Environmental Education & Sustainability
Turning environmental awareness into community action. Because knowing about climate change is not enough if no one in your neighbourhood is doing anything about it.
The environment is not abstract. It is your neighbourhood.
Climate change, water scarcity, and waste management are not distant global problems. They are daily realities for communities across Morocco. In Rabat, Sale, and Temara, overflowing waste bins, water shortages, and disappearing green spaces affect the quality of life of millions of young people. Yet environmental education is almost entirely absent from non-formal youth programmes in the region.
Medforumm’s environmental programmes do not stop at awareness. We combine education with direct community action. Every cycle includes hands-on activities where participants lead neighbourhood clean-ups, plant trees, set up waste sorting systems, or design water conservation campaigns. The learning happens in the field, not just in a workshop room.
We partner with local environmental associations, schools, and where possible, municipal authorities. Our goal is not to create environmental activists but to build a generation of young Moroccans who understand their local environment and have the practical skills to improve it, one neighbourhood at a time.
What We Cover
Neighbourhood-based action teams
Future environmental educators and trainers
Communities facing water scarcity
Free for all participants
Certificate upon completion
Rabat · Sale · Temara · Bouznika
Our Approach to Environmental Education
Direct Action
Every programme includes community action days: clean-ups, tree planting, waste sorting setup, or water awareness campaigns. Participants do not just learn about the environment. They improve it within the programme timeline.
Local Expertise
We partner with local environmental associations, municipal waste departments, and water authorities to ensure our content is accurate, relevant, and connected to real infrastructure and policy at the local level.
Field Visits
Participants visit local water treatment facilities, recycling centres, landfills, and natural sites. Seeing the reality firsthand creates understanding that no classroom presentation can match.
Visible Results
Every programme produces something the community can see: planted trees, sorting stations, awareness materials, clean public spaces. This builds credibility and motivates further participation beyond the programme.
Train the Trainer
Our Guardians programme creates environmental educators who multiply the impact. Each trained guardian delivers sessions to schools and community groups, reaching hundreds of people per cohort.
Safeguarding
We maintain a safeguarding policy for all programmes. Facilitators undergo background verification. A designated safeguarding officer is available throughout each cycle. Incident reporting procedures are in place.
Under Environmental Education & Sustainability
Four programmes that combine environmental knowledge with direct community action. All delivered in Arabic (MSA and Darija). All free. All producing visible results in the communities where they operate.
Our flagship environmental programme combining education with direct action. Participants attend bi-weekly workshops on climate change, waste management, water conservation, and biodiversity through field visits, expert talks, and practical hands-on sessions. Each cycle includes community action days where participants lead neighbourhood clean-ups, tree planting events, or recycling drives. The programme partners with local environmental associations, schools, and municipal services. Results are visible before the programme ends: planted trees, cleaner streets, and communities that have started to organise themselves.
A focused programme on waste reduction and recycling at the neighbourhood level. Participants learn waste sorting, composting basics, upcycling techniques, and how to organise a community recycling system that actually works. Each team of 4 designs and implements a waste reduction initiative in their own neighbourhood during the programme. The programme produces visible, lasting results: sorting stations installed, compost systems started, or collection agreements negotiated with local waste services.
A training-of-trainers programme that creates environmental educators for communities across the region. Participants learn how to facilitate environmental awareness sessions for schools, youth centres, and community groups. The training covers facilitation methodology, environmental science basics, activity design, and audience adaptation. Each graduate commits to delivering at least 5 awareness sessions in their community over the following 6 months. This multiplier model means a single cohort of 15 guardians can reach over 500 people within a year.
A water conservation and awareness programme designed specifically for Morocco’s growing water crisis. Participants learn about Morocco’s water situation through data, field visits to local water infrastructure, and expert sessions. Each team designs a community awareness campaign on water saving tailored to their neighbourhood. The programme produces a set of practical materials (posters, social media content, workshop guides in Darija) that communities can use independently long after the programme ends. Where possible, the programme partners with local water authorities and utilities.
Selection Process
Online Application
Complete a short form describing your interest in environmental action and what environmental issue matters most in your community. No CV required. No scientific background needed. We welcome all levels of experience.
Brief Conversation
A 15-minute informal call with a programme coordinator. We want to understand your motivation and which programme fits your interests and availability. This is not an exam.
Selection Criteria
For Ard Khadra and Ma’ Al Hayat: open to all interested youth. For Sifr Nifayat: participants must be able to form or join a neighbourhood team. For Hourras: prior community engagement experience and commitment to deliver 5 sessions post-training.
Onboarding
Selected participants receive a welcome pack with the full programme schedule, a list of upcoming field visits, and an orientation session including a personal environmental action goal-setting exercise.
Alumni Pathway
Certificate and Documentation
Every graduate receives a Medforumm Certificate of Completion and photo/video documentation of their community action projects for use in portfolios, applications, or community presentations.
Become an Environmental Guardian
Graduates from any programme who show strong facilitation potential are invited to join the Hourras training and become certified environmental educators for their communities.
Erasmus+ Priority Access
Programme alumni receive priority consideration for Medforumm’s Erasmus+ opportunities, including youth exchanges, environmental training courses, and European Solidarity Corps placements focused on sustainability.
Green Action Network
All graduates join a network of young environmental actors across the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region, sharing resources, organising joint action days, and supporting each other’s community initiatives.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality
Pre and Post Assessment
Every participant completes a self-assessment at the start and end measuring environmental knowledge, confidence in community action, and behavioural change intentions around waste, water, and energy.
Action Day Documentation
Every community action day is documented with photos, participant counts, and measurable outputs (trees planted, waste collected, materials distributed). This creates an evidence base for impact reporting.
3-Month Follow-Up
Three months after completion, our team contacts every graduate to track sustained environmental actions: continued sorting, community sessions delivered, new initiatives started, or advocacy efforts undertaken.
Annual Impact Report
All data is compiled into an annual report with measurable environmental outputs: number of trees, tonnes of waste collected, water campaigns delivered. We report honestly, including what did not work.
Moments That Matter
Your neighbourhood needs you.
No scientific background needed. No fees. All programmes are delivered in Arabic and Darija. If the environment where you live matters to you, that is enough to start.
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