Activities
Looking for something to do to involve kids in
their environment? Or perhaps you want to improve your skills as an environment
educator. These and other options for engaging children with the environment are
available, just check out the activities listed below.
Organize an Eco-Tour
for your School
 The Ecotours focus on widening the
perspective of students towards their city’s environment and sensitising them to the
symbiotic relationship between a city, its inhabitants and the environment, its functions
as an ecosystem, resource consumption and waste production i.e. it’s ecological
footprint.
The purpose of these ecotours is that they will serve as
models for schools to replicate on their own initiative in Delhi and in other cities in
India.
We offer a choice of 4 educational ecotours in Delhi:
- The river Yamuna: The Yamuna is one of the many
'sacred' rivers of India. The city of Delhi depends on the Yamuna for its water needs, yet
it is one of the most polluted, with Delhi’s pollution load virtually killing it.
A boat trip down the polluted Delhi stretch, to create awareness about the state of the
river.
- Traditional water harvesting sites: Delhi has an
ancient history. Very few are aware of the ingenious water harvesting structures it
contains which were built over the centuries to ensure against drought and invasion.
The aim is to create awareness about the history of water use in the city, the
conservation and revival of these structures, and to relate it to the existing water
problems plaguing the city.
- The Delhi Ridge Forest: To understand the role of an
urban forest, its flora and fauna and conservation. Nature walks in the Ridge
Forest.
- Waste disposal and management: To get students to
understand the enormous problem of waste disposal in a
 metropolis, their role in waste generation and disposal. The ecotour entails
visits to landfill sites and recycling plants, meetings with ragpickers and NGOs working
on the issue of waste.
The tours consist of a half-day field trip for around 30-40
children. Experts from other NGOs and government institutions accompany the children and
fact sheets and informative poster kits on each issue are distributed amongst the
students. An audio-visual show on each issue is presented before each trip.
Each
student gets an exciting activity kit, complete with Do-It-Yourself posters, stickers and
lots of information. If you arrange your school conveyance we will help you conduct
the eco-tour for FREE! If you are interested just contact either:
Environmental educators workshop
Have a two-day exhilarating experience. Participate in a
Environment Education Workshop at CSE and then become a part of the EEU’s Green
Educators Network. Keep yourself informed and updated on what’s happening in the area
of environment education.
We organise two-day workshops on Environment Education for teachers primarily with the
objective to reiterate the need to impart Environment Education for sustainable
development by infusing it with the curriculum -- thus making it relevant.
Here is what some attendees have had to say:
Comments on
the Workshops
Question: What were you expecting when you
attended the workshop?
Concrete ideas to implement in the school.
Interactive discussions on environmental issues.
A lecture type - talking down to!
To gain more knowledge, to collect information, to be able to carry
out ecotour on our own in future.
I was curious about water-harvesting.
I was expecting it to be a boring 2 days with no practical solutions.
BUT I WAS WRONG.
To solve the problems the earth is facing
Orientation and motivation on Environmental issues
A brain storming of people from similar background & CSE
To understand practicalities of EE in a school set-up
I expected to be enlightened about the environmental problems &
then how to go about it with students
To get a general idea about teacher’s project
You were better than what I expected
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For information on the latest worshops please see our happenings page.
Organise a lecture or
presentation at your school
Audio-visual shows-cum-lectures are regularly organised in
schools and colleges. Our environmental professionals will give a presentation on
the following topic:
Talking Environment
The key environment and development issues are discussed. The larger issue of water
scarcity is addressed by introducing adults and children to water harvesting system that
was being implemented in India even in ancient times. Other issues highlighted are the
problems of protected areas and, water and air pollution. The objective is to disseminate
information on these issues and involve students directly. The programme included talks by
experts, film shows, poster exhibitions and sale of CSE publications at various schools
and colleges of Delhi.
If you want to organize a slide show or presentation simply
contact either:
Produce Gobar Times - Children's Workshop
The Environment Education Unit assists students to produce
special editions of Gobar Times covering certain occasions.
These special editions are entirely written and designed by children! We hold a
seminar with the students to assist them in aspects of design and production. The
objective is to
A sample cover from one of our special issues. |
- Create awareness among students as it helps them to learn about environment and
development issues on the job
- Undertake media studies: They learn about the role of investigative journalism,
information as an activist tool, role of media/press in bringing about change in society
- Impart vocational experience: editing and designing of the periodical.
So far we have produced the following special issues of Gobar
Times that were entirely written by children:
- Special Auto Expo Issue
- produced in January 2000 to correspond with the India Auto Expo held in New Delhi.
- Grow,
Growing, Groaning - produced in April 200 and presenting the Children's Manifesto on
Clean Air.
To make these a reality we need schools and youth to
participate! So if you are interested in working on such a special project we
encourage you to give it a go! Just contact our Environmental Education Unit by
email or phone and let us know! You can write to Rustam Vania (rustam@cseindia.org) and express your interest.
| Do you or children you work with
have questions about environmental issues in Delhi and around the world? Then
Panditji is here to provide the answers! You can email Panditji directly at panditji@cseindia.org or you can fill out the form
on the Internet to ask your question. Simply
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