Green Schools
50 Schools, 50 Forests.
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The ‘Green Schools’ mission was born out of a need to scale the positive impacts of the Miyawaki Method through effective, equitable and efficient use of resources. The expertise and strength of each partner is utilized symbiotically to build maximum impact through collaboration, partnerships, knowledge and credit sharing.
The purpose of this large-scale project is to create dense, native Miyawaki forests across 50 sites in schools and institutions in Aurangabad (rural) to build green-lungs for the schools and villages – Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan. The uniqueness of this program comes from the democratization of knowledge about the Miyawaki Method. This has involved training a team to oversee the implementation of these forests, as well as teams for each school to implement the Miyawaki Method effectively.
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EcoSattva
Forest Partner
Forest Report: 2023
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Forest Report: 2022
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At 2 years, these school forests are thriving, showing an excellent survival and growth rate. Currently, the tallest species across the forests include: Indian rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo), sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) and teak (Tectona grandi).
‘The Green Schools' Mission is particularly close to our hearts because of so many reasons. Some of which relates to the spirit of partnership that is at the core of this program - a deep and meaningful partnership with the district government, villages, the schools, their teachers and students, the community, the forest department, SUGi and Ecosattva. And all the people within these entities coming together to successfully execute these forests in fifty schools.’
- Natasha Zarine, Director, Ecossatva
“94% of Marathwada’s land area has no green cover. This poses a serious challenge to sustainable development.Our mission is to bring everybody in Marathwada together to plant neighbourhood forests. This effort can help the planet as a whole and prevent local natural disasters like drought, floods and landslides. We must remember that the little drops of water, the little grains of sand make a mighty ocean.”
Praveen Srivastava, CCF & Dy. DG of Social Forestry dept (Marathwada region)
Forest Report: 2021
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Across these school forests, the Shivan tree (Gmelina arborea) and Peepal (Ficus religiosa) are showing the greatest height growth.
Planting: September - December 2020
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This program also focuses on spreading awareness about the need for native species conservation to schools. The program is designed in a way to instil ownership of the forests and the impact that the school will make through nurturing it to maturity.
