Environment Education
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Kalpavriksh offers educational and training programmes for various target audiences.
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Forest Alive! is a CD that contains a Handbook for educators and teachers. Its content spans issues related to the lives of the Soliga tribal community who live within the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. The CD also includes information pertaining to the BRT sanctuary and the wildlife within it.
Generously illustrated with drawings, maps, and colour foldouts, the CD also contains descriptions of over 175 activities. Educational aids like posters, flash cards and game cards specific to the BR Hills have also been developed. The entire package can be used as part of an EE programme for students from Classes 1 to 10. It can be adapted for non-formal learning programmes as well. The book will also be of interest to teachers, environment educators, the Forest Department, wildlife tourists, NGOs and concerned individuals. While the content is set in the BR Hills, it can serve as a useful tool for other areas, as much of what it contains can either be used directly or modified.
A Conservation Education Programme in the VGKK School, B. R. Hills, Karnataka
Team: Sujatha Padmanabhan, Sunita Rao, Yashodhara Kundaji
Contact: kvedu@vsnl.netThe “Learning for life – Nature as our teacher” programme was begun in January 2004 in the Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra (VGKK) School. The programme is a collaborative effort between Ashoka Trust for Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), VGKK, and Kalpavriksh.
Objective: To develop a relevant conservation education programme for lower and upper primary and high school levels to be implemented in the VGKK school.
Snow Leopard Conservation Education Programme
Team: Sujatha Padmanabhan, Sharmila Deo from Kalpavriksh and Tsering Angmo, Rigzin Tundup and Rinchen Wangchuk from Snow Leopard Conservancy.
Contact: kvedu@vsnl.net
The Snow Leopard Conservation Education Programme is a collaborative effort between the Snow Leopard Conservancy – India Trust (SLC-IT) and Kalpavriksh (KV) to facilitate the development and implementation of an environment education programme in Ladakh, focused on the conservation of Snow leopards and other wildlife of the local trans-Himalayan region.
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Other educational activites in Kalpavriksh include:
* Talks and slide-shows in schools and colleges
* Nature walks and outstation camps
* Consumer awareness regardineg organic food
* Press campaigns and handling green alerts
* Environment education activities in the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands
* Public awareness about bio-diversity issues, including International Conventions on Biological Diversities
* Publication of Protected Area Update (bi-monthly), focussing on conservation and livelihood issues
* "Signs of Hope" lecture series on environment development in Pune and Delhi
