Paryavaran Mitra Award to Haritha

 Paryavarana Mitra,2011-2012,Award to Haritha

 

This is a very happy news for all our Haritha family.

26 Schools are all over A.P. selected to Paryavaran Mitra,2011-2012,Awards.

One of them is our Haritha Ecological Institute.

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What is the Paryavaran Mitra Project?

The Paryavaran Mitra project aims to guide, facilitate, capacity build students through curriculum-linked activities and co-curricular action projects to take positive environmental action at individual, community, national and global level.

The Paryavaran Mitra project seeks to reach students in classes from standards 6 – 9 (age group 11-15). The first phase of the programme is for a period of three years from 2010-2013.

2, 00,000 schools and 2 crore school students across the country will be reached in this phase. These students will be from schools in every state and every district of India. It is envisaged that the programme is built on a variety of networks and partnerships. The goal is to create Paryavaran Mitra in all schools in India.

What will the Paryavaran Mitra project achieve?

Specifically the students will:

1. Become aware, sensitized, and be helped to understand the underlying science, social and economic issues, as well as the ethical issues relating to sustainability and Climate Change.
2. Acquire information and knowledge about national and international issues regarding sustainability and Climate Change, and understand these better with reference to their own context.
3. Build skills through hands-on experience and projects about their immediate environment—their school, neighbourhood, village or city.
4. Be motivated and capacity-built to become agents of change through involvement in action projects related to sustainability and Climate Change.
5. Imbibe values that are consistent with a sustainable way of life.

Why Paryavaran Mitra in Schools?

School is a place where students spend anywhere from 5-8 hours a day, for an average 200 days of a year. In fact, this is where a considerable time of their waking hours is spent. The school time and space provide a wonderful opportunity for not only syllabus related learning, but equally, the development of life-skills through extracurricular and co- curricular activities, and interactions with peers. The school provides a structured opportunity to make every child a change agent. And every child takes back the experiences and learnings from the school to his/her home/community. This way, the Hand Print messages and actions will reach to at least 2 crore households across India.

What does a school have to do once it joins Paryavaran Mitra Project?

Schools have to involve students in class rooms, in eco-clubs, and in the whole school in action-oriented activities and carry out projects under five themes: Water, Waste Management, Energy, Biodiversity, Culture and Heritage.

The students have to carry out and complete at least five activities in each of these five themes. Most of the activities will be carried out in the school.

The eco club students would carry out the activities in greater depth and spend more time on these.

Of these activities, at least one has to be carried out in the student's family or community.

The schools/Eco Clubs would need to document the activities undertaken and report the quantifiable changes observed.