The Organic Diaries- Step 11: Working hard
We’ve finally surfaced! If you’re wondering why we’ve been so quiet all December, we should let you know, we’ve been putting in a little of that extra effort for the winter sowing.
Just like in July, we sowed our seeds with hope. And, looks like we’re going strong!
The methi going strong!
Lessons from the Dodo: Workshop on extinct and endangered species by Leaps and Bounds
Even though we are unaware of the total number of species that exist on this planet, we do know that human activity is soon pushing our biodiversity in a corner, inducing high extinction rates.
Happy Second Birthday, E-Base!
Two years have already passed since the 21st of November, 2011. Last month on the 24th of November, 2013, we celebrated the second anniversary of the E-Base with a lot of excitement as on this day the students played the most important role- that of the teachers!
The fair was a culmination of sorts of two years of workshops as we took it as an opportunity to let the children display their learnings at the E-Base. With science experiments and demonstrations, waste installations, biodiversity games and competitions, the E-Base was abuzz with close to 250 students in attendance!
The interpretation Centre buzzing with close to 250 students!
Third Pole E-Base—A walk through by the students
After our video ‘Ahoy, Third Pole E-Base’, the students at the Third Pole E-BAse have very graciously made a video to introduce our students at the E-Base in Pench to their E-Base.
It is wonderful to see students up in the Himlayas interacting with students from central India through their respective E-Bases!
Here’s the video created by the students of Mahabodhi school where the send their love and greetings to the ones in Pench.
Here’s to many more of such virtual interactions!
Old Textbooks, New Life: Paper Mache workshop by Himanshu Joshi
This month, our students finally got a solution to the mounting pile of old and torn textbooks in their school backyards and store rooms. Mr .Himanshu Joshi and Vinod Gosavi of Bhavans College, Mumbai, paper mache experts came to the rescue to show the students a few tricks with their old textbooks.
Ahoy, Third Pole E-Base!
On our second anniversary at the E-Base Pench, we would like to introduce our E-Base to the students at the Third Pole E-Base in Leh.
The Third Pole E-Base which was set up in August, 2013 is the third E-Base in the world. Once again, an E- Base set up in India! With an E-Base in Antarctica, two in India and many more in the pipeline around the world, a network of global environmental leaders connected through the E-Bases is no longer a distant dream.
Our students wished to virtually bring the students of Leh into their special green educational space and this is a shout out to all at the Third Pole E-Base on this very special day for all of us in Pench.
Wonders with Waste: Workshop by Green the Gap
Perhaps one of the biggest elephants in the room, waste, was literally welcomed to the E-Base this workshop. To introduce students to waste and its hazards, Green the Gap jumped in to share a little of their knowledge with our students at the E-Base.
The Organic Diaries- Step 10: The End of Summer Plants
Our beautiful Bhindi and Barbati plants served their purpose. Our Midday Meal Kitchen in the shcool absorbed all the produce of our organic patch (off course, the produce that remains after the students eat the raw bhindi! Yes, we know what you’re think, raw Bhindi? But, the students love it! We think it has something to do with the sweetness in vegetables when grown organically.)
Barbati coming to an end.
The Composting Diaries: The Set up
As part of our E-Base program for the year, we have taken it upon ourselves to not only go organic, but also be sustainable! Here’s introducing our second project for the year-
Kohka Middle School now has a very exciting addition- a compost unit!
The Organic Diaries- Step 9: Dealing with the nasty weather
At this moment, we are more than just blue. We are borderline furious! Our second attempt at the Palak and Methi plants got nullified by terribly untimely rain in October. We thought we had left the monsoon behind in September, but it was just lurking around the corner.
The Spinach looking not so very good.
