By: Pratama Aditya Haryanto

Today, being a volunteer is a point of pride for young people. There is so much to gain from this kind of activity, from knowledge, friends, and experience. However, being a volunteer definitely has its challenges. The skills of a volunteer must be continuously honed so that their competence can improve. This also applies to WWF-Indonesia's Panda Mobile volunteers. In order to improve their skills and abilities, WWF-Indonesia provides regular trainings on biodiversity, ecosystems, photography, videography, public speaking, and writing.

Last Saturday (04/03), WWF-Indonesia Panda Mobile organized a training on Environmental Education for Panda Mobile volunteers. The training was given by Novita from WWF-Indonesia's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The first thing presented by Novita was the theory of how to conduct Education for Sustainable Development, starting from the definition of Education for Sustainable Development, the approach that must be taken, the preparation needed, the things to consider, the differences in situations and conditions in each region, and so on.

Next, the volunteers were divided into five groups to prepare information about WWF-Indonesia's umbrella animals through concept maps. Each group was assigned a different animal to discuss. Almost all groups first drew the shape of the animal they were discussing. After that, they explained the habitat, threats, food, way of life, and other information on the concept map they made.

The concept maps they have made are very interesting, full of colors. The animals depicted are tigers, elephants, rhinos, turtles, and orangutans. Each group gave an explanation based on the concept map they had made.

The plan is that all the concept maps that have been made will be used in every Panda Mobile visit. This activity can also be a new alternative activity for Panda Mobile visits so that students can also create similar concept maps.

volunteer being given an assignment to develop materials according to their own expertise.