ABSTRACT
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) consists of over 2,000 small, low-lying coral islands and islets clustered in 29 atolls and 5 single islands on a table reef. These atolls and islands form two groups: the Ratak Chain and the Ralik Chain and lie just north of the equator and west of the international dateline. In the Marshall Islands, society is structured hierarchically, with two classes of people: the irooj and the kajoor. A hierarchical structure is an effective way to make sure people accomplish what needs to be done. Focussing on the learning garden as an outdoor lab to teach and learn in an interdisciplinary way opened up new ways of environmental education in the RMI. The RMI learning garden teacher training is adapted from Ku Aina Pa: Standing Firmly in Knowledge Upon the Land– a school garden teacher training and certification programme for Hawai‘i’s school learning garden and classroom educators.
