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appropriate for them. For example, in rural areas, poster making and role plays were a huge hit. This equipped participants to come up with solutions to environmental problems themselves. Children were given complete freedom to use their imaginations. The two ‘green heroes’ also worked towards imparting other skills such as spoken English through these activities. For example, sentence building and structure were taught through environmental terms. Such
with saplings to plant in the pots and take home with them. To encourage the underprivileged to think out of the box, they were provided with school kits containing donated stationery collected through social-media campaigns. Initially, such kits were paper bags, but now they have sponsors to supply them with cloth bags, which are eco-friendly and longer lasting. Now, at age 21, with Sana having completed her studies from University of Bath, and Ayushi from
The duo use social media to fund donations of eco-friendly stationery kits for underprivileged school kids
an approach also highlights the need for an interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies. An idea that worked in both rural and urban territories was ‘Best Out Of Waste’ in which participants made bookmarks, paper bags, and so on, using waste materials. In cities, children were encouraged to bring empty plastic water bottles, which could be turned into pots. Consequently, they were provided JULY 2018
Delhi University, the two have distributed over 625 kits across six schools and a community centre, spanning four Indian cities and towns – Delhi, Noida, Lucknow and Manali – and are reaching out to more institutions every month. To get Green Curriculum adopted nationally, they are formalising their activities into a fully developed curriculum. Follow their progress on facebook.com/theschoolkit.