EDUCATION

 

Different cultures and organisations have different ways or organising information.

 

In Maori culture there are three baskets (kete) of knowledge

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Knowledge Baskets (kete)

• The kete-aronui which held all the knowledge that could help mankind.

• The kete-tuauri which held the knowledge of ritual, memory and prayer.

• and the kete-tuatea which contained knowledge of evil or makutu, which was harmful to mankind.
   

Currently in New Zealand educational curriculum knowledge is organised as NZQA units. As such schools and students may find our FaceBook page 'communityreef', this web site and its Blogs as offering a helpful insight into an alternative World View perspective  and how to achieve 'Environmental Sustainability'. (Note Blog pages only show on computers not cell phones)

NZQA Level 2 units that could be tackled with our material include  Numbers AS90810. AS90811, AS90812, AS90813, AS90815. (Note these unit numbers may have changed after recent Unit Standards reviews.)

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In a World that has a fixation on lowering Carbon Dioxide as a path to addressing climate change, our approach is founded instead on accepting that wild fish declines, pollution, species extinctions and climate change are in reality symptoms of a World in deep environmental crisis. 

The World Environment Forum would have it that the crisis is rooted in global patterns of human  behaviour that are ecologically unsustainable, socially alienating and economically unjust.

Adressing these issues call for a much broader range of strategies.

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As such our REAF organisation of sustainability knowledge is based on our logo which is symbolic of

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Our inter connectedness - e.g Tikanga of area, local guidance, weather and tides forecast, boat sea worthiness, ...

Our actions - eg Advanced planning, consultation with others, right circle hooks, local baits, stone or steel sinkers, ...

Invoking the spirit -Doing something for someone, utu - gift for tangaroa, karakia, virtues check, ...

Our knowledge - Logging our catch, sharing special events (dolphins, birds), inner awareness, ...

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You are welcome to book a visit to our display site at 16 Wharf Street, take a guided walk and talk and even make your own mauri stone to go on our Opotiki Sea Garden.  Koha donation goes directly to Opotiki Community REAF Trust.

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