Aaranyak holds workshop on sustainable environmental practices for teachers

GUWAHATI: Aaranyak, a leading biodiversity conservation organization in India, teamed up with Samagra Shiksha Assam, Kamrup (Metro), and supported by Wipro Earthian to conduct an orientation workshop for guide teachers of Kamrup (M), highlighting Sustainability Education Practices.

Altogether, 22 teachers from 16 different schools in the district took part in the workshop. The purpose of the workshop is in tune with the objectives of the Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) of the Government of India, which highlights the importance of collective action for the environment through individual behaviour change.

Senior manager Aaranyak Jayanta Kumar Pathak focused on the importance of sustainability education in schools and colleges to build a future brigade of sustainability enthusiasts. Banashree Phukan, an assistant teacher at Natun Fatasil Town High School, discussed the documentation process involved in the sustainability education programme. Aaranyak's Head of Operations, Dipak Bhattacharyya also spoke about the organisation's current interventions and practices on sustainability. Wasima Begum, an environmental facilitator at Aaranyak deliberated on various components of the sustainability education programme. Besides, the interaction, the participants were also engaged in biodiversity mapping on Aaranyak’s administrative office premises.

"Twenty-seven schools from Kamrup (M) have registered so far, and a number of schools from other parts of the state are considering participating in the sustainability education programme," said Jayanta Kumar Pathak.

The Wipro earthian has initiated a nationwide sustainability education programme for schools and colleges. Sustainability education helps to inculcate a scientific temperament in young minds and also develop a deeper understanding of the surrounding world and its functions. In Assam, they partnered with Aaranyak last year to educate 54 schools across five districts on conservation of water, biodiversity, and waste management. Last year, one of the schools from Kamrup (M) working with Aaranyak received an award at the national level, whereas three other such schools received regional awards, a press release said.

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