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present work

training and training materials
» Sustainable Tourism in South Africa. FET NQF level 2, 3 and 4. One of a team of 3 writers. Levels 2 and 3 already published. Level 4 in production. Nasou-Via Afria. Cape Town. 2007 / 2008
» KNP Guides Training Manual: : NQF Level 3 : Contributions by Lynn Hurry on Ecology; Climatology; Soils; Birds and Community-based Conservation, A series of small study publications on environmental topics for the KNP Tour Guides. (Part of the KNP Skills Development Programme.) Performance Solutions Africa (Pty) Ltd. 2007.
» Writer and registered copyright owner of Environmental Education Training and Development raining Practice (EEDP) (SAQA 2290-1)
 

past work

writing, publishing and teaching
» KNP Guides Development & Editing Process : A series of small study publications on environmental topics for the KNP Tour Guides. (Part of the KNP Skills Development Programme.) Performance Solutions Africa (Pty) Ltd. In production 2007.

» Environmental Education Training & Development Practice.
Originator of a seven module programme of training that was piloted with the EE staff of Mpumalanga Parks Board in 2005.
» Environmental Management and Eco-Tourism. A 5-day THETA registered programme of learning directed at rural leadership. Taught mainly at the Lowveld Centre for Life Long Learning (C4L) of White River. Current and ongoing.
» Learning for Sustainable Living . Birdlife South Africa.. Teaching and Learning resource distributed free to every Senior Phase School in South Africa. Project member and Senior Editor of Environmental Education materials, and sole author of the accompanying Training
Manual. 2000
» The development of a 16 credit module on the strand ‘Earth and Beyond’ of the Advanced Certificate of Education (Natural Science) programme. Client : University of Natal (PMB). Department of Science Education. October 2002
» Aardvark Publications (An LBH organisation) : A series of four ecologically-focused activity books: Encounters with Sea-life; Encounters with Wildlife; Backyard Wildlife and National Parks Wildlife Game & Colouring Book.
 

consultancy work
Client : Thuthuka-Thembalethu-Uplands (TTU) Project. A 3-year programme of support support for eco-business development in the Nkomazi District of Mpumalanga. 2003 – 2006. A natural-resource based project Initiated by myself and funded by the Swiss SA Cooperation Initiative.
Client : Ehlanzeni District Municipality: Ecotourism and Cultural Tourism Opportunities in the Nkomazi District. Paper delivered at the Tourism Indaba Mpumalanga 1st November 2002.
Client: The Access Initiative of the International Summit on Sustainable Development, 2001. A research project for the Washington DC based “Access Initiative”. Published as : Investigation into Part IV of the Research brief: The Status of Environmental Education in South Africa. August 2001.