Climate Change

The second one, with sustainability practitioner P. S. Narayan, deals with larger questions about what it means to fail and succeed in the social sector. Both, independently, and when read together, may deepen our understanding of education and social action by showing us what is involved in intervening in a reflexive manner, and what it means to succeed and fail. Hope you find this issue of the journal of use, in thinking about this important aspect which we all must deal with.

Environmental Education is regarded as the embodiment of a philosophy which should be pervasive, rather than a subject to be taught and learnt.

In her context-setting article, Vena Kapoor argues for making nature education central to learning/living processes, even in settings where we think there is very little of ‘nature’ to be found. She makes a case for engaging with all the living beings around us, ranging from the tiny but ubiquitous ants and spiders in our homes to the majestic trees in the neighborhood, so that we know, learn and feel deeply for nature.

In this article, Geetha Ramaswami discusses a citizenship science project that studies seasonal, cyclical changes in trees across India and makes teachers and students an integral part of this process of research and knowledge creation.

To get insights into how the new generation of nature educators thinks and works, we talk to Abhisheka Krishnagopal, Yuvan Aves, Poornima Arun and Surendhar Boobalan; their experiences, insights and passion will surely help us all in our nature education journeys.

Bijal Vachharajani contributes her expertise by curating a diverse collection of audio-visual resources, enriching the educational content on nature in this edition of Samuhik Pahal.