Conservation

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.

In this issue, images from nature education interventions carried out by Prerna Agarwal in Maharashtra.