A child wearing a lemur mask and tail runs off to hide as her nursery friends close their eyes and count. It’s a game of hide-and-seek with a difference – the girl is also wearing a transmitter, just like the collar that is given to endangered lemurs, and she is located by children acting as rangers and using radio telemetry tracking equipment.
Through the game they are learning how wardens use technology to track and protect the lemur population in Madagascar.
This game is just one fun part of a collaborative project involving six early years settings in Kent, with a focus on promoting Education for Sustainable Citizenship (ESC) in early childhood across the local authority. It is based on the three pillars of sustainability:
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