[meetyeti] Fwd: Volunteers/interns Required to conduct activities in various schools of Bangalore on Environment,Biodiversity. for the academic year 2014-15
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Subject: Volunteers/interns Required to conduct activities in various
schools of Bangalore on Environment,Biodiversity. for the academic year
2014-15
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Nature Club of India
*Nature Clubs, WWF-India's pioneering conservation programme, was started
in 1976 to inculcate an appreciation for nature among young people through
a participatory approach.*
Nature Clubs are opportunities for social cohesion and for building social
capital. Environmental consciousness cannot exist in a vacuum and thus
needs social space to find true meaning and relevance.
We look to undoing and arresting further environmental degradation by
raising awareness and fostering teamwork and social and ecological
sensitivity. The foundation of Nature Clubs rests on the belief that each
one of us can make a difference and a cohesive group of empowered
individuals can bring about change.
What does a Nature Club do?Once a Nature Club is formed a team from
WWF-India will conduct an orientation programme for key members. It would
be mandatory for the club members to meet at least once in a month and
conduct certain mandatory activities, the details of these are provided in
this brochure. Members will also be offered a variety of exciting and
engaging activities in which they can participate and be a part of Nature
Conservation.
A calendar of activities will be provided before each month, which will
enable you to choose the activities in which you want to participate.
WWF-India hopes to reach out to nature lovers and budding conservationists.
*Complimentary Activities*
The members of an NCI will be offered the following complimentary
activities:
1. Film screenings at the WWF-India Auditorium followed by a talk or
interaction with Conservationists/Experts
2. A Nature Trail
3. Resource support for Environment Education activities carried out in
school.
4. Events and competitions on predetermined significant conservation
days.
5. An e-newsletter.
6. Library reference facilities in the months of May and June, 12 noon
to 4.30 pm., Monday to Friday.
7. Storytelling session – Nature stories with a well-known storyteller.
*Mandatory Activities *
An NCI must carry out the following activities in its school:
1. The members of the NCI must meet at least once in every month and
send the minutes of the meeting to WWF-India either by email or by post.
2. Every NCI must undertake one project per year, the framework for this
will be showcased at the annual gathering of NCIs.
NCI Project
School Green-belt Ecosystem
A forest is best defined as an assemblage of ecosystems dominated by trees
and other woody vegetation, i.e, a dense growth of trees and plants
including grasses, herbs, shrubs and climbers covering a large area. The
world’s forests fulfill many roles such as providing renewable raw
materials and energy, maintaining biodiversity and protecting land and
water resources. Forests influence climate change mainly by affecting the
amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. When forests grow, carbon is
removed from the atmosphere and absorbed in wood, leaves and soil.
Protected areas of forest are important to conserve biological diversity. A
forest offers a variety of habitats for different species such as insects,
birds, reptiles and mammals.
The year 2011 has been declared as the International Year of Forests (IYF
2011) by the United Nations to raise awareness and strengthen sustainable
forest management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of
forests for the benefit of current and future generations. This objective
can be achieved in different ways, one of which is through educational
institutions by involving students to document the greenery in the
institution’s campus and surroundings. By participating in the
documentation activity, the students will be able to learn more about their
surroundings while promoting conservation and achieve the objective of IYF
2011. According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature
(IUCN) and the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, more
than a billion hectares of lost and degraded forest land exist across the
globe which can be restored.
The Schools can do activities pertaining to conservation and development of
the Green-belt around their school including plantation on roads near their
school , plantation on nearby vacant land in and around the school campus,
cleaning-up and thereby restoring and conserving the biodiversity of that
area. Schools are also requested to document the trees available on their
campus and provide signage to identify them, WWF-India will be happy to
provide technical assistance. WWF-India expects the associated NCIs and
their students to be part of the documentation process and make a report on
it. The documentation would be a year long activity after which the schools
should submit their report to the WWF-India office. .
Some important points to be kept in mind:
- Develop love towards the plants.
- Try to grow as many plants as possible.
- Try to identify the plants (indigenous and exotic species) in the
surroundings and their importance, etc.
- Collect fallen plants or plant parts. Identifying them, drying them,
pressing them and preparing 'Herbaria' can be fun as well an educational
activity.
- Try to record valuable information about the plant's flowering,
fruiting patterns and maintaining data with regard to seasonal variations.
- Try to raise a small garden with ornamental herbs, shrubs, trees and
other useful plants.
- Make a note on the overall biodiversity of that area.
- Collect pictures of useful plants and also make paintings or posters
of them.
- Encourage people to plant more trees and highlight the urgency to
increase the green cover.
Those interested please contact:
Pallavi S.
Education cum Project Officer
WWF-KSO
Bangalore
9449356198
/9535377664
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