The attitude of caring for the environment and being conscious of our actions towards mother nature doesn’t develop overnight. Therefore, the concept of understanding surroundings and maintaining balance must be driven through the activities at school. This needs adults to make an awareness in children right from the first years.
Technological advancement and progress in every field have helped humanity, but at an equivalent time, it’s caused irreversible damage to the earth. We are alarmed with increasing pollution levels, heating, deforestation, wildfires, floods and droughts, lack of food, etc. Every individual needs to take immediate and urgent steps to save lots of what’s left and work towards building a sustainable future for all.
Some schools follow the sustainable goals enlisted by the UN, which connect the plans with the curriculum, instill love, look after the environment, and make it how of life. Being the best school in Jodhpur, Vidhyashram International School has taken this step to spread awareness and mindfulness in every learner and staffer so that all act and react responsibly to guard the wildlife.
From the Pre-primary years, learners engage in activities like- planting a sapling reception and faculty, celebrating ‘Green Day’ wherein learners create and exchange messages to save lots of the environment, participating within the ‘Best out of waste activity, where waste/scrap materials, etc.
Every day, the facilitators have an interactive session with the learners about raising living conditions. Learners enthusiastically participate in the discussions and take back the training reception, thus spreading the message within society. Parents, too, are active participants during this initiative. At the first and Secondary levels, learners conduct presentations and make innovative models with sustainable options for production and consumption, thus developing conscious engineering and creative skills. They also read tons of books to support green living and have productive discussions.
Schools have constantly been educating children with subjects like Environmental Studies, but educators need to teach with practical work, drawing reference points from real-world situations. We all got to do our bit to drive the planet towards environmental sustainability.
Albert Einstein has rightly said, “Look deep into nature, then you’ll understand everything better.” There are no better thanks to building global responsible citizens than imbibing the ‘green living’ values in children to follow an eco-friendly lifestyle. Through this text, I might wish to reach bent educators worldwide to start taking the required steps for a brighter tomorrow. What are you getting to do next to save lots of Planet Earth?
