To all students, from elementary school through university, we hope you will think more about how your actions affect the environment than your parents did, and their parents, and their parents, and their parents, and ... ... Previous generations made mistakes because they did not understand the implications of what they did. Luckily, we now know better because we have learned from their mistakes.

If you click on the links below, you will learn a little bit more.

• Everybody talks about "environment", but what is the "environment"?
    

• ....and why is the "environment" so important?
    

• Important things to think about in the Namibian environment.
    

• If you want to study environmental subjects further, both the University of Namibia (UNAM) and Polytechnic of Namibia offer environmental courses. There are also many universities in other countries offering environmental courses.
  
  

• There are two Environmental Education Centres in Namibia, situated at Okatjikona and Namutoni, where school groups, university students, youth groups, or community groups can go to experience a "hands-on" approach to environmental education. 

• If you want to work within the environmental field, there are many possibilities in Namibia. The government employs many environmental people, especially within the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. But you can also find many jobs outside government and if you look at these links you will find some organizations you can contact. And don't forget that many big companies also need people with an environmental background as does the tourism business.

A new book Water Pollution:  A resource book for IGCSE in Namibia  was launched in Windhoek on 08 April 2002. The book looks in-depth at:

1. Water - resources and sources
2. Threats to water sources 
3. Water quality 
4. Water pollutants and their effects 
5. Pollution detection and water purification
6. Reducing and preventing pollution
7. Trends in water pollution
8. Namibian Case studies 

Copies of the book can be obtained from the Department of Water Affairs, at the following e-mail addresses: