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Solutions to teach kids about how to take care of the environment
Hi Alma, my name is Muriel and I am from India. Here too, like in many countries, Environmental Education has become a compulsory subject in school. I have just started a blog as an educational reso…
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- I am a Belgian national settled in India for last fifteen years back, and I have been lucky to travel to almost every corner of India. During my travels I have tried to imbibe information about India's culture, and India's ecological traditions. I love to create fact-filled stories where the central theme is an environmental issue. I am the author and illustrator of the ECOLOGICAL TALES FROM INDIA series.
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- My Environmental Interest(s) (Climate Change, Solid Waste, etc.):
- Biodiversity conservation, Tropical forest, Traditional knowledge systems, Storytelling for the environment, Organic agriculture
Ecological Tales for Environment Education - India
Environmental storytelling has become an important tool in Environmental Education. As every ecological story has an emotional content that inspires feelings of love and compassion towards the natural world, environmental storytelling gives an opportunity to instill ecological values and bring a change of attitude.
Ecological Tales for Environment Education
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India's environment illustrated for kids
Added September 20, 2009 at 12:21am
India's ecological traditions in pictures
Added September 17, 2009 at 2:18am
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The last of INDIA'S PASTORALISTS
Shepherds in search of green pastures for their herds of sheep and goats have moved into a field on the hills surrounding Panchgani in the Sahyadri mountains of Maharashtra.
After unloading their three ponies, they set up camp, pitch their two rather rudimentary tents for the rainy season, arrange water, an… Continue
Posted on October 5, 2009 at 2:00am —
Save the INDIAN GIANT SQUIRREL by protecting its habitat
The largest squirrel in the world is the Indian Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica) also known as the Malabar Giant Squirrel. It is the State animal of Maharashtra and is known as “Shekhru”. Though found in many forests around India, it is endemic to the Western Ghats and is particularly abundant in the Sahyadr… Continue
Posted on September 24, 2009 at 12:30am —
Save the Sunderbans
The ecological health of Sunderbans is in decline:
More and more people are entering the Sunderbans forest and depleting the resources of the mangroves through fishing, collection of honey and fuelwood/timber for their livelihood.
The salinity is increasing (now almost as saline as the… Continue
Posted on September 22, 2009 at 1:30am —
A solution to COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER in India and Asia: preserving the biodiversity of wild bees
In certain regions of US, Western honeybee (Apis mellifera) populations are dropping dramatically at rates of up to 80%. In Europe, the situation is not better. Germany, Poland, Switzerland and Spain are reporting similar disastrous declines. In UK, honeybees could disappear by 2018.
The problem has been i… Continue
Posted on September 20, 2009 at 12:30am —
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