Aegis:

In India, the vast majority of people are unaware of the issues relating to global warming and climate change. This population includes people from many walks of life from the affluent to the poor, from students to professionals, from teachers to home- makers, etc.

Regardless of our socio-economic status, everyone faces the consequences of climate change. Our contributions to climate change, however, vary. We must all become aware and take necessary action at individual and group levels to mitigate our contribution to climate change and to be able to adapt to it.

Our initiative, Democratizing Climate Change Discourses, reaches out to many different kinds of audiences with information on climate change and what we can all do about it. Climate change education is an integral part of our effort.

Climate change education:

CSM has been conducting multimedia, interactive, and inter-disciplinary workshops for students of classes 7 and above thus far. Soon, we will be offering workshops for others – teachers, employees of companies, civil service personnel, civic groups, home-makers, etc. The content, format, and duration of the workshops are flexible to suit the audiences.

At present, workshops are provided in English and Kannada. Soon, we will be offering them in Bengali.

For educational institutions, we are currently working towards gradual inclusion of climate change into the syllabus of various educational curricula.

For students:

Student workshops are graded into three levels: One Star, Two Star, and Three Star.

One Star: climate and weather, climate change, interdisciplinary understanding of the topic, responding to climate change. For all audiences with suitable modifications.
Two Star: Case studies in climate change. Best suited for students in 9th standard and above (including college)
Three Star: Option A – a selected climate change-related research project; Option B – history and development of the climate change issue.

In all cases, we will help schools assess students for formal academic credit also, if desired.

Thus far, we have provided workshops at:
•    Army Public School, Bangalore [English] – ongoing.
•    Mallya Aditi International School, Bangalore [English]
•    Shantinikethana English Medium School, Bangalore [English]
•    Netaji High School, Bangalore [Kannada]
•    Audugodi Government High School for students of 8th and 9th standards [Kannada]

In Kolkata we have offered workshops at these schools, in partnership with Dep. of Environment and Dep. of Forests, Gov. of West Bengal:
•    Patha Bhavan
•    Loreto Day School - Sealdah
•    St. Joseph and Mary School
•    St. James’ School
•    Chowringhee High School

More workshops are forthcoming for students, teachers, and others.

If you would like to organize climate change education workshops for
•    a formal group (schools, students, civic organization, etc.)
•    an informal group (friends, family, etc.)
•    or would like to join one of our in-house workshops

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