15 Sep
2024School Green Campaign 2017
Introduction
This is the need of the hour to educate our young generation on environmental issues faced by our nation and the world. What will be a better place to initiate than the schools?
As the old proverb dictates, ‘Knowledge is power’ and we regard the schools pious place – the home of Goddess Sarawati.
In our community, schools by spreading the light of knowledge eliminate the darkness of ignorance. We all have acquired our knowledge and skills that are helping us to make better decisions in our life in professional and personal levels during our schools, colleges and universities years. Our young generation is acquiring knowledge and skills that they will use in their turn to contribute to the world.
Therefore, by spreading the environmental knowledge and practice among our young generation via LRLP Project ‘Lab for Reading & Land for Practice’. We can kindle love for the nature in their heart. Thus making them young environmental activist; encouraging them to make eco-friendly decisions in their day-to-day life.
Global Green Schools Initiative
The Global Green Schools Initiative is a transformative endeavor aimed at fostering sustainability in educational institutions worldwide. This initiative seeks to engage students in nurturing green spaces within their schools. Over the course of a decade, the project's ambition is to extend its influence to 5,000 schools across the globe, collectively declaring them Green Zones. By doing so, the project aspires to cultivate 500,000 young environmental activists, with each school contributing 100 such activists. Additionally, the initiative aims to identify and nurture 5,000 young environmental experts, one from each school, by offering scholarships for their education.
Beyond the confines of the school premises, the initiative will extend its efforts to the surrounding school catchment areas. It will identify wetlands, endangered species habitats (both flora and fauna), and valuable species with economic and environmental significance. Collaboratively with student leadership at each school, this initiative will compile environmental data to transform schools into not just centers of academic learning but also hubs for environmental education, thereby earning them the designation of a Green Zone.
Furthermore, this project will create student green teams for grades 6 through 12 in each school, tasking them with managing environment libraries and gardens established as part of the initiative. These student clubs, supervised by dedicated teachers and representatives of the initiative, will oversee the maintenance of these facilities. Through this, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the importance of greenery in our lives, both in theory and practice. The project emphasizes the use of suitable plant species, including fruits, vegetables, medicinal herbs, ornamental plants, and economically valuable species. The conservation of wetlands is particularly highlighted, as they have the potential to become significant attractions for sustainable tourism. The gardens will create economic opportunities that address climate change and global warming issues.
Schools
A Green Zone project is an initiative to make the school green in the participation of school's students. This project cover 5000 schools within ten years and declared 5000 green zone throughout the nation. Along this we will develop of 500,000 young environment activist (100 from one school). Similarly 5,000 young environment expert (1 from each school) providing scholarship in their higher study on environmental education in national or international college/university. We develop and conduct one nursery in each school catchment area, so that 5,000 green entrepreneur will establish with minimum 15,000 green employment (at least 3 persons in a nursery) opportunity. So, here we able to plant 2,000 plants in a school’s catchment area , so we can survive/grow 1,00,00,000 plants in 5,000 schools within ten years.
Our activities will not limit inside school’s premises but go throughout the school’s catchment area. We will search/observe/find wetland, habitat of endangered species (plants & animals), find the suitable economical and environmental valued species and collect all the environment related information with student leadership at school. So that, school will not an academic learning centre only it is environmental learning centre too, Such school is ultimately declared a green zone.
This project will create a student's green team per school from grade 6 to 12 and involve them by making team to run environment library and garden constructed by this project. Student's club under the supervision of coordinator teacher and organizer’s representative will care those lab and garden. From this project, students will learn the importance of greenery in our life; theoretically and practically. Here, we have to use suitable species, fruits, vegetable, medicinal, ornamental and other economical valued plants. Conserving wetland itself a high potential spot for tourism. Similarly, garden will give good economical activities addressing climate change and global warming issues.
The project cost is Nrs. 5,00,000 per school equals to Nrs. 2,50,00,00,000 . After completion of this project we can expect 10,00,000 yearly benefit from each nursery, which is Nrs.5,00,00,00,000. Without other hidden income from plants farming, tourism activity (wetland) etc.
[Note: activities address to minimize global warming & climate change issues with developing/producing environmental activists and experts with good economical activities is most important factor of this project.]
