Magazine
The Magazine aims to promote the sharing of articles on topics relevant to the community of ALE professionals and practitioners in Africa – with a focus on new, topical information relating to the sector including new methods and approaches.
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An Essay on the Ecological Crisis: Some Reflections
en| Britt Baatjes Ecological Crisis
Read MoreIn the following journal entries, I reflect on my feelings, frustrations and fears as I attempted to write an essay about ‘educating as if people and planet matter.’
Agriculture, water and climate change in Africa
en| Yann Verbeke | 15 January 2014 Ecological Crisis
Read MoreThis short video focuses on agriculture, water and climate change in Africa.
Climate change: The water paradigm
en| Jimi Sol | 8 September 2020 Ecological Crisis
Read MoreMaintaining a heathy water cycle is a significant part of an ecosystem.
COP26: Africa’s perspective critical at climate talks Francis Kokutse
en| Francis Kokutse | University World News Ecological Crisis
Read MoreUniversity World News (UWN) is in conversation with Elizabeth Effah about the importance of building a collective voice on climate change on the African continent.
COP26: Africa’s challenges must steer the climate change conference
en| Victor Ongoma and Portia Williams | Université Mohammed VI and Polytechnique CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute Ecological Crisis
Read MoreVictor Ongoma and Portia Williams call on all nations to remain committed to the Paris Agreements towards “a fair, equitable, robust responses to climate change”.
Climate change has already hit southern Africa. Here’s how we know
en| Jennifer Fitchett Associate Professor of Physical Geography | University of the Witwatersrand Ecological Crisis
Read MoreThe climate crisis has gained a lot of attention over the last few years. It is very clear that climate change is no longer simply a phenomenon, but rather part of our daily realities.
MAKING A CASE FOR ECOFEMINIST POPULAR EDUCATION IN TIMES OF COVID-19 - South Africa
en| Shirley Walters, Astrid von Kotze | University of the Western Cape and the University of KwaZulu-Natal Ecological Crisis
Read More"Ecofeminism offers a framework that brings together patriarchy, capitalism, and the degradation of the environment, and helps to make sense of and address a world in desperate need of radical transformation..."
Learning about climate justice in times of drought and Covid-19 - South Africa
en| Shirley Walters | University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa Ecological Crisis
Read MoreShirley Walters, adult educator and activists, highlights the importance of learning about climate crises. Drawing on her own learning in a South African context, Walters shares her experience of learning about crises – one related to drought and another related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
