| GT IN SIKKIM
Gobar Times met a group of
enthusiastic teachers in Sikkim this
August at the teachers’ training
workshop on Green Schools
Programme. Yes, the state of Sikkim
formally joined the Green Schools
movement by organising a teachers’
training at Gangtok.
Teachers from across the state
are now geared up to add
the programme to the environment
education roster in Sikkim.
 Environment education has a
special place here because of its rich
yet ecologically fragile biodiversity.
Most schools have eco clubs, formed
with the help of the Ministry of
Environment and Forests’ National
Green Corps Programme. District
Environment Committees have been
formed to coordinate and monitor the
programme in each district.
Some schools are involved in
activities like planting trees,
celebrating environment day, and
community clean up. Other schools
are engaged in active biodiversity
mapping and innovative eco tours
within the state. And now Sikkim
has taken one step forward in
environmental education by adopting
environmental auditing with the
Green Schools Programme.
Sikkim contact:
ngc_sikkim@rediffmail.com
For more information on Green
Schools Programme:
http://www.cseindia.org/programme/
eeu/eeu-index.htm
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