Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
3. GREEN SCHOOL MOVEMENT
Seeking to bring about a sense of awareness and reverence for nature and to
involve children in ecological restoration efforts, PGH has partnered with and
conducted various tree planting drives and mass awareness campaigns across
schools and colleges.
Green School Movement is a joint collaboration of Isha and Tamil Nadu education
department where school children who are members of National Green Corps
(NGC) - a program conceptualized and initiated by the Ministry of Environment
are trained in sapling production and plantation.
Green School Movement is designed to create “Eco-consciousness” among
school children through a change in their attitude, by involving them in sapling
production and plantation. Each school who is part of the movement will take
up a target of producing and distributing 2,000 saplings each. PGH will provide
the seeds, cover and technical training to each school. From sowing the seed,
filling pockets, watering, nurturing and until planting all the activities are done
by school children. Children get to experientially see the whole cycle of nature ie.
from a seed till it sprouts, becomes a tree, and produces seeds of its own. Through
this model, children become aware and begin to relate to trees as Life. The sense
of ownership and level of commitment with students is high because they have
been involved in all aspects of nursery production over a period of 6 months.
USP: When children see the first two leaves sprouting from the seeds
that they have sown, they immediately relate to trees as a life form.
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