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January 27, 2020
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Making Education Greener: Gajera Global School

January 27, 2020
Editor's PickFeaturedPeople

Making Education Greener: Gajera Global School

The world is teetering on the edge of a precipice. With global warming, climate change, pollution ravaging the world, the only thing that can save the planet is collective individual efforts. The youth of today tend to have a cavalier attitude when it comes to the environment, because their education lacks the knowledge they require to understand the gravity of the situation. Gajera Global School saw this pattern in India’s youth, and decided to do something about it. They launched a school-wide Green Education programme to teach their students about the environment, instill environmental ethics, and make them realise that their everyday actions can make a difference.

Read on to know more about this proactive programme by Gajera Global School.

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About Green Education

Green Education is a holistic programme which gives the students opportunities for rich, hands-on, real world, and authentic learning outside of the traditional curriculum. It allows students to explore environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action to improve the environment.

Students learn about everything from seed and plant identification, organic farming, water conservation, preparing compost, indoor plants, green transport, and so much more. They realise first hand how relevant all this knowledge is to their everyday lives as individuals who live on planet Earth. They study about global issues such as climate change, water conservation, soil pollution, and learn about how much this planet is affected by the actions of humans.

Gajera Global School has a revolutionary seed-to-table concept, in which the produce that the students have grown, is used in the school kitchens to make their food. The students learn everything about the processes, theories, and the actual practise of what and how a plant grows from the seed to what we see on the table. The students’ hard work is incorporated, and it directly engages the students, encouraging them to eat healthier, and it is a supremely eco-friendly concept. Not only is the produce healthy, it is also grown by the students themselves, with the help of the compost the students made, without the use of any fertilizers or pesticides whatsoever.

A Transformation in Students

This programme requires students to directly engage with their surroundings, growing plants, making compost, etc. causing them to form a connection with the environment. They develop a keen awareness and sensitivity to the environment, as well as environmental challenges and changes. The students display an attitude of concern for the environment and motivation to improve or maintain environmental quality.

As a direct result of the Green Education programme, the students have been instilled with the skills required to identify and help resolve environmental challenges. They are questioning, investigating, forming hypotheses, interpreting data, analyzing,  developing conclusions, and solving problems.They are determined to do their part for our planet.

About the Green Educator

The Green Education programme is taught by Vinit Kedar. Driven by his passion for the environment, he has a B.Sc. in Horticulture, a diploma in Landscape Gardening and Designing, with certificate courses in Home and Kitchen Gardening, Cashew and Mango Grafting. More than qualified to teach this programme, Vinit loves interacting with the students and teaching them the different ways in which they can make a difference.

Making the World a Better Place

We truly applaud Gajera Global School’s Green Education programme for the values and ethics they imbibe in the youth of today. It is a holistic learning process directed at creating responsible individuals who explore and identify environmental issues, engage in problem solving, and take action effectively to improve the environment. If you are interested to find out more, or to enroll your child at Gajera Global School, fill up this registration form and the concerned person will get in touch with you.

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