The world around you is changing. When most people think of global warming, they think of melting icebergs and rising seas. A child can learn the lessons of life from the world around him. Putting this ideology to work, Wricha Johari and Prakash Mehta are launching an environment communication initiative for secondary school children.
The programme ‘World Around You - Everything Connects’ is being tested at Kendriya Vidyalaya, ONGC, and will formally be launched by SK Nanda, Principal Secretary, department of forests and environment, on Tuesday.
“Big words like climate change, global warming and sustainability will never make sense to a child going to Class V. But that does not mean he is not old enough to learn about it. The context of these issues has to be told to them and that is exactly what we do in a fun way,” said, Johari, founder and programme director of WAY.
This is an effort to integrate regular school curriculum with environment education in a way that the teaching is not disturbed, Johari added. The topics the duo are planning to cover during the 40-hour training module include air, water, food, life forms, shelter, energy, culture, solid waste and global warming.
The initiative will create an educational and scientific force, and enhance environmental literac. It will help deepen the scientific and environmental knowledge of the students through observing environment and striving for greater understanding of the world around them.
“We ask the students to close their books and begin playing games. These games have been specifically designed around the topic to figure the understanding of the subject,” said Prakash Mehta, programme development consultant.
