.capenature.org.za
Comments
Information on CapeNature’s reserves and research
projects; On-line information brochures on a range of
topics, e.g. Tortoises of the Western Cape, blue cranes,
lowland fynbos, African black oystercatcher;
33
Title / Brief
description
10. Birds
Content focus
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Lang’s Availability /
distribution
Bird identification card
(Rondevlei Nature
Reserve)
A4 full-colour card with
pictures of common
bush- and water birds at
Rondevlei Nature
Reserve
Z-folds on Cape of Good
Hope, Silvermine,
Boulders, bird list, etc.
Bird identification
General public,
education groups
E, A
Used at Rondevlei Nature
Reserve: (021) 706 2404,
enviroedsouth@sybaweb.co.za
Visitor information,
maps
General public
E
Available from Table Mountain
National Park head office and
access points (021) 701 8692
Pack of curriculum
guidelines and
supporting materials
integrating ecological
and political literacy
Book of information and
activities covering six
themes (ecology, water,
air, soil, energy,
population)
Cross-curricular
environmental /
democracy education
activity ideas for
educators
Cross-curricular
environmental
education for
intermediate to senior
phase learners
Teachers, EE providers E
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R115 per copy
Teachers, EE providers E
Developed and distributed by
BirdLife SA (011) 789 1122
Table Mountain
National Park
information pamphlets
Hadeda Island
curriculum pack
Learning for
sustainable living
34
City slickers
Amusing story of a pair
of African penguins at
the Boulders colony, and
their interactions with
people (53 min video)
Covers the biology
and conservation of
African penguins in
the form of a story.
General public
E
Trevor de Kock, Pelican
Pictures, Cape Town
pelpic@iafrica.com
Checklist of birds of
Nature’s Valley
A6 booklet with list of
birds
Enable monitoring of
birds
Interested public
E, A
Roberts’ multimedia
birds of southern
Africa. Volume 3. Guy
Gibbon. 1997-2003.
John Voelcker Bird
Book Fund.
8 interactive modules
covering more than 950
South African birds.
Covers identification,
habitats, nesting, eggs,
and bird calls.
Interactive computerbased reference to
southern African
birds.
General public, birders, E
biologists,
conservationists,
educators.
Nature’s Valley Trust (044) 531
6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
CD & PDA versions. Published
by Southern African Birding,
Westville: sales@sabirding.co.za
Available from bookstores
Title / Brief description
Avian Demography Unit
Website Address
http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/adu/
BirdLife South Africa
http://www.birdlife.org.za
Southern African Foundation for
the Conservation of Coastal
Birds (SANCCOB)
http://www.sanccob.co.za
Comments
Information and publications on birds and bird ringing; opportunity
to fill in bird sightings; Bird & Frog Atlas Projects
Electronic copy of Learning for Sustainable Living (BLSA’s
teachers’ guide); Free bird clipart for projects. Sasol e-guide to bird
ID: http://www.birdlife.org.za/fieldguide/book/default.cfm
Provides news about SANCCOB and information on seabirds and
their rehabilitation; opportunities to volunteer, become a member of
SANCCOB, book an educational outing.
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Title / Brief
Content focus
description
11. Mammals & Wildlife
Nature’s Valley’s
Information pamphlet on
baboons
the behaviour of baboons
and how to avoid them
becoming a nuisance
Between two shores:
The natural and cultural
Flora and fauna of the
history of the Cape of
Cape of Good Hope.
Good Hope illustrated by
Fraser, M &
natural history paintings.
McMahon, L. 1994.
David Philip. Cape
Town & Johannesburg.
Monty gets lost:
Story of a mongoose and
Kirstenbosch tales.
its friends at
Corbett, A. 1995. Ali
Kirstenbosch.
Corbett, Cape Town.
Monty on Table
Mountain. Corbett, A.
2003. Cape for Kids,
Hout Bay.
Story of a mongoose and
its friends on Table
Mountain.
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s Availability /
distribution
Promote understanding
and tolerance of baboons
Residents and
visitors
E, A
Nature’s Valley Trust
(above)
Very useful background
text with specific
information on Cape of
Good Hope.
General public
E
Bookstores, Botanical
Society bookshop
Story book or supporting
text for visits by young
children to Kirstenbosch.
Supports Ali Corbett’s
puppet show company.
Story book or supporting
text for visits by young
children to Kirstenbosch.
Supports Ali Corbett’s
puppet show company.
Young children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
E
Young children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
E
Self-published: available
from Botanical Society
bookshop or Ali Corbett.
(021) 790 6067,
www.capeforkids.com
Self-published: available
from Botanical Society
bookshop or Ali Corbett.
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Title / Brief
Content focus
description
11. Mammals & Wildlife
Monty’s picnic with
Story of a mongoose and
the penguins. Corbett,
its friends at Boulders
A. 2002. Cape for
Beach penguin colony.
Kids, Hout Bay.
Monty gets lost:
Kirstenbosch tales.
Corbett, A. 1995. Ali
Corbett, Cape Town.
Story of a mongoose and
its friends at
Kirstenbosch.
Monty on Table
Mountain. Corbett, A.
2003. Cape for Kids,
Hout Bay.
Story of a mongoose and
its friends on Table
Mountain.
Monty’s picnic with
the penguins. Corbett,
A. 2002. Cape for
Kids, Hout Bay.
Story of a mongoose and
its friends at Boulders
Beach penguin colony.
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability /
distribution
Story book or supporting
text for visits by young
children to Kirstenbosch.
Supports Ali Corbett’s
puppet show company.
Story book or supporting
text for visits by young
children to Kirstenbosch.
Supports Ali Corbett’s
puppet show company.
Story book or supporting
text for visits by young
children to Kirstenbosch.
Supports Ali Corbett’s
puppet show company.
Story book or supporting
text for visits by young
children to Kirstenbosch.
Supports Ali Corbett’s
puppet show company.
Young
children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
Young
children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
Young
children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
Young
children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
E
Self-published: available from
Botanical Society bookshop or
Ali Corbett.
E
Self-published: available from
Botanical Society bookshop or
Ali Corbett. (021) 790 6067,
www.capeforkids.com
E
Self-published: available from
Botanical Society bookshop or
Ali Corbett.
E
Self-published: available from
Botanical Society bookshop or
Ali Corbett.
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Title / Brief
Content focus
description
12. Biodiversity & Biomes
Biodiversity
Pamphlet explaining
Network for the
the purpose and
City of Cape Town extent of the City of
Cape Town’s
biodiversity network
Critical Ecosystems Fact sheets on
Partnership Fund
CEPF, Cape
fact sheets
Floristic Region and
other hotspots; CFR
Ecosystem profile
(2001)
Enviro Facts sheets About 60
(Fynbos,
environmental fact
Indigenous & Alien sheets, with some
explained,
relevant to the CFR
Biodiversity,
Ecology)
Context of use
Main user group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Information to
promote participation
in biodiversity
conservation in the
City of Cape Town
Information to
promote public
participation in
biodiversity
conservation
City businesses,
conservationists,
environmentalists
E
General public,
educators, planners,
conservationists
E
Available from the City of Cape
Town Environmental Management
Department (021) 487 2284,
enviro@capetown.gov.za
www.capetown.gov.za/environment
Available on the CEPF website:
www.cepf.net
EE research projects
Teachers, learners,
EE providers
E
Share-Net: (033) 330 3931, Pick ‘n
Pay retail stores
R15
38
Field guide to the
eastern and
southern Cape
coasts. 2nd edition.
Lubke, R & de
Moor, I. 1998.
UCT Press &
WESSA (Eastern
Cape).
Fat plants and thin
plants. (Vetplante
en skraal plante)
Herron, M &
McGibbon, L.
2004. SKEP.
George.
Plant cards
Field guide to
ecology, plants and
animals; clear line
drawings; maps of
coast from Mossel
Bay to the Kei
River. Covers
coastal, marine,
estuarine, freshwater
& terrestrial
ecosystems.
A5 booklet
introducing 8 plant
types of the Klein
Karoo, with learning
activities &
curriculum links.
Supports ecological
monitoring and
research, as well as
general interest in
these ecosystems.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers;
conservationists,
biologists.
E
WESSA bookshops, Botanical
Society bookshop
To support outdoor
education in the
succulent karoo
biome.
Educators, learners,
general public
E, A
Margaret Herron:
herron@telkomsa.net
Lorraine McGibbon, GREEN
wessa.sc@mweb.co.za
32 plant cards
covering all SA
biomes; Visual
information on one
side and written info
on the other; PSP
teachers’ workshop
report Grade 4 gives
ideas on how to use
the cards.
Used in classrooms
and outdoor contexts;
promotes cooperative
learning; supports
many aspects of
learning, e.g. uses,
distribution,
adaptations, biomes,
ecology of SA plants
Teachers & EE
providers
E–
appropriate
for senior
primary
level
Primary Science Programme, NBI
and Centre for Community
Development project, field tested
with teachers and learners.
Available from PSP (021)691 9039.
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Biodiversity GIS
brochure
Informing
biodiversity action
C.A.P.E. 2007.
C.A.P.E. Toolbox
Project planning –
tools for biodiversity
conservation and
development
projects CD.
Cape Action for
SANBI Biodiversity
People and the
Series 7.
Environment. 2007.
Project planning
tools for
biodiversity
conservation and
development
projects.
2000. Cape Action Book
Plan for the
Environment.
Stewardship
brochure
Title / Brief description
South African National
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) –
previously National Botanical
Institute (NBI)
Website Address
http://www.sanbi.org.za
C.A.P.E
South African National
Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
(Book)
C.A.P.E
Comments
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA biomes and
indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical Society’s Veld &
Flora magazine; Information on SANBI’s Threatened Species
Programme, Biodiversity planning & Bioregional programmes
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available
40
from SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
41
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Produced by Working
EE providers;
for Water to help people conservation
identify invasive aliens agencies, hacking
& WfW groups,
teachers
E
Produced by DWAF as a
supporting resource for the
Working for Water campaign
(021) 441 2700,
wfw@dwaf.gov.za
To inform the public of
the legal requirements
to eradicate invasive
alien plants
General public,
educators, land
managers,
conservationists,
policy makers
E
Distributed by Working for
Water WeedBuster programme –
weedbuster@dwaf.gov.za;
www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za/wfw/
Tel: 0800 005 376
To inform the public of
methods used to
eradicate invasive alien
plants
General public,
educators, land
managers,
conservationists,
policy makers
Residents and
visitors
E
Distributed by Working for
Water WeedBuster programme –
wfw@dwaf.gov.za; wwwdwaf.pwv.gov.za/wfw/ Tel:
0800 005 376
Nature’s Valley Trust (above)
Title / Brief
Content focus
description
13. Invasive Alien Species and their Management
Identifying our
Chart of 16 photos of
invading alien enemies invading alien plants with
information on the back –
can be cut out to make ID
cards
Context of use
CARA legislation
made easy
DIY guide to clearing
invasive alien plants
Nature’s Valley
invasive plants: Why
exterminate?
Waarom moet ons
werk vir water
Booklet explaining the
Conservation of
Agricultural Resources
Act (#43, 1983) as it
relates to categories of
weeds
Tree-shaped fold-out
brochure on four ways of
eradicating alien plants
(manual, mechanical,
chemical, bio control)
Information booklet
identifying the alien
plants of Nature’s Valley
and how to eradicate them
Comic pamphlet on the
need to remove nvasive
alien plants
Encourage participation
in controlling invasive
alien plants
Main user
group(s)
E, A
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Title / Brief description
Agricultural Research
Council
Website Address
http://www.arc.agric.za
Botanical Society of South
Africa
http://www.botanicalsociety.org.za
CapeNature
http://www.capenature.org.za
City of Cape Town
http://www.capetown.gov.za
Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD)
http://www.biodiv.org
Council for Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR)
http://www.csir.co.za
Department of
http://www.environment.gov.za/
Comments
ARC Publications, e.g. Invasive alien plants
Information on ARC Enviro (Environmental Management Programme)
promoting environmentally friendly agricultural research and the
implementation of sustainable farming practices
Background information, news, membership, branches and publications /
bookshop of Botanical Society; mail orders from the Botanical Society
Bookshop
Information on CapeNature’s reserves and research projects; On-line
information brochures on a range of topics, e.g. Tortoises of the Western
Cape, blue cranes, lowland fynbos, African black oystercatcher;
Envirolinks: extensive links to other environmental web pages.
Information on City of Cape Town’s Integrated Metropolitan
Environmental Policy (IMEP), sectoral strategies and annual State of the
Environment report; Very useful links page providing web addresses for:
Animal-, Botanical-, Marine & Environmental Conservation &
Management, Government Bodies, Local Agenda 21, Museums, State of
the Environment (SoE) Reports, Tourism
Information on the UN Convention and related thematic programmes, e.g.
agricultural biodiversity, dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity, Crosscutting issues: alien species, benefit sharing, climate change, sustainable
use, tourism, etc.
Environmentek: Environmental branch of CSIR focuses on biophysical
aspects of sustainable development; lists services offered, e.g. catchment
management, ecosystem management, environmental economics
Information on / links to DEA&T projects, e.g. CoastCare, CITES, State
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Environmental Affairs &
Tourism
Department of Water
Affairs & Forestry
http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za/
Global Invasive Species
Programme
National Department of
Agriculture
http://www.gisp.org
South African National
Biodiversity Institute
(SANBI) – previously
National Botanical
Institute (NBI)
http://www.sanbi.org.za
State of the Environment
(South Africa)
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/
Ukuvuka
http://www.ukuvuka.org.za
Western Cape Department
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/y
http://www.nda.agric.za
of the Environment, World Heritage Convention Programme, National
Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan;
Environmental maps & graphics; EnviroInfo;
National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
Projects & programmes, e.g. Berg River Monitoring Programme, Breede
River Basin Study, SA River Health Programme, Water Plan for the
Western Cape, Working for Water Programme
Government Notices : Related to the National Water Act, Catchment
Management, etc.
Organisation developing global strategies to control the spread of invasive
alien species
Resource catalogue: www.nda.agric.za/publications (including: Alien
plants & why to eradicate)
Policy documents
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA biomes and
indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical Society’s Veld &
Flora magazine; Information on SANBI’s Biodiversity planning &
Bioregional programmes
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available from
SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
National SoE report on the web. Information on Fynbos available at:
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/Data/vegrsa/fynbinl.htm
Information on the Santam / Cape Argus Ukuvuka: Operation Firestop
Project, initiated in response to the devastating wildfires on the Cape
Peninsula, January 2000
News and information on the responsibilities and projects of the
44
of Environmental Affairs
& Development Planning
ourgovernment/gsc/406
Wildlife & Environment
Society of SA (WESSA)
Working for Water
Programme
http://www.wildlifesociety.org.za
http://www.dwaf.gov.za/wfw/
provincial Environmental Affairs department; Foci: Integrated
Environmental Management; Planning, Biodiversity ManagementServices
provided; Research reports; Relevant legislation
Information on membership, projects and publications, e.g. African
Wildlife and EnviroKids
Information on the problem and eradication of invasive alien plants; list of
available resource materials; links to websites
45
14. Fires & Fire Management
Title / Brief
Content focus
description
House fires: Are you
prepared?
Pamphlet with fire
preparedness tips
Nature’s Valley
interpretive signs
Digitally produced fullcolour information sheets
on fire in fynbos;
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Produced after the 2000
veld fires in Cape Town
to inform the public of
ways of avoiding house
fires
Provide information in
the nature reserve and
botanical garden
Householders
E
General public
E
Distributed by Ukuvuka:
Operation Firestop programme;
info@ukuvuka.org.za
www.ukuvuka.org.za Tel: 0800
005 376
Nature’s Valley Trust (above)
General public
E
Mountain of the sea
Ecology of Table
Covers general fynbos
Mountain, including fire
biology & ecology
and post-fire succession
(50 min video)
Working on fire
Mmaditsela: fires stop
with you
Title / Brief description
Website Address
Agricultural Research Council
http://www.arc.agric.za
City of Cape Town
http://www.capetown.gov.za
Trevor de Kock, Pelican
Pictures, Cape Town
pelpic@iafrica.com
Comments
ARC Publications, e.g. Invasive alien plants
Information on ARC Enviro (Environmental Management Programme)
promoting environmentally friendly agricultural research and the
implementation of sustainable farming practices
Information on City of Cape Town’s Integrated Metropolitan Environmental
Policy (IMEP), sectoral strategies and annual State of the Environment report;
Very useful links page providing web addresses for: Animal-, Botanical-,
46
Council for Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR)
http://www.csir.co.za
National Department of
Agriculture
http://www.nda.agric.za
South African National
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
– previously National
Botanical Institute (NBI)
http://www.sanbi.org.za
Ukuvuka
http://www.ukuvuka.org.za
Marine & Environmental Conservation & Management, Government Bodies,
Local Agenda 21, Museums, State of the Environment (SoE) Reports,
Tourism, etc.
Environmentek: Environmental branch of CSIR focuses on biophysical
aspects of sustainable development; lists services offered, e.g. catchment
management, ecosystem management, environmental economics
Resource catalogue: www.nda.agric.za/publications (including: Alien plants
& why to eradicate)
Policy documents
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA biomes and
indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical Society’s Veld & Flora
magazine; Information on SANBI’s Threatened Species Programme,
Biodiversity planning & Bioregional programmes
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available from
SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
Information on the Santam / Cape Argus Ukuvuka: Operation Firestop
Project, initiated in response to the devastating wildfires on the Cape
Peninsula, January 2000
47
15. Pollution
Title / Brief description
City of Cape Town
Integrated Metropolitan
Environmental Policy
schools’ workbook
Mini-SASS Sheets
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s Availability / distribution
Colouring-in book
with three Intermediate
Phase lesson plan
exemplars, dealing
with environmental
issues.
Sheet showing
categories of
freshwater pollution
indicator organisms
Intermediate phase
lessons on Penguins
(NS), Air pollution
(LO) and Alien trees
(SS)
Teachers &
Learners
E
Distributed to schools by City of
Cape Town Environmental
Management Department (021)
487 2284
enviro@capetown.gov.za
Support monitoring
of the health of
freshwater systems
EE providers,
Teachers &
learners,
environmental
groups
E
Available from Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R11 for 5 sheets
48
16. Urban Greening
Title / Brief
Content focus
description
Green living guidelines: Information sheet on
Nature’s Valley
sustainable living
practices for Nature’s
Valley
Plant indigenous – it’s
Information booklet on
the wise thing to do
indigenous plants
suitable for gardens in
the Plettenberg Bay /
Nature’s Valley areas
Discovering indigenous One-colour, A5 booklet
healing plants of the
providing line drawings
herb & fragrance
& information on the
gardens at
distribution, uses and
Kirstenbosch National
cultivation of
Botanical Garden.
indigenous healing
Dyson, A. 1998. NBI,
herbs and shrubs. Most
Cape Town.
from the CFR.
Guidelines for
Detailed information on
indigenous vegetation
methods of controlling
restoration following
alien plants and
invasion by alien
restoring indigenous
plants. Holmes, P.
vegetation after alien
2000. CSIR,
clearing. Information
Stellenbosch.
for Fynbos, Grassland,
Savanna and arid
zones.
Main user
group(s)
Residents and
visitors
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E, A
Nature’s Valley Trust (044) 531
6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
Promote indigenous
gardening
Residents
E
Bietou Twig of the Botanical
Society of SA, reprinted by
Nature’s Valley Trust (above)
Identification of plants
and their uses; notes on
how to cultivate them.
Accessible background
information to prepare
learning programmes
on indigenous healing
plants.
Ecological restoration
projects in fynbos
General public,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Botanical Society bookshop,
Kirstenbosch; Gold Fields EE
Centre (021) 799 8670
Land managers,
conservationists,
developers
E
CSIR Environmentek, PO Box
320 Stellenbosch 7599; (021)
888 2400
Context of use
Promote ecologically
sensitive practices
49
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Guide to support
Teachers, EE
ecological studies of
providers
decomposer organisms.
E
Share-Net
R15
Brief background
information; guide to
plants of the Hout Bay
Museum garden.
General public,
educators
E, A
Available from the Hout Bay
Museum (021) 790 3270
Cost R5
Activity ideas for
teachers and EE
providers to support
Arbor Week lessons
Support materials for
NBI’s greening
programme; also
making ideas more
widely available.
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931
R20
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed via NBI workshops
and through Share Net (033) 330
3931
R44
Title / Brief
description
16. Urban Greening
Hands-on soil and
compost life.3rd
edition. Van den Berg, I
& Ngcobo, H. 1992.
Share-Net, Howick
Veldkos: A guide to the
useful wild plants
growing in the Hout
Bay Museum garden.
Wormser, P. 1983.
Friends of the Hout Bay
Museum Society, Hout
Bay.
Arbor day
Content focus
Context of use
Simple guide to some
of the plants and
animals commonly
found in compost &
leaf litter.
A4 booklet with
stylised line drawings
and brief information
on the uses of a range
of useful plants from
the Fynbos biome.
Booklet of activity
ideas appropriate for
Arbor Day lessons
Greening South African
schools
Indigenous greening
manual + lesson plan
ideas for GET using the
RNCS
Main user
group(s)
50
Title / Brief
description
16. Urban Greening
Life Sciences modules
for Grade 10
Plants in our
environment
Hands-on schoolyard
life. Christians, D.
1993. Share-Net,
Howick
Teaching the topic
Plants (PSP)
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
4 draft curriculum
modules (e.g. Env.
Sustainability; IK &
Conservation;
Biodiversity &
sustainable living;
Ecology research
project)
Information and
learning activities on
plants, developed with
southern Cape teachers
Simple guide to some
of the plants and
animals commonly
found in school
grounds
Variety of classroom
activities on plants, e.g.
growing plants;
reproduction;
classification, food.
Learning activities
with clear curriculum
links in Life Sciences
Teachers
E, A
Developed by Annemarie
Gebhardt, Curriculum Advisor
EMDC South Cape / Karoo 083
301 3248
Promote learning about Teachers & EE
indigenous plants and
providers
the environment
E
Developed and distributed by
Garden Route Botanical Garden
(044) 874 1249
Guide to support EE
programmes in school
grounds.
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Share-Net
R15
Curriculum support
Primary Science
Teachers
E
Distributed by Western Cape
Primary Science Programme PO
Box 529 Howard Place 7450;
(021) 691 9039 info@psp.org.za
www.psp.org.za
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Title / Brief
description
16. Urban Greening
Learning for
sustainable living
The organic classroom
Flower Valley
Sustainable harvesting
modules (in prep.)
Mitchell’s Plain
educators
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Book of information
and activities covering
six themes (ecology,
water, air, soil, energy,
population)
Curriculum-related
lesson activities for
Foundation Phase based
on various
permaculture-related
themes.
Sustainable harvesting
of wild fynbos on the
Agulhas Plain, ecology,
plant identification,
marketing, legal
aspects, etc.; Resource
pack to include
curriculum guidelines,
information, learning
activities, supporting
materials
Electronic database of
teachers in Mitchell’s
Plain schools
Cross-curricular
environmental
education for
intermediate to senior
phase learners
Linking the foundation
phase classroom to
permaculture action
projects in the school
grounds
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Developed and distributed by
BirdLife SA (011) 789 1122
Foundation phase E
teachers;
environmental
educators
Distributed by SEED (021) 447
7686 & Share Net (033) 330
3931
R25
Accredited course for
flower pickers,
supervisors and land
managers on the
Agulhas Plain.
Flower picking
industry, land
managers,
harvesters,
conservationists,
educators
E, A, (X
– later)
Flower Valley Conservation
Trust; Gabbi Cook:
gcook@flowervalley.co.za
(028) 388 0915
Networking,
developing schoolbased environmental
programmes
Environmental
organisations,
teachers
n/a
Contact Theo Manuel, DWAF,
(021) 950 7118
manuelt@dwaf.gov.za
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Title / Brief
Content focus
description
16. Urban Greening
Share Net address book Address book of people
involved in developing
environmental
education resource
materials in southern
Africa
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Networking, sharing
information, getting
assistance
Environmental
educators,
resource material
developers
E
Contact Share Net (033) 330
3931
EnviroTeach
Provides information,
activity ideas and
curriculum materials
on various
environmental topics
Educators
E
Distributed by IHS South Africa,
PO Box 7870, Johannesburg
2000. (011) 835 2221
Environmental
education magazine;
each edition has articles,
activities and resources
on a particular theme
Poster
C.A.P.E. 2007. “How
Green is Your
Footprint
C.A.P.E. 2007. “How
Pamphlets
Green is Your
Footprint
Title / Brief description
C.A.P.E
C.A.P.E
Website Address
Agricultural Research Council
http://www.arc.agric.za
Food & Trees for Africa
http://www.trees.co.za
Comments
ARC Publications, e.g. crop growing.Information on ARC Enviro
(Environmental Management Programme) promoting environmentally
friendly agricultural research and the implementation of sustainable farming
practices
Information on Food & Trees for Africa’s programmes, including
permaculture, urban greening, EduPlant competition, and activities relating
53
National Department of
Agriculture
National Education Department
South African National
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) –
previously National Botanical
Institute (NBI)
http://www.nda.agric.za
http://education.pwv.gov.za
http://www.sanbi.org.za
to Arbor Week
Resource catalogue: www.nda.agric.za/publications (including: Alien plants
& why to eradicate) Policy documents
Projects, Policies, Curriculum documents
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA biomes and
indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical Society’s Veld & Flora
magazine; Information on SANBI’s National Schools Greening Programme.
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available from
SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
54
17. Indigenous Medicinal, Food & Economically Useful Plants
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Context of use
Discovering indigenous
healing plants of the herb &
fragrance gardens at
Kirstenbosch National
Botanical Garden. Dyson,
A. 1998. NBI, Cape Town.
One-colour, A5 booklet
providing line drawings &
information on the
distribution, uses and
cultivation of indigenous
healing herbs and shrubs.
Most from the CFR.
Fat plants and thin plants.
A5 booklet introducing 8
(Vetplante en skraal plante) plant types of the Klein
Herron, M & McGibbon, L.
Karoo, with learning
2004. SKEP. George.
activities & curriculum
links.
Veldkos: A guide to the
A4 booklet with stylised
useful wild plants growing in line drawings and brief
the Hout Bay Museum
information on the uses of a
garden. Wormser, P. 1983.
range of useful plants from
Friends of the Hout Bay
the Fynbos biome.
Museum Society, Hout Bay.
Plant Indigenous – It’s the
A4 Booklet: Indigenous
wise thing to do
gardening
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability /
distribution
Identification of plants
and their uses;
General
public,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Botanical Society
bookshop, Kirstenbosch;
Gold Fields EE Centre
(021) 799 8670
To support outdoor
education in the
succulent karoo biome.
Educators,
learners,
general public
E, A
Brief background
information; guide to
plants of the Hout Bay
Museum garden.
General
public,
educators
E, A
Margaret Herron:
herron@telkomsa.net
Lorraine McGibbon,
GREEN
wessa.sc@mweb.co.za
Available from the Hout
Bay Museum (021) 790
3270
Information on
indigenous gardening
for home people in an
around Nature’s Valley
People in and
around
Nature’s
Valley
A
Nature’s Valley Trust
office, SANParks office
FREE
55
18. Botanical Gardens, Nature Reserves & National Parks
Title / Brief
Content focus
Context of
description
use
Our Kogelberg
Biosphere Reserve
Annotated bird’s eye view of
Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve area
showing value and uses
Discovering hidden
treasures on the
Cape Flats
Pamphlets on the location of core
flora conservation sites on the Cape
Flats, explaining why these are
important and how to help conserve
them
Produced by
KOBIO,
CNC &
WWF-SA to
educate about
and promote
Biosphere
concept
General
awareness
raising
Main user
group(s)
EE providers;
conservation
agencies, teachers,
public
General public,
educators, EE
providers,
conservationists
La Availability / distribution
ng’
s
E
Kogelberg Biosphere Association;
Contact Gonald Present, CapeNature
gpresent@kingsley.co.za
E,
A,
X
Produced and distributed by City of
Cape Town Environmental
Management Department (021) 487
2284, enviro@capetown.gov.za
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Title / Brief
Content focus
Context of use
description
18. Botanical Gardens, Nature Reserves & National Parks
Nature’s Valley
Information pamphlet on Promote understanding
Fynbos Reserve
the importance and
of the reserve and its
management of the
management
reserve
Table Mountain
Z-folds on Cape of Good Visitor information,
National Park
Hope, Silvermine,
maps
information
Boulders, bird list, etc.
pamphlets
The Tygerberg Hills: Information pamphlet on Promotion of the
A special place
the Tygerberg Nature
Nature Reserve
Reserve and its Friends
group
Wamkelikile –
Self-guided trail
To interpret the main
Welcome – Welkom pamphlet for the Garden areas of the Garden
to the Garden Route Route Botanical Garden,
Botanical Garden
George
Discovering
One-colour book on the
Background text that is
indigenous forests at ecology and history of
relevant to school users
Kirstenbosch.
the Afromontane forests
and hikers alike.
Argent, S &
at Kirstenbosch.
Loedolff, J. 1997.
NBI & UCT Press,
Cape Town.
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s Availability / distribution
Residents and
visitors
E
Nature’s Valley Trust (044) 531 6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
General public
E
Available from Table Mountain
National Park head office and access
points (021) 701 8692
General public
E
Tygerberg Nature Reserve: (021) 938
8520, hestelle.melville
@capetown.gov.za
Visitors
E, A,
X
Garden Route Botanical Garden, 49
Caledon Street, George Tel (044) 874
1558 scherb@pixie.co.za
General public,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Botanical Society bookshop
57
Title / Brief
Content focus
Context of use
description
18. Botanical Gardens, Nature Reserves & National Parks
Discovering the
A5 booklet with
Children’s activities, mainly for
Knysna estuary:
information and activities holiday times.
Some activities for
relating to the Knysna
learners. Warnick, J estuary.
& Lockyear, J.
(undated) Wildlife &
Environment Society
of South Africa.
Monty gets lost:
Story of a mongoose and Story book or supporting text for
Kirstenbosch tales.
its friends at
visits by young children to
Corbett, A. 1995. Ali Kirstenbosch.
Kirstenbosch. Supports Ali
Corbett, Cape Town.
Corbett’s puppet show company.
Main user
group(s)
Lang’
s
Availability / distribution
Children and
families.
E
Lakes Area National Park
PO Box 35 Wilderness,
6560 Tel (044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
Young children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
E
Monty on Table
Mountain. Corbett,
A. 2003. Cape for
Kids, Hout Bay.
Monty’s picnic with
the penguins.
Corbett, A. 2002.
Cape for Kids, Hout
Bay.
Young children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
Young children,
parents, EE
providers,
educators
E
Self-published: available
from Botanical Society
bookshop or Ali Corbett.
(021) 790 6067,
www.capeforkids.com
Self-published: available
from Botanical Society
bookshop or Ali Corbett.
Story of a mongoose and
its friends on Table
Mountain.
Story of a mongoose and
its friends at Boulders
Beach penguin colony.
Story book or supporting text for
visits by young children to
Kirstenbosch. Supports Ali
Corbett’s puppet show company.
Story book or supporting text for
visits by young children to
Kirstenbosch. Supports Ali
Corbett’s puppet show company.
E
Self-published: available
from Botanical Society
bookshop or Ali Corbett.
58
Title / Brief
Content focus
Context of use
description
18. Botanical Gardens, Nature Reserves & National Parks
Table Mountain: A
Full colour coffee table
Very useful
natural history.
publication on Table
background text with
Pauw, A & Johnson, Mountain’s natural
excellent examples of
S. 1999. Fernwood
history.
ecology of fynbos and
Press, Vlaeberg.
forest.
Ericas of the Cape
A6 pocket field guide
Pocket guide to identify
Peninsula. Oliver, I with line drawings,
ericas of the Cape
& Oliver, T. 2000.
distribution maps and
Peninsula in the field.
NBI & Protea Atlas descriptions.
Project, Cape Town.
Mountains in the
Richly illustrated
Very informative field
sea: Table
photographic field guide
guide.
Mountain to Cape
to the natural and cultural
Point. Yeld, J &
history of Table Mountain
Barker, M. 2004.
National Park.
SANParks,
Constantia.
A status report of
Environmental report on
Information to support
Nature’s Valley, the the Nature’s Valley area,
sustainable
neighbouring
December 2002
management of the
communities and
township
surrounding areas
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
General public
E
Bookstores, Botanical Society
bookshop
General public,
hikers,
conservationists,
biologists, EE
providers.
General public, e.g.
tourists, hikers,
teachers, EE
providers.
E
Botanical Society bookshop.
Can be ordered
E
Bookstores, TMNP; Available
from the Park at a special price
for educators (R30) (021) 701
8692
Residents, planners, E, A
developers,
conservationists
Nature’s Valley Trust
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
59
Title / Brief
Content focus
Context of use
description
18. Botanical Gardens, Nature Reserves & National Parks
Gold Fields EE
Variety of learning
Garden-based school
Centre, Kirstenbosch programmes & learning
visit programme for
(SANBI) worksheets
support materials on
learners (all grades)
botanical garden-based
themes, e.g. plants &
people; biodiversity walk;
travel & tourism
Knysna Lakes
Worksheets on a variety
worksheets
of topics for different
grades
Mike Woods
Learning programmes
Nature reserve-based
Environmental
and worksheets for a
school visit programme
Education Centre
number of grades and
(e.g. fynbos ecology &
worksheets
topics relevant to the
uses, freshwater
Helderberg Nature
ecology)
Reserve
Wilderness National A5 booklet with I
Children’s activities,
Park activity booklet activities relating to the
mainly for holiday
Knysna estuary.
times.
Snakes & Ladders
Home made board game
Children’s activities
with clues relating to the
Knysna estuary and
environmental issues
Checklist of birds of
A6 booklet with list of
Enable monitoring of
Nature’s Valley
birds
birds
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g’s
Availability / distribution
Teachers &
learners
E, A, Provided as part of a guided school
X
visit to Kirstenbosch – not available to
general public without an appointment
(021) 799 8670
Schools
E, A
Schools
E, A
Children and
families.
E
Children and
families
A
Interested public
E, A
Lakes Area National Park PO Box 35
Wilderness, 6560 Tel (044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
Mike Woods EE Centre, Helderberg
Nature Reserve: (021) 852 8831
Lakes Area National Park PO Box 35
Wilderness, 6560 Tel (044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
Lakes Area National Park PO Box 35
Wilderness, 6560 Tel (044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
Nature’s Valley Trust (044) 531 6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
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Title / Brief
Content focus
Context of use
description
18. Botanical Gardens, Nature Reserves & National Parks
City slickers
Amusing story of a pair
Covers the biology and
of African penguins at the conservation of African
Boulders colony, and
penguins in the form of
their interactions with
a story.
people (53 min video)
Hoerikwaggo: people Relation between people
Covers historical and
of the mountain
and Table Mountain over current interactions and
the centuries (Video &
issues
DVD)
Treasure hunt of
A4 posters
Trail in the botanical
plants
garden on plants
Interpretive Signage A3 posters around in
Provide information on
Nature’s Valley, also in
plants in the area
the small botanical
(erica’s, proteas,etc),
garden in Nature’s Valley birds, trees, etc.
Mountain of the sea
Ecology of Table
Covers general fynbos
Mountain, including fire
biology & ecology
and post-fire succession
(50 min video)
Nature’s News /
Newsletter of the
Local news, project
Nuus
Nature’s Valley Trust: 3 updates and residents’
per annum
issues
Veld & Flora
Quarterly magazine of the Popular articles on
Botanical Society of
indigenous botany,
South Africa
horticulture and
ecology
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g’s
Availability / distribution
General public
E
Trevor de Kock, Pelican Pictures,
Cape Town
pelpic@iafrica.com
General public
E
Contact Table Mountain National
Park: (021)701 8692
Children
E
NVTrust office, FREE
Adults and
children
E
Nature’s Valley Trust office
FREE
General public
E
Trevor de Kock, Pelican Pictures,
Cape Town
pelpic@iafrica.com
Residents &
visitors to
Nature’s Valley
Botanical Society
members; Plantloving public
E, A
Nature’s Valley Trust (044) 531 6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
E
(A)
Botanical Society of SA
Tel: (021) 797 2090
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Title / Brief
description
Botanical Society
of South Africa
Cape Nature
Website Address
http://www.botanicalsociety.org.za
City of Cape Town
www.capetown.gov.za/environment
Department of
Water Affairs &
Forestry
http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za/
Eastern Cape
Province:
Department of
Economic Affairs,
Environment &
Tourism
South African
National
Biodiversity
Institute (SANBI) –
previously National
Botanical Institute
http://www.ecprov.gov.za
http://www.capenature.org.za
http://www.sanbi.org.za
Comments
Background information, news, membership, branches and publications /
bookshop of Botanical Society; mail orders from the Botanical Society Bookshop
Information on Cape Nature’s reserves and research projects; On-line information
brochures on a range of topics, e.g. Tortoises of the Western Cape, blue cranes,
lowland fynbos, African black oystercatcher; Envirolinks: extensive links to other
environmental web pages.
Wolfgat Nature Reserve Brochure, Edith Stephens Wetland Park Brochure,
Macassar Dunes Nature Reserve Brochure, Harmony Flats Nature Reserve
Brochure, Cape Town Nature Reserves Map, Blaauwberg Conservation Area
Brochure, False Bay Ecology Park Brochure (free)
Projects & programmes, e.g. Berg River Monitoring Programme, Breede River
Basin Study, SA River Health Programme, Water Plan for the Western Cape,
Working for Water Programme
Government Notices : Related to the National Water Act, Catchment
Management, etc.
Information and news about environmental affairs in the Eastern Cape and game
and nature reserves in the EC.
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA National Botanical
Gardens
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available from
SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
62
(NBI)
South African
National Parks
South African
Tourism
information
Table Mountain
National Park
Western Cape
Department of
Environmental
Affairs &
Development
Planning
http://www.parks-sa.co.za
Information on national parks in South Africa and the Cape Floristic Region
http://www.southafrica.info
Information for visitors on game reserves, nature reserves, national parks and
botanical gardens in South Africa.
http://www.cpnp.co.za/
Introductory information on the Table Mountain National Park
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/yo
urgovernment/gsc/406
News and information on the responsibilities and projects of the provincial
Environmental Affairs department; Foci: Integrated Environmental Management;
Planning, Biodiversity Management & Coastal Management; Pollution & Waste
Management; Services provided; Research reports; Relevant legislation
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19. Environmental Education and Activities
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Young visitors
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E
Nature’s Valley Trust (044)
531 6820,
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
The Hobbit Trail
Self-guided trail for
children in the
Tsitsikamma Forest, with
activities to do at 5
Hobbit Posts
Promote enjoyment
of the Nature’s
Valley forest
Treasure Route: Phyl Martin
Park
Self-guided trail for
children with 10 clues
(rhymes) for children to
guess
A5 Share-Net booklet;
games and activities to
encourage experiential
learning, mainly in
outdoor settings.
A5 booklet with
information and activities
relating to the Knysna
estuary.
Promote enjoyment
of the Nature’s
Valley botanical
garden
Useful when
preparing fieldwork
experiences, mainly
in natural areas.
Young visitors
E, A
Nature’s Valley Trust (above)
Teachers, EE
providers.
E
Share-Net, Howick (033) 330
3931
Children’s activities,
mainly for holiday
times.
Children and
families.
E
Lakes Area National Park PO
Box 35 Wilderness, 6560 Tel
(044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
A5 booklet introducing 8
plant types of the Klein
Karoo, with learning
activities & curriculum
links.
To support outdoor
education in the
succulent karoo
biome.
Educators,
learners,
general public
E, A
Margaret Herron:
herron@telkomsa.net
Lorraine McGibbon, GREEN
wessa.sc@mweb.co.za
Creative encounters: A
collection of hands-on
activities. Norris Jones, R.
Undated. Share-Net,
Howick.
Discovering the Knysna
estuary: Some activities for
learners. Warnick, J &
Lockyear, J. (undated)
Wildlife & Environment
Society of South Africa.
Fat plants and thin plants.
(Vetplante en skraal plante)
Herron, M & McGibbon, L.
2004. SKEP. George.
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Title / Brief description
Content focus
19. Environmental Education and Activities
Guidelines for indigenous
Detailed information on
vegetation restoration
methods of controlling
following invasion by alien
alien plants and restoring
plants. Holmes, P. 2000.
indigenous vegetation
CSIR, Stellenbosch.
after alien clearing.
Information for Fynbos,
Grassland, Savanna and
arid zones.
How to start a garden with
Guide to low-cost food
only a few cents. Abalimi
gardening on the Cape
Bezekhaya. 1999. Juta, Cape Flats.
Town.
Making meaning: Trail tips
for environmental educators.
Roff, J. 1995. Share-Net,
Howick.
Your A-Z dictionary of
environmental words
A5 Share-Net booklet on
how to run an
interpretive trail; includes
preparation and trail
activities.
Dictionary giving
definitions of words
often used in the
environmental field
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
Ecological restoration
projects in fynbos
Land managers,
conservationists
, developers
E
CSIR Environmentek, PO Box
320 Stellenbosch 7599; (021)
888 2400
Greening / urban
agriculture
programmes
General public,
home
gardeners, food
gardening
coordinators
Teachers, EE
providers, tour
guides.
E, A, X
Botanical Society bookshop,
Abalimi Bezekhaya (021) 447
1256
E
Share-Net, Howick (033) 330
3931
General public,
schools, project
staff
E, A, X
City of Cape Town:
Environmental Management
Department (021) 487 2284,
enviro@capetown.gov.za
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
Useful when
preparing a guided
trail, mainly in
natural areas.
Make environmental
terminology more
accessible
65
Title / Brief
Content focus
description
19. Environmental Education and Activities
City of Cape Town
Colouring-in book with three
Integrated
Intermediate Phase lesson
Metropolitan
plan exemplars, dealing with
Environmental Policy environmental issues.
schools’ workbook
City of Cape Town
Colouring-in book with three
State of the
Foundation Phase lesson
Environment schools’ plans, dealing with SoE
workbook
issues.
Creative encounters
Booklet of creative activities
for outdoor education
settings
Forest fun
Booklet of ideas for teaching
about forests
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g’s
Availability / distribution
Intermediate phase lessons on
Penguins (NS), Air pollution
(LO) and Alien trees (SS)
Teachers &
Learners
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
Foundation phase lessons
linked to Literacy, Numeracy
and Life Skills
Teachers &
Learners
E
Activity ideas for educators
planning outdoor
environmental lessons
Activity ideas for teachers and
EE providers on forests
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R20 per copy
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R27 per copy
Greening South
African schools
Indigenous greening manual
+ lesson plan ideas for GET
using the RNCS
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Hadeda Island
curriculum pack
Pack of curriculum
guidelines and supporting
materials integrating
ecological and political
literacy
Support materials for NBI’s
greening programme; also
making ideas more widely
available.
Cross-curricular environmental
/ democracy education activity
ideas for educators
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed via NBI workshops
and through Share Net (033)
330 3931
R44
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R150 per copy
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
66
19. Environmental Education and Activities
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Learning for sustainable
living
Making meaning – trail tips
Book of information and
activities covering six
themes (ecology, water,
air, soil, energy,
population)
Booklet of tips on
leading an interpretive
trail
Natural Sciences modules for 4 draft curriculum
Grade 7
modules (e.g.
Classification;
Biodiversity &
indigenous knowledge)
Plants in our environment
Information and learning
activities on plants,
developed with southern
Cape teachers
Primary Science Programme Variety of Curriculum
teacher workshop guides
Topics, e.g. Energy &
Change; Life & Living;
Matter & Materials;
Earth & Beyond –
Grades 4-7
Context of use
Cross-curricular
environmental
education for
intermediate to senior
phase learners
Guidance on creative
approaches to
interpretive trails for
educators and guides
Learning activities
with clear RNCS
links in Natural
Science
Promote learning
about indigenous
plants and the
environment
Curriculum support –
don’t generally relate
to biodiversity
conservation
education (except:
L&L Gd5: Diversity;
Gd 6 & 7: Plants)
Main user
group(s)
Teachers, EE
providers
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E
Developed and distributed by
BirdLife SA (011) 789 1122
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R20 per copy
Teachers
E, A
Developed by Annemarie
Gebhardt, Curriculum Advisor
EMDC South Cape / Karoo
083 301 3248
Teachers & EE
providers
E
Developed and distributed by
Garden Route Botanical
Garden (044) 874 1249
Primary Science E
Teachers
Distributed by Western Cape
Primary Science Programme
PO Box 529 Howard Place
7450; (021) 691 9039
info@psp.org.za
www.psp.org.za
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19. Environmental Education and Activities
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Teachers, EE
providers
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E, A
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R20 per copy
Soil is Life
Booklet of ideas for
Lesson ideas for
teaching about soil across teachers and EE
the curriculum
providers on soil
Teaching the topic Plants
(PSP)
Variety of classroom
activities on plants, e.g.
growing plants;
reproduction;
classification, food.
Curriculum support
Primary Science E
Teachers
The greenhouse effect
Booklet of ideas for
teaching about the
greenhouse effect across
the curriculum
Curriculum-related
lesson activities for
Foundation Phase based
on various permaculturerelated themes.
Lesson ideas for
teachers and EE
providers on the
greenhouse effect
Linking the
foundation phase
classroom to
permaculture action
projects in the school
grounds
Activity ideas for
teachers and EE
providers on water
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Foundation
phase teachers;
environmental
educators
E
Distributed by SEED (021)
447 7686 & Share Net (033)
330 3931
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R27 per copy
The organic classroom
Water is life
Booklet of ideas for
teaching about water
across the curriculum
Distributed by Western Cape
Primary Science Programme
PO Box 529 Howard Place
7450; (021) 691 9039
info@psp.org.za
www.psp.org.za
Distributed by Share-Net (033)
330 3931; R30 per copy
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19. Environmental Education and Activities
Title / Brief description Content focus
National Coastal
Monitoring Project: A
guide to coastal adoption
for teachers
Centre for Conservation
Education worksheets &
lesson plans
Bin of equipment with
supporting booklet to enable
monitoring of coastal
ecosystems and processes
Variety of learning
programmes and materials
for GET environmental
learning
City of Cape Town State
of the Environment (SoE)
schools’ workbook
SoE themes, e.g.
biodiversity, role of
conservation officers
Eco Activities worksheets
Variety of worksheets
supporting classroom &
fieldwork based lessons (e.g.
adaptations, classification,
aliens, freshwater systems)
Context of use
Community-based
coastal monitoring
Support visits to the
Education Museum,
Tokai Arboretum,
Table Mountain,
rocky shores,
Liesbeeck River
Colouring in book for
younger learners
(Foundation Phase)
Mainly developed for
natural areas in Cape
Town, but adaptable
to suit the
requirements of the
class
Main user
group(s)
Coastcare
groups, teachers
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E, A
Teachers and
learners
E, A
Coastcare project, WESSA
(021) 701 1397 & DEAT
(Marine & Coastal
Management): (021) 402 3208
Centre for Conservation
Education, Wynberg
(021) 762 1622
postmaster@cce.wcape.school.
za
Teachers and
young learners
in the City of
Cape Town
Teachers &
learners
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
E
Wendy Hitchcock, Eco
Activities. Available in support
of guided programmes only.
(021) 712 3966,
Hitchcock@mweb.co.za
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19. Environmental Education and Activities
Fynbos & our
Fynbos ecology lesson plan
environment: Moehreeg
for Senior Phase, based on
Abader, Habibia Primary C2005; Learners develop a
power point presentation
based on Internet research on
Fynbos
Knysna Lakes worksheets Worksheets on a variety of
topics for different grades
Gold Fields EE Centre,
Kirstenbosch (SANBI)
worksheets
Plants and Flowers on
the Cape Flats:
Colouring-in book:
Variety of learning
programmes & learning
support materials on
botanical garden-based
themes, e.g. plants & people;
biodiversity walk; travel &
tourism
Cape Flats flora: distribution,
threats & opportunities
Wilderness National Park A5 booklet with I activities
activity booklet
relating to the Knysna
estuary.
Produced as part of
Teachers
the School
Environmental Policy
project, 2001
E
Ally Ashwell has originals
(021) 788 2431; was
distributed to WCED
Curriculum Department &
teachers through Youth
Environmental School
Lakes Area National Park PO
Box 35 Wilderness, 6560 Tel
(044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
Provided as part of a guided
school visit to Kirstenbosch –
not available to general public
without an appointment (021)
799 8670
Schools
E, A
Garden-based school
visit programme for
learners (all grades)
Teachers &
learners
E, A, X
Colouring-in book to
raise awareness
among younger
learners
Children’s activities,
mainly for holiday
times.
Teachers &
young learners
on the Cape
Flats
Children and
families.
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
E
Lakes Area National Park PO
Box 35 Wilderness, 6560 Tel
(044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
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19. Environmental Education and Activities
Title / Brief description Content focus
The BEEP game
Board game using dice &
beans that reflects good and
bad environmental behaviour
Context of use
Fun way of showing
appropriate and
inappropriate
behaviour
Snakes & Ladders
Home made board game with Children’s activities
clues relating to the Knysna
estuary and environmental
issues
Equipment for measuring Handbook describing
Enable the
weather conditions
weather monitoring
measurement of
equipment and describing
weather conditions
how to build low-cost
equipment
Into Evaluation: A start- File of guidelines and case
Produced to enable
up resource
studies on monitoring and
evaluation of EE
evaluating environmental
projects in the City of
education & training
Cape Town; available
projects, programmes &
to EE partners
resources
Mini-SASS Sheets
Sheet showing categories of
Support monitoring
freshwater pollution
of the health of
indicator organisms
freshwater systems
Main user
group(s)
Children
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E, A, X
Developed by the Garden
Route Botanical Garden (044)
874 1249
Children and
families
A
EE providers,
Teachers &
learners,
environmental
groups
EE providers in
and beyond the
City of Cape
Town
E
Lakes Area National Park PO
Box 35 Wilderness, 6560 Tel
(044) 877 0046,
joslynw@sanparks.org
Available from Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R15 per copy
EE providers,
Teachers &
learners,
environmental
groups
E
E
Available from the education
officer, City of Cape Town
Environmental Management
Department: (021) 487 2839
Lindie.buirski@capetown.gov.
za
Available from Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R11 for 5
sheets
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19. Environmental Education and Activities
Title / Brief description Content focus
National Coastal
Monitoring Project:
Adopt a Beach
SWAP starter kit
EE & Training Database
for projects, programmes
& resource materials in
the City of Cape Town
Bin of equipment with
supporting documentation
to enable monitoring of
coastal ecosystems and
processes
Basic equipment to monitor
the quality of freshwater
resources
Community-based
coastal monitoring
List of City of Cape Town
EE&T projects and
materials, covering natural,
social & built environment
Promote collaboration
between environmental
projects in the City of
Cape Town
Environmental Education Informal network of
Friends
environmental educators in
Cape Town
EE resource Manual
Context of use
A4 File
Support monitoring of
the health of freshwater
systems
Networking, sharing
information on EE
programmes and
opportunities
A manual on EE with
sample lessons, etc. To
assist educators with EE
for learners
Main user
group(s)
Coastcare groups
Lan
g’s
E, A
Availability / distribution
EE providers,
Teachers &
learners,
environmental
groups
General public,
environmental
providers,
schools, etc.
E
Available from Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R32 per kit
E
Environmental
educators
n/a
Educators
E
Out of date but once updated
will be available as a download
from
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
e-mail database available from
Mary Murphy, Polo and
Friends:
mary@poloandfriends.org
NVTrust office
Free
Coastcare project, WESSA
(021) 701 1397 & DEAT
(Marine & Coastal
Management): (021) 402 3208
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Environmental Education
EMDC South Cape /
Karoo
Environmental Resource
Directory for the City of
Cape Town
List of environmental
education providers in the
southern Cape and Karoo
List of Environmental
service providers in the
City of Cape Town
A journey through time
A4 booklet
Networking, providing
support for teachers
Teachers,
Environmental
educators
Networking, project
General public,
support, finding advice
environmental
and resources
providers,
schools, etc.
Trail for children on shell Children
middens and history
E, A
E
E
Compiled by Annemarie
Gebhardt, Curriculum Advisor:
083 301 3248
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
NVTrust office, FREE
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20. Databases / Directories
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Enviropaedia
GREEN Directory edition
1 – 2002/2003
Helderberg Nature
Reserve: Mike Woods EE
resource lists
Imithi amayeza
Extensive environmental
directory and
encyclopaedia covering a
wide range of topics
List of Environmental
service providers in the
Garden Route and
beyond
Well catalogued EE &
resource centre, with
many books, magazines,
posters, pictures, lesson
plans & worksheets
Network & database of
people involved in
healing with indigenous
plants
Context of use
Networking & up to
date environmental
information
Networking
Project research
(reference & lending
sections); outdoor
lesson preparation
Networking, learning,
sharing information
Main user
group(s)
General public,
educators,
businesses,
environmentalists
Educators,
environmentalists
in the Garden Route
area
Teachers, learners,
EE providers,
general public
Lan
g’s
E
Availability / distribution
E
Produced by the Garden Route
EE Network (GREEN) Forum
(044) 874 1558 through
SANParks (044) 877 0046
Visitors may copy or borrow
materials from the resource
centre: (021) 852 8831,
mweec@absamail.co.za
Healers, botanists,
interested public
n/a
E, A
David Parry-Davies, Eco-Logic
Publishing cc (021) 786 4311
Contact Yvette van Wijk,
Garden Route Botanical Garden
(044) 874 1558,
yvwijk@pixie.co.za
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Title / Brief description
Content focus
20. Databases / Directories
Mitchell’s Plain educators
Electronic database of
teachers in Mitchell’s
Plain schools
Share Net address book
Address book of people
involved in developing
environmental education
resource materials in
southern Africa
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g’s
Availability / distribution
Networking,
developing schoolbased environmental
programmes
Networking, sharing
information, getting
assistance
Environmental
organisations,
teachers
n/a
Contact Theo Manuel, DWAF,
(021) 950 7118
manuelt@dwaf.gov.za
Environmental
educators, resource
material developers
E
Contact Share Net (033) 330
3931
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Share Net resource data
base
Title / Brief description
Resource data base on
environmental education
resources on action
series, water quality
resources, enviro-picture
building games/puzzles
hands–on series
beginners guides, EE and
OBE resources,
indigenous knowledge
,other resources,
teachers’ guides ZuluEnglish field guides
(short supplements)
Content focus
20. Databases / Directories
Weskus EcoEd
A5 booklet listing
environmental education
environmental education
directory
providers in the West
Coast region (First
edition 2001)
Environmental Education
Friends
Informal network of
environmental educators
in Cape Town
Shows all the
resources that can be
ordered from share
net
Environmental
E
educators, resource
material developers,
schools
Wildlife Marketing Services
(Pty) Ltd
PO Box 394
Howick
3290
sharenet@wessa.co.za
Fax (033) 330 4576
Tel: (033) 330 3931
Context of use
Main user
group(s)
Lan
g’s
Availability / distribution
Networking, project
support, finding
advice and resources
Teachers,
environmental
educators
E, A
Compiled by Elaine Turner &
Kevin Moore (SANParks);
Contact Elaine Turner (022) 772
1478
Networking, sharing
information on EE
programmes and
opportunities
Environmental
educators
n/a
e-mail database available from
Mary Murphy, Polo and Friends:
mary@poloandfriends.org
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EE & Training Database
for projects, programmes
& resource materials in the
City of Cape Town
List of City of Cape
Town EE&T projects
and materials, covering
natural, social & built
environment
Environmental Education
List of environmental
EMDC South Cape / Karoo education providers in
the southern Cape and
Karoo
Environmental Resource
List of Environmental
Directory for the City of
service providers in the
Cape Town
City of Cape Town
Promote
collaboration between
environmental
projects in the City of
Cape Town
Networking,
providing support for
teachers
General public,
environmental
providers, schools,
etc.
E
Teachers,
Environmental
educators
E, A
Compiled by Annemarie
Gebhardt, Curriculum Advisor:
083 301 3248
Networking, project
support, finding
advice and resources
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environm
ent
Your A-Z dictionary of
environmental words
Make environmental
terminology more
accessible
General public,
environmental
providers, schools,
etc.
General public,
schools, project
staff
Cape Flats Nature
Dictionary giving
definitions of words
often used in the
environmental field
booklet
Handbook
networking people
and nature in the city
Networking people
and nature in the city
– inspiration, issues
and challenges
Conservation
education: learning
opportunities for
careers in
biodiversity
conservation
www.capetown.gov.za/environm
ent
E, A, www.capetown.gov.za/environm
X
ent
C.A.P.E
C.A.P.E
77
.A.P.E. 2008. Careers in
Conservation
A curriculum-based
resource for teaching,
learning and assessment
in Life Orientation for
Grade 9 and Grade 12
learners. Version 1 of
DVD.
23. Newsletters / Magazines
Title / Brief description
Content focus
CAPE Action
EnviroKids
Newsletter of Cape
Action for People &
the Environment
(CAPE) publishing
fortnightly
Environmental
magazine for children
– information,
curriculum
opportunities,
puzzles, stories, etc.
C.A.P.E
Context of use
News and networking
Main user
group(s)
CAPE
partners and
interested
public
Broaden awareness
Children,
and understanding of
parents and
environmental
educators
concerns, and
encourage involvement
Language(s)
E
Availability / distribution
CAPE office or
www.capeaction.org.za
021 799 8790
E
Distributed to young members
of WESSA; Tel (033) 330
3931
78
EnviroTeach
Environmental
education magazine;
each edition has
articles, activities and
resources on a
particular theme
Enviroworks May
2008 Vol 1/08
Provides information,
activity ideas and
curriculum materials
on various
environmental topics
Educators
E
Distributed by IHS South
Africa, PO Box 7870,
Johannesburg 2000. (011) 835
2221
The City of Cape
Town’s environmental
newsletter
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
City of Cape Town
Enviroworks Aug
2007 Vol 2/07
The City of Cape
Town’s environmental
newsletter
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
City of Cape Town
Enviroworks Feb
2007 Vol 1/07
The City of Cape
Town’s environmental
newsletter
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
City of Cape Town
Enviroworks Aug
2006 Vol 2/06
The City of Cape
Town’s environmental
newsletter
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
City of Cape Town
Enviroworks Aug
2006 Vol 1/06
The City of Cape
Town’s environmental
newsletter
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
City of Cape Town
Smart Living
Handbook
Information on how to
live more sustainably
in Cape Town
City staff,
public and
strategic
partners
City staff,
public and
strategic
partners
City staff,
public and
strategic
partners
City staff,
public and
strategic
partners
City staff,
public and
strategic
partners
City staff,
General
Public
City of Cape Town
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
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City of Cape Town
Schools & Sustainability:
The Eco Schools
programme in South
Africa
The Enviropaedia:
First Published – 2000 –
updated & reprinted :
2002; 2004 ; 2006 – next
update due 2009
The Enviropaedia:
First Published – 2000 –
updated & reprinted :
2002; 2004 ; 2006 – next
update due 2009
The Enviropaedia:
First Published – 2000 –
updated & reprinted :
2002; 2004 ; 2006 – next
update due 2009
Serious about
Sustainability DVD
DVD covering general
sustainability within
the City of Cape
Town, as well as
biodiversity, climate
change and disaster
risk management
Video using examples Training and
from Cape Town
inspiration
schools to explain
how to participate in
the Eco-Schools
programme
A4 full colour book.
Educational and
Environmental
Commercial reference
Encyclopaedia and
resource
Networking Directory
– specifically created
for Southern Africa
Internet based
Educational and
Environmental
Commercial reference
Encyclopaedia &
resource
Networking Directory
Enviropaedia
Newsletter
Current environmental
affairs
General
public, City
of Cape
Town staff
Available on request from the
Environmental Management
Department (021) 487 2284;
enviro@capetown.gov.za
Schools
E
Available from Share Net
(033) 330 3931
Educational
and
Commercial
reference
resource
E
Leading Bookshops + Direct
via www.enviropaedia.com or
021 786 4311
R295.00 inc Vat + delivery in
SA
Educational
and
Commercial
reference
resource
Educational
and
Commercial
reference
resource
E
www.enviropaedia.com
FREE
E
FREE
By request /subscription to
info@enviropaedia.com
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C.A.P.E. e-News
electronic newsletter
The Enviropaedia
published fortnightly
Environmental
Encyclopaedia +
Environmental
Directory for
Southern Africa
C.A.P.E
Reference book + free
access website
www.enviropaedia.co
m
School
Educators +
University
Students +
Business
Management
+
English
Book Shops ( Exclusives &
Wordsworths ) Or Direct via
website
www.enviropaedia.com or tel
021 786 3171
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22. Organisational Websites & Information Resources
Title / Brief description
Website Address
Cape Action for People &
Environment (CAPE)
http://www.capeaction.org.za
CapeNature
http://www.capenature.org.za
City of Cape Town
http://www.capetown.gov.za
Department of
Environmental Affairs &
Tourism
http://www.environment.gov.za/
Department of Water Affairs
& Forestry
http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za/
Comments
Information on CAPE projects and partners (useful links), with regular
newsletters and updates. Examples of projects: Conservation Planning
Unit, Blaauwberg Conservation Area, Mainstreaming biodiversity on the
Cape Flats, Electronic access to herbarium data, C.A.P.E. Threatened
Plants Programme
Information on CapeNature’s reserves and research projects; On-line
information brochures on a range of topics, e.g. Tortoises of the Western
Cape, blue cranes, lowland fynbos, African black oystercatcher;
Envirolinks: extensive links to other environmental web pages.
Information on City of Cape Town’s Integrated Metropolitan
Environmental Policy (IMEP), sectoral strategies and annual State of the
Environment report; Very useful links page providing web addresses for:
Animal-, Botanical-, Marine & Environmental Conservation &
Management, Government Bodies, Local Agenda 21, Museums, State of
the Environment (SoE) Reports, Tourism, etc.
Information on / links to DEA&T projects, e.g. CoastCare, CITES, State
of the Environment, World Heritage Convention Programme, National
Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan;
Environmental maps & graphics; EnviroInfo;
National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
Projects & programmes, e.g. Berg River Monitoring Programme, Breede
River Basin Study, SA River Health Programme, Water Plan for the
Western Cape, Working for Water Programme
Government Notices : Related to the National Water Act, Catchment
Management, etc.
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22. Organisational Websites & Information Resources
Eastern Cape Province:
http://www.ecprov.gov.za
Department of Economic
Affairs, Environment &
Tourism
Eco-Schools
www.eco-schools.org
EnviroLEARN portal
http://www.envirolearn.org.za
Environmental Education &
Resources Unit (EERU)
http://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/eeru/
Food & Trees for Africa
http://www.trees.co.za
South African National
http://www.sanbi.org.za
Biodiversity Institute
(SANBI) – previously
National Botanical Institute
(NBI)
South African National Parks http://www.parks-sa.co.za
Table Mountain National
Park
Two Oceans Aquarium
Information and news about environmental affairs in the Eastern Cape
National Eco-Schools Co-ordinator
Wildlife & Environment Society of South Africa
P O Box 394, Howick, 3290
Tel: (033) 330 393 Fax: (033) 330 4576
Environmental education web portal managed by My Acre of Africa;
Information on environment and the RNCS, Share Net resources, Enviro
Facts, Environmental days, Eco-Schools; Opportunity to post EE
resources
This centre is based in the Cape Flats Nature Reserve at University of the
Western Cape; the website lists the programmes offered and the materials
available in the resource centre
Information on Food & Trees for Africa’s programmes, including
permaculture, urban greening, EduPlant competition, and activities
relating to Arbor Week
http://www.sanbi.org.za/
Information on botanical gardens EE programmes and the Greening the
Nation schools indigenous greening programme.
http://www.cpnp.co.za/
Project information, e.g. SANParks & Wetlands, Quagga Project,
Extended Public Works Programme, Hoerikwaggo Trail
Introductory information on the Table Mountain National Park
http://www.aquarium.co.za
Information on the Aquarium and its programmes, e.g. education
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Rhodes University
http://www.ru.ac.za/
University of Stellenbosch
http://www.sun.ac.za/
programmes for children and adults. Page of links to marine information
sources
Information on Environmental Education & Sustainability Unit, Gold
Fields EE Centre, Murray & Roberts Chair of EE and certificates,
diplomas & degrees in environmental education and conservation
education. Gold Fields Short Course in EE, Schools & Sustainability
Certificate, ACE-EE, M.Ed-EE, Ph.D’s.
Information on EERU (EE Research Unit), degrees relating to EE.
Western Cape Department of
Environmental Affairs &
Development Planning
Wildlife & Environment
Society of SA (WESSA)
Working for Water
Programme
WWF-SA
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/
eng/yourgovernment/gsc/406
News and information on the EE resources and projects available from the
organization.
http://www.wildlifesociety.org.z
a
http://www.dwaf.gov.za/wfw/
City of Cape Town
General enquiries: 0860 103 089
Information on membership, projects and publications, e.g. African
Wildlife and EnviroKids
Information on the problem and eradication of invasive alien plants; list of
available resource materials; links to websites
Information on WWF-SA, its projects and trusts; newsletters and
publications
Refuse Removal Cleaning and Disposal Services (including queries
relating to drop-off facilities and reporting of illegal dumping).
City of Cape Town’s Waste
Wise Campaign
City of Cape Town sites
www.wastewise.org.za.
http://www.panda.org.za
www.capetown.gov.za/IWEX
22. Organisational Websites & Information Resources
The Institute of Waste
www.iwmsa.co.za
Management
The Integrated Waste Exchange Programme was launched in May 2000 in
a
bid to reduce the amount of hazardous and general waste material entering
promotes environmentally-acceptable and cost-effective
waste management with the aim of protecting the environment and South
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The National Department of visit www.environment.gov.za
Environmental Affairs and
Tourism
The Fairest Cape Association www.fairestcape.co.za
The Natural Step
www.naturalstep.org/about/inter
national.php#SouthAfrica
Institute for Zero Waste in
Africa
tel. 083 4717 276, e-mail
zerowaste@iafrica.com
Africans from poor waste
management
Has developed good waste manuals. Waste Management Directorate tel.
012 310 3911
Is a non-profit NGO operating in the Western Cape. It promotes a cleaner
and healthier environment by enabling people to take responsibility for
waste
puts the principles of sustainable development into practice by
introducing the
framework into organisations
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23. Conservation Planning and Management
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Context of use
Biodiversity Network for Pamphlet
Information to
the City of Cape Town
explaining the
promote
purpose and extent participation in
of the City of
biodiversity
Cape Town’s
conservation in
biodiversity
the City of Cape
network
Town
A status report of
Environmental
Information to
Nature’s Valley, the
report on the
support
neighbouring
Nature’s Valley
sustainable
communities and
area, December
management of
surrounding areas
2002
the township
Biodiversity strategy
Strategy for
Guiding
(City of CT)
conserving
document for City
biodiversity in the of Cape Town
City of Cape
decision makers
Town
and staff
Coastal zone strategy
(City of CT)
Strategy for
conserving the
coastal zone of
the City of Cape
Town
Main user group(s)
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
City businesses,
conservationists,
environmentalists
E
Available from the City of
Cape Town Environmental
Management Department (021)
487 2284,
enviro@capetown.gov.za
Residents, planners,
developers,
conservationists
E, A
Nature’s Valley Trust
nvalley@worldonline.co.za
City councillors, planners,
staff and partner
organisations
E
Guiding
City councillors, planners,
document for City staff and partner
of Cape Town
organisations
decision makers
and staff
E
City of Cape Town
Environmental Management
Department (021) 487 2284;
enviro@capetown.gov.za
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
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IMEP: The
environmental policy of
the City of Cape Town
State-of-rivers report:
Diep, Hout Bay, Lourens
& Palmiet River systems
2003
National Coastal
Monitoring Project: A
guide to coastal adoption
for teachers
Urban Conservancy
Resource File
Conservation Education
Local action for
sustainable living
Summary of the
City of Cape
Town’s
environmental
policy
CSIR report on
the current
ecological status
of Cape Rivers,
with
recommendations
as to
rehabilitation
Bin of equipment
with supporting
booklet to enable
monitoring of
coastal
ecosystems and
processes
A4 file on
guidelines for
urban
conservancies
brochure
Guiding
document for City
of Cape Town
decision makers
and staff
Status report with
recommendations
for better river
management
City councillors, planners,
staff and partner
organisations
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environ
ment
Planners, decision-makers,
researchers, educators
E
www.csir.co.za/rhp/
Communitybased coastal
monitoring
Coastcare groups, teachers
E, A
Coastcare project, WESSA
(021) 701 1397 & DEAT
(Marine & Coastal
Management): (021) 402 3208
Information for
urban
conservancies to
be more enviro
friendly
People part of an Urban
Conservancy
E
Nature’s Valley Trust office,
Cape Nature
FREE
C.A.P.E
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Conflict resolution and
mediation toolbox 2007
C.A.P.E. Conservation
Education
C.A.P.E. Conservation
stewardship
C.A.P.E. Conservation
stewardship
Title / Brief description
CD
C.A.P.E
CD
C.A.P.E
CD
C.A.P.E
inligting/informat
ion CD
Website Address
C.A.P.E
Agricultural Research Council
http://www.arc.agric.za
Cape Nature
http://www.capenature.org.za
City of Cape Town
http://www.capetown.gov.za
Conservation Planning Unit
(CPU)
Department of Environmental
Affairs & Tourism
http://cpu.uwc.ac.za
http://www.environment.gov.za/
Comments
ARC Publications, e.g. Invasive alien plants. Information on ARC Enviro
(Environmental Management Programme) promoting environmentally
friendly agricultural research and the implementation of sustainable
farming practices.
Information on CapeNature’s reserves and research projects; On-line
information brochures on a range of topics, e.g. Tortoises of the Western
Cape, blue cranes, lowland fynbos, African black oystercatcher;
Envirolinks: extensive links to other environmental web pages.
Information on City of Cape Town’s Integrated Metropolitan
Environmental Policy (IMEP), sectoral strategies and annual State of the
Environment report; Very useful links page providing web addresses for:
Animal-, Botanical-, Marine & Environmental Conservation &
Management, Government Bodies, Local Agenda 21, Museums, State of
the Environment (SoE) Reports, Tourism, etc.
High quality, up to date biodiversity maps to guide sustainable planning
and development, and to highlight conservation-worthy areas
Information on / links to DEA&T projects, e.g. CoastCare, CITES, State
of the Environment, World Heritage Convention Programme, National
Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan;
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Department of Water Affairs & http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za/
Forestry
National Department of
Agriculture
http://www.nda.agric.za
Rhodes University
http://www.ru.ac.za
South African National
Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
– previously National
Botanical Institute (NBI)
http://www.sanbi.org.za
South African National Parks
http://www.parks-sa.co.za
State of the Environment
(South Africa)
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/n
soer/
University of Cape Town
http://www.uct.ac.za/
Environmental maps & graphics; EnviroInfo;
National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
Projects & programmes, e.g. Berg River Monitoring Programme, Breede
River Basin Study, SA River Health Programme, Water Plan for the
Western Cape, Working for Water Programme
Government Notices : Related to the National Water Act, Catchment
Management, etc.
Resource catalogue: www.nda.agric.za/publications (including: Alien
plants & why to eradicate)
Policy documents
Information on departments involved in biodiversity research, e.g.
Botany, Environmental Science, Ichthyology and Fisheries Science,
Zoology and Entomology
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica - information on SA biomes and
indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical Society’s Veld &
Flora magazine; Information on SANBI’s Threatened Species
Programme, Biodiversity planning & Bioregional programmes. SANBI
Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available
from SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
Project information, e.g. SANParks & Wetlands, Quagga Project,
Extended Public Works Programme, Hoerikwaggo Trail
National SoE report on the web. Information on Fynbos available at:
http://www.ngo.grida.no/soesa/nsoer/Data/vegrsa/fynbinl.htm
Information on departments involved in biodiversity research, e.g. Avian
Demography Unit, Biodiversity & Evolutionary Biology, Botany,
Environmental & Geographical Sciences, Environmental Evaluation
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University of Port Elizabeth
http://www.upe.ac.za/
University of Stellenbosch
http://www.sun.ac.za/
Western Cape Department of
Environmental Affairs &
Development Planning
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/
eng/yourgovernment/gsc/406
Wildlife & Environment
http://www.wildlifesociety.org.z
Society of SA (WESSA) EC – a
Biodiversity Conservation Unit
Unit, Freshwater Research Unit, Institute for Plant Conservation, Marine
Biology Research Institute, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African
Ornithology, Small Mammal Research Unit, South African Bird Ringing
Unit, Zoology Department
Information on departments involved in biodiversity research, e.g.
Botany, Geography, Zoology, Institute for Environmental and Coastal
Management, Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit
Information on degrees relating to biodiversity, e.g. BA in Ontwikkeling
en Omgewing; BSc in Biodiversiteit en Ekologie; BSc in Toegepaste
Geoinformatika; BSc in Bosbou; BSc in Bewaarings Ekologie
News and information on the responsibilities and projects of the
provincial Environmental Affairs department; Foci: Integrated
Environmental Management; Planning, Biodiversity Management &
Coastal Management; Pollution & Waste Management; Services
provided; Research reports; Relevant legislation
Information on the BCU projects. Contact us: 1st Floor, Havilland
House
Cnr Lawrence & Havelock Street, Central Hill, Port Elizabeth
6001 South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 41 5823361/7
Fax: +27 (0) 41 5823368
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25. Soil, Erosion, Land Degradation
Title / Brief description
Content focus
Hands-on soil and compost
life.3rd edition. Van den
Berg, I & Ngcobo, H.
1992. Share-Net, Howick
Learning for sustainable
living
The organic classroom
Soil is Life
Enviro Facts sheets (Soil
erosion)
Context of use
Simple guide to some of
the plants and animals
commonly found in
compost & leaf litter.
Book of information and
activities covering six
themes (ecology, water,
air, soil, energy,
population)
Curriculum-related
lesson activities for
Foundation Phase based
on various permaculturerelated themes.
Booklet of ideas for
teaching about soil across
the curriculum
Guide to support
ecological studies of
decomposer
organisms.
Cross-curricular
environmental
education for
intermediate to senior
phase learners
Linking the foundation
phase classroom to
permaculture action
projects in the school
grounds
Lesson ideas for
teachers and EE
providers on soil
About 60 environmental
fact sheets, with some
relevant to the CFR
EE research projects
Main user
group(s)
Teachers, EE
providers
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E
Share-Net
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Developed and distributed
by BirdLife SA (011) 789
1122
Foundation phase
teachers;
environmental
educators
E
Distributed by SEED (021)
447 7686 & Share Net
(033) 330 3931
Teachers, EE
providers
E, A
Distributed by Share-Net
(033) 330 3931; R27 per
copy
Teachers, learners,
EE providers
E
Share-Net: (033) 330 3931,
Pick ‘n Pay retail stores
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People, biodiversity
patterns & ecological
processes: A learning
resource for the succulent
Klein Karoo. Herron, M &
McGibbon, L. 2004. SKEP.
George.
Title / Brief description
A5 booklet introducing
To support
various aspects of Klein environmental
Karoo ecology, history
education in the
and environmental
succulent karoo
issues. (Afrikaans:
biome.
Vygies, volstruise en die
vreemdelinge)
Website Address
Agricultural Research Council
http://www.arc.agric.za
Educators, learners,
general public
E, A
Margaret Herron:
herron@telkomsa.net
Lorraine McGibbon, GREEN
wessa.sc@mweb.co.za
Comments
ARC Publications, e.g. Invasive alien plants
Information on ARC Enviro (Environmental Management Programme)
promoting environmentally friendly agricultural research and the
implementation of sustainable farming practices
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25. Environmental Policy, Strategies & Legislation
Title / Brief
Content focus
Context of use
description
CARA legislation
Booklet
To inform the public of
made easy
explaining the
the legal requirements
Conservation of
to eradicate invasive
Agricultural
alien plants
Resources Act
(#43, 1983) as it
relates to
categories of
weeds
Nature’s Valley:
Information sheet Promote ecologically
Responsible marine
with tide table on fishing sensitive
resource use
permit
practices
requirements,
endangered
species, etc.
Biodiversity strategy Strategy for
Guiding document for
(City of CT)
conserving
City of Cape Town
biodiversity in
decision makers and
the City of Cape
staff
Town
Coastal zone strategy Strategy for
Guiding document for
(City of CT)
conserving the
City of Cape Town
coastal zone of
decision makers and
the City of Cape
staff
Town
Main user
group(s)
General public,
educators, land
managers,
conservationists,
policy makers
Lang’s
Availability / distribution
E
Distributed by Working for Water
WeedBuster programme –
weedbuster@dwaf.gov.za; wwwdwaf.pwv.gov.za/wfw/ Tel: 0800 005
376. Available end of May
Residents and
visitors
E
Nature’s Valley Trust (above)
City councillors,
planners, staff and
partner
organisations
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environment
City councillors,
planners, staff and
partner
organisations
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environment
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Environmental
education & training
strategy (City of CT)
IMEP: The
environmental policy
of the City of Cape
Town
Strategy for
EE&T in the City
of Cape Town
Guiding document for
City of Cape Town
decision makers and
staff
Guiding document for
City of Cape Town
decision makers and
staff
Summary of the
City of Cape
Town’s
environmental
policy
Hadeda Island
Pack of
Cross-curricular
curriculum pack
curriculum
environmental /
guidelines and
democracy education
supporting
activity ideas for
materials
educators
integrating
ecological and
political literacy
Title / Brief description
Website Address
Agricultural Research
Council
http://www.arc.agric.za
Cape Nature
http://www.capenature.org.za
City of Cape Town
http://www.capetown.gov.za
City councillors,
planners, staff and
partner
organisations
City councillors,
planners, staff and
partner
organisations
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environment
E
www.capetown.gov.za/environment
Teachers, EE
providers
E
Distributed by Share-Net (033) 330
3931; R150 per copy
Comments
ARC Publications, e.g. Invasive alien plants
Information on ARC Enviro (Environmental Management Programme) promoting
environmentally friendly agricultural research and the implementation of
sustainable farming practices
Information on CapeNature’s reserves and research projects; On-line information
brochures on a range of topics, e.g. Tortoises of the Western Cape, blue cranes,
lowland fynbos, African black oystercatcher; Envirolinks: extensive links to other
environmental web pages.
Information on City of Cape Town’s Integrated Metropolitan Environmental
Policy (IMEP), sectoral strategies and annual State of the Environment report;
Very useful links page providing web addresses for: Animal-, Botanical-, Marine
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Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD)
http://www.biodiv.org
Department of
Environmental Affairs &
Tourism
http://www.environment.gov.za/
Department of Water
Affairs & Forestry
http://www-dwaf.pwv.gov.za/
National Department of
Agriculture
http://www.nda.agric.za
South African National
Biodiversity Institute
(SANBI) – previously
National Botanical
Institute (NBI)
http://www.sanbi.org.za
South African National
Parks
http://www.parks-sa.co.za
& Environmental Conservation & Management, Government Bodies, Local
Agenda 21, Museums, State of the Environment (SoE) Reports, Tourism, etc.
Information on the UN Convention and related thematic programmes, e.g.
agricultural biodiversity, dry and sub-humid lands biodiversity, marine & coastal
biodiversity
Cross-cutting issues: alien species, benefit sharing, climate change, indigenous
knowledge, sustainable use, tourism, etc.
Information on / links to DEA&T projects, e.g. CoastCare, CITES, State of the
Environment, World Heritage Convention Programme, National Biodiversity
Strategy & Action Plan;
Environmental maps & graphics; EnviroInfo;
National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment
Projects & programmes, e.g. Berg River Monitoring Programme, Breede River
Basin Study, SA River Health Programme, Water Plan for the Western Cape,
Working for Water Programme
Government Notices : Related to the National Water Act, Catchment
Management, etc.
Resource catalogue: www.nda.agric.za/publications (including: Alien plants &
why to eradicate)
Policy documents
http://www.sanbi.org.za/plantzafrica – information on SA biomes and
indigenous plants; electronic versions of Botanical Society’s Veld & Flora
magazine; Information on SANBI’s Threatened Species Programme,
Biodiversity planning & Bioregional programmes
SANBI Publications Catalogue & Order Form
http://www.sanbi.org.za/frames/infofram.htm: Publications available from
SANBI bookshop (Pretoria)
Project information, e.g. SANParks & Wetlands, Quagga Project, Extended
Public Works Programme, Hoerikwaggo Trail
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Western Cape Department
of Environmental Affairs
& Development Planning
http://www.capegateway.gov.za/e
ng/yourgovernment/gsc/406
Wildlife & Environment
Society of SA (WESSA)
Working for Water
Programme
http://www.wildlifesociety.org.za
http://www.dwaf.gov.za/wfw/
News and information on the responsibilities and projects of the provincial
Environmental Affairs department; Foci: Integrated Environmental
Management; Planning, Biodiversity Management & Coastal Management;
Pollution & Waste Management; Services provided; Research reports; Relevant
legislation
Information on membership, projects and publications, e.g. African Wildlife and
EnviroKids
Information on the problem and eradication of invasive alien plants; list of
available resource materials; links to websites
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