A nursery, for learning – CSI school event
CSI School, 12th July, 2019 William Wordsworth, famously said, ‘let nature be your teacher’. For someone known for his way with words, these ring true for all ages. It was with this idea in mind, that we wanted to plant the early seeds of growing plants in nurseries, into the young and eager minds of […]
Roots: Living with the Irulas of Sathy
Nature Education at Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve; A faint smell of wet clay and cattle feed greets ones senses as they venture deeper into the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve of Tamil Nadu. Shouldered by the Eastern Ghats and native forests,protected areas of the reserve host the Galidhimbam and Mavanattam hamlets – home to the ‘Irulas’. We organized […]
Nature Education at Banglapadigai
NATURE EDUCATION AT BANGLAPADIGAI SUMMER CAMP May 18th & 19th 2016 Report Banglapadigai is an Irula settlement of approximately 27 households. About an hour’s drive from Kotagiri, it lies in the Aracode area which forms south-eastern slopes of the Nilgiris. The forest types on these slopes range from Moist deciduous to Scrub Jungle as the slopes […]
Outreach Sessions- Brindavan Public School, Coonoor
28th April 2016: The best way to teach kids about Nature and Ecology is not by lecturing them in the classroom, but by engaging with them through films and activities. At Brindavan school, almost 150 students of classes 4th and 5th participated in the viewing of two short documentary films about Nilgiris and its […]
Conservation Education at PILLUR (NELLITHURAI-SUNDAMPATTI R.F)
The Irula tribes have always been an integral part of the forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, but the recent ‘development’ and changes in lifestyle are affecting the way they interact with the forest. Several hamlets, each of approximately 9-10 families, dot the roads within the reserve forest. These houses are similar to the village […]
Village Elder Program, Anaikatty
To facilitate the transfer of traditional knowledge between the older and younger generations, a session on ethnobotany was conducted along with AK Bhojan, a village elder from Anaikatty. The session involved a walk with the children from the village along with the village elder who would help identify different species of native herbs, shrubs, grasses […]
Importance of Pollination through Puppetry Workshop by Dr. Bhanumathi
Nilgiri Natural History Society is organising two puppetry workshops on the theme, ‘Pollination and its importance‘. The workshop is conducted by Dr. Bhanumathi of Pavai Centre for Puppetry, Chennai. Dr. Bhanumathi is a naturalist, author of many books on the same subject and the managing trustee of the Pavai Centre for Puppetry. Her puppetry workshops […]
Outreach Sessions at ‘The Lawrence School’, Ooty
NNHS has been conducting a series of talks with the Nature Club, at The Lawrence School, ooty. These talks have covered a series of modules ( Where the Kurinji Blooms – a conservation education manual developed by Keystone Foundation) as well as a few specialist talks as well. The motive behind these talks and discussions […]