Scope Zimbabwe Overview
SCOPE is a vibrant and practical environmental education Programme of the Zimbabwe Institute of permaculture (ZIP) registered as a welfare organization (W.O. 12/92). SCOPE’s origins are in assisting schools to redesign and rationalize land use for sustainable resource use.
SCOPE’s overall mandate is to encourage generations of systems thinkers by bringing the ethics and principles of permaculture design/regenerative systems into the school classroom to foster a future shaped by sustainable and resilient practices.
SCOPE’s work is about: land care, creating a favorable learning environment in schools, connecting schools to their communities and the knowledge and resources that lie therein.
In the last few years, SCOPE has been answering the need to demonstrate lighthouses, examples of ecological stability, social equity and economic viability with growing focus on food production in harmony with the planet earth targeting over 200 schools in rural and urban Zimbabwe, shifting towards building climate resilient communities. transforming bare landscapes into lush and edible landscapes.
OUR VISION
We envision green schools and higher learning institutions that serve as learning and demonstration centres in building a citizenry that is eco-conscious.
OUR MISSION
We aim to increase the level of environmental knowledge and stewardship among all sectors of the community including the children, youths, policy makers and the business world to achieve sustainable development goals through an integrated approach.
Help the people
OUR CORE VALUES
SCOPE's value system is a moral compass that guides all our work, decisions and relationships pursued and maintained. At the very core of our value system is the value we place on young people as important influencers of the present and custodians of the future
Outlining
Our Values
- Promoting deep and thoughtful care for the environment
- Emphasis on identification and use of local and indigenous resources and knowledge.
- Inclusive and active participation of the young people in building sustainable lifestyles and education.
- Genuine and wide participation of young people at all levels of our activities
- Making learning fun, practical and relevant.
- Systematic/ regular learning from experience and planning ahead strategically
OUR STRATEGIC APPROACH
SCOPE Zimbabwe intends to continue employing a holistic approach to strategy development which spotlights organisational operations, programming and financial integrity as mutually reinforcing proponents of organisational sustainability. For the period 2022 – 2026, SCOPE Zimbabwe's strategic priorities and focus will build on past successes and will be founded in the acute appreciation of the context in which SCOPE operates within. The implementation of strategies in the three Priority Areas
Schools and Colleges Permaculture (SCOPE) Zimbabwe is a non-profit making organisation registered as an independent Trust (MA080/2015).
SCOPE’s origins are in assisting schools to redesign and rationalize land use for sustainable resource use.