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Source of Inspiration
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need,
but not every man's greed.“
Mahatma Gandhi
“Only when the last tree has been cut down,
Only when the last river has been poisoned,
Only when the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.”
Cree -Indian Prophecy
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Environment
“Environment today is playing a crucial role in shaping economies,
influencing policies, and deciding the fate of heads of states.
Internally, it is a priority issue in the agenda of every sector—from
industry to agriculture.
So, it is time we got the most important segment of the
population, the students, on board in this discourse.
It is now imperative to build up skills, and deepen their knowledge
base in environment conservation and climate change.
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Education for Sustainable Development
The concept of Sustainable School has been conceived from UN
declaration of
“Decade of Education for Sustainable
Development, 2005- 2014”, which was resolved in the 57th
meeting of United Nations General Assembly held in December
2002. DESD 'emphasizing that education is an essential element
for achieving sustainable development'.
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a world where
everyone has the opportunity to benefit from quality education and
learn the values, behavior and lifestyles required for a sustainable
future and for positive societal transformation. ESD is for everyone,
at all stages of life and in all possible learning contexts.
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Perception towards Green Schooling
Green School concept firmly believes that,
“If we want our children to flourish...
We need to connect them
with the nature
Before we ask them
to save it”.
Green School dedicates itself towards empowering the future
citizens and green innovators to take responsibility for the
sustainability of the earth. Green Schools are creating
new
paradigm in the Education.
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Vision and Values of Green School
The vision of Green School is to create a world of natural and
holistic learning environment, that promotes leadership values
and life skills along with essential academic skills.
Respect for our planet and its inhabitants comes naturally first
to all Green School communities.
We believe in three simple rules which influences our decision:
Be local; Let our environment be our guide;
“ imagine how our grandchildren will be affected by our actions”
Our core Values that guide us are:
Integrity, Responsibility, Empathy, Sustainability, Peace, Equality
and Trust.
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Green School Philosophy
Green schools prepares students to become leaders and citizens
who understands how the natural world works ?, see the patterns
that connect human activity to the nature; have the knowledge,
values, and skills to act effectively on that understanding.
Green schools contribute towards making our communities more
sustainable, making them able to explore solutions related to
environmental problems, and serve as models of responsible
action.
There is no blue print for being a Green school.
The hallmark of this concept is its diversity..
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Indian Concept of Green School
There are various Green School concepts around the world. But
our whole Green Schooling concept is designed on the bases of
Indian ethos “5 elements of Nature (Panchabhutas)” .
1.Prithvi
2.Vayu
3.Agni
4.Jal
5.Akash
(Earth)
(Air)
(Energy)
(Water)
(Sky)
Sustainable Sites
Environmental Quality
Energy Efficiency
Water Efficiency
Daylight and Night Sky
Our Green School Initiative provides an opportunity to learn about
environment not by memorizing yet another text book, but by 'doing'.
Various things—count, weigh, measure, explore, investigate, and
analyze in the classroom and beyond .
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Green Teachers
Teachers are in a prime position to be able to weave these basics
throughout the curriculum at every grade level. Whether they start
with an environmental issue or with fundamental ecological
principles, teachers can nurture the knowledge, skills, and values
essential to sustainable living.
A variety of teaching strategies are particularly appropriate for
fostering sustainable living. We promote interdisciplinary
instructional methods that are age-level appropriate; actively
engage students in learning in and out of the classroom; involve
them in long-term projects; and create an atmosphere of
purposeful conversation and reflection about complex issues.
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Selection of Green Teachers
Text content for an advertisement to invite CVs.
•Do you want to teach at a Green School?
•Are you an impassioned educator?
•Do you care about the sustainability of the world?
•Are you the kind of person who goes the extra mile to
achieve change ?
•Do you want to contribute to the success of this amazing
pioneering project in education that is attracting global
attention and inspiring people to make life-changing
decisions in order for their children to have a Green School
education and experience?
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Green Teacher Training Program
The Green School Teacher needs a unique capacity – building
program that is aimed to help them to enhance their
understanding towards concept of Green Schooling.
Duration of this program can be decided on the bases of teacher’s
interests, timing should be after school hours, and special incentive
can be paid by the school management committee to the
participants. Program should be focused to enhance their
understanding in:
Science of Environment, Green curriculum designing, Concept of
Sustainable Development and related issues, Environmental Education
– theory, approaches and methods , Green Games, Green activities
designing and Linking Green activities with CCE etc.
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Green Co-Curricular Activities
Green School integrates activities with existing curricula of Maths,
Science, Language Arts and other subjects. Its classroom is a hands-on
laboratory which offers opportunities for real-world problem-solving
keeping environment in mind or applying basic principles of
environment. Student undertakes green projects, assignments and
study reports as co curricular activity on the following issues:
Water conservation
Rainwater harvesting
Water recycling
Air Pollution
Oxygen balancing
Commuting practices
Green Area planning
Biodiversity
Pesticide use
Energy conservation
Waste segregation
Waste reuse/recycle
Climate change Sanitation
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Few Examples of Green Games
Green Gamble : To help players learn environmental terms.
Whose Garbage? : To promote an awareness of the relationship
between lifestyles & the generation of waste.
Forget Me Not! To classify objects as biodegradable.
Go and Touch :To help players observe and identify different natural
objects.
Who Am I ? To help players use deductive logic in identifying diverse
elements of nature and grain an insight into the characteristics of a
particular element of nature.
Web of Life: To help players identify linkages between components in
the ecosystem.
Pick and Sort :To help players observe differences and similarities
amongst natural objects of different sizes
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Examples of Green Curriculum- Maths
Bird feeding experiment – study the frequency of visits to a bird
table.? Are birds influenced by colour, type of food, time of day ?
Which birds visit the table? How often ?
Does this change as the season progresses ?
Do different species prefer different foods ?
Plot changing times on a graph. When all the data is in – what are
the different ways of compiling and displaying the results (tables,
pics charts etc.)
Environmental Opinion Poll: Design, implement and analyze
opinion poll on an environmental issue - at home, at school, or in
the community.
How will this be achieved scientifically?
What do the results show?
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Examples of Green Curriculum- English
Class debate – could be held on a number of topical
environmental issues, such as: different energy sources, global
warming, whaling, recycling, Intensive agriculture etc. Look at
both sides of the argument. Record or report the main
arguments and findings.
Research and Role Play : Record or report the imagined
experience and discoveries of people, events and societies of
significance in the past.
Record or report the experience and discoveries. How does
the social, political and historical setting affect available
resources and how they live?
Research writing project - on an environmental aspect such
as global warming, flooding, fishing and hunting & agriculture.
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Examples of Green Curriculum- Science
We plant seeds in half a milk carton and watch it grow – (these are
biodegradable and can later be replanted in the school grounds ). We
make project of the findings. Growth in different conditions: in the
dark, under permanent light, outdoors and indoors.
We create the key - for identifying pond-life or different mini animals.
A key you can draw design more complex diagrams like food chains and
/ or food webs and then categorize the animals in the chain, e.g. insect amphibian - fish - bird - mammal.
Animal Athletes – Using the mini-beast study , we also hold a minibeast race. Compare the creatures and make a report on:
How different types of animals move? How fast they can go?
What is the best way to record the findings?
Why are some faster/or more mobile than others?.
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Culture of Green School- Smart by Nature
• Learning is by doing.
•Freedom without pressure
•Intimacy with natural world
•Aesthetic environment for learning
•Students can be their “true selves”
•Transparency and informality
•Innovation and creativity
•Close connection between indoors and outdoors
•Many opportunities for field trips and on campus
•Safe and comfortable for all kinds of learners
•A large variety of settings for teaching and learning
•Creative teaching with ample space and nature
•Creative Arts – embracing Art, Crafts, Music, Drama, Story-telling
The best hope for learning to live sustainably lies
in schooling that is "smart by nature.”
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Benefits of the Green Schooling
• Enhancement in overall annual school result.
•Consistency in student's Fitness level.
•Save money through reduced consumption
•Increase efficiency of operations and use of resources,
•Create favorable learning and teaching conditions,
•Educates students on the caring for the environment.
•Curriculum enrichment through practical experiences.
•Development in ownership; personal and social.
•Providing a vehicle for developing community cohesion.
•More involvement of student in learning process.
•Discipline is driven by respect, care and concern.
•Students are nurtured in natural environment.
•Reduction in parent complain ratio towards learning.
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Our Green School Initiative in Gujarat
Our experience of establishing
first Green School in Modasa,
Gujarat has just started with the
Green Campaigns like:
•Say No to Fire Crackers
•Say No to Polybags
•Is your vehicle PUC checked?
•Celebrating a non-toxic Holi
These campaigns have been
successful in bringing about
attitudinal
changes
towards
greening social behavior.
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Day begins with the Green Pledge
Every student of B-KANAE Green School take Green Pledge in
everyday ,
I believe that future of the planet is important to me. I pledge to
become a Green Champion to save Mother Earth from the impact
of Climate Change.
I will practice energy and water saving practices, I will recycle and
reuse the resources .I will plant and protect more and more trees. I
will make life and living more sustainable. I will protect and respect
the Natural world.
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A Hoarding of B- KANAE School
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A Green Greeting
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I can be useful in the following areas
As a coordinator of Green School Alliance for India, I can extend my
experience, and understanding related to Green Schooling in following
areas on the bases of mutual interest.
• Preparing a Blue print or Concept Note for proposed Green Schools.
•Transforming existing school building into Green School Building.
•Preparing Project report for installation of Green energy, Water
harvesting equipments , waste management, recycling accessories,
green technologies, landscape planning etc.
•Designing Green Teacher Training
•Designing Green Content/ curriculum
•Preparing Green Academic Calendar
•Assessment strategies for Green learning
•Preparing Green Games
•Designing Green Auditing
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How to start a Green School?
1- Constitute a State Green School Committee
2- Frame the guidelines for Green School
3- Prepare a plan for renovation of site and building .
3- Start renovation or modification of site and building.
4- Organize SMC members or staff training.
5- Provide the Green academic calendar
6- Continue the training and monitoring of staff
7- Provide the green activities list to the teacher
8- Provide the modified green curriculum as per NCF-2005
9- Conduct competitions in different level
10 – Evaluate the actions .
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