AUTHENTIC ROOTS
Cultivating a Mindset of Sustainability
Transforming ECD Education.
Environmental Education Starts with the Teachers
Authentic Roots provides a holistic life-long learning approach to environmental education and skills development in Early Childhood Development. Through hands-on facilitation and training, we empower and inspire teachers to integrate Environmental Education into the curriculum.
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Our teacher training facilitation is purposefully designed to create environmental awareness and to empower and inspire teachers by upskilling them and teaching them how to integrate environmental awareness into the classroom.
Our tools are purposefully designed to develop children’s environmental awareness and fundamental developmental skills through curiosity and play.
Integrating Environmental Education in the ECD Curriculum.
It’s not just an education programme, it’s a living ecosystem of learning that starts with teachers, blossoms in children, and flows outward into homes and communities.
At Authentic Roots, we believe environmental education starts with people, empowering teachers, inspiring children, and nurturing communities to care for the planet together. Our programme builds capacity, creativity, and connection across every level of learning, from the classroom to the outdoors, and beyond.
CSI Repurposing
Projects
Authentic Roots supports recycling and job creation by collaborating with corporates who are committed to sustainability.
We provide repurpose and recycle solutions for outdated marketing materials. By breathing new life into these materials, we help companies enhance their Corporate Social Investment (CSI) initiatives.
"At Authentic Roots, we see teachers not merely as implementers, but as true change agents capable of shaping the environmental awareness of their learners and communities. By focusing on teacher empowerment, our programme creates a multiplier effect - each trained educator has the power to inspire hundreds of children, and, indirectly, their families and wider communities."
Project Playbooks
Our storybooks make learning fun and hands-on. Some include seed packets, teaching children to grow their own food which feature interactive and eco-friendly activities. Handmade editions use recycled paper and non-GMO seeds embedded in the covers so kids can literally grow the story they read.
All books are locally produced, supporting artisans and community members while promoting sustainability and environmental awareness.
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Join us on Instagram to see how learning, nature, and sustainability come to life! From plantable storybooks to food gardens in action, our posts celebrate curious kids, empowered teachers, and hands-on environmental education.
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Contact Us
Jukskei Park, Johannesburg, 2153, South Africa
