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 […]
Biodiversity workshop for kids
A program on biodiversity and conservation was held at the Bee Museum for the children of Sigur valley on the 21st of July. The NNHS teamed up with Bravin Kumar from the Zoo Outreach organization to conduct this daylong program with included several presentations, short movie screenings, games etc. Special emphasis was paid to small […]
World Environment Day’2013
The NNHS and BERU Foundation partnered up on the 5th of June to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) at Meedhane Village, Kotagiri. The children of the village designed several environmental themed posters that were put up at the venue. The program started with the introduction of the chief guest Mr Lakshmi Narayanan (Headmaster Hillfort School) and […]
Camfort School visit
Eighteen students from the Camfort International School visited the Bee Museum on the 16th of February as part of their educational field trip. The children learnt about the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve through a presentation by Sumin George of the Keystone Foundation followed by the screening of the movie ‘A fragile treasure.’ Following lunch they took […]
World Wetland Day’ 2013
To mark the World Wetland Day, the Nilgiri Natural History Society organized a conservation education programme in Kotagiri. Over 40 children from three schools participated – Blue Mountain, Hillford and CSI. The day began with an introductory talk by Sumin George of Keystone Foundation, with a focus on hill wetlands of the Nilgiris. He also […]
Elephant conservation education-Pillur
A workshop on Elephant conservation was organized by the NNHS on the 20th of November at the Government School in Pillur. Around 30 students from Standard 8 and 9 participated in this workshop. The event started with the screening of a movie on Elephants followed by an interactive presentation by Sudhakar and Madhesh who have […]
Talk on the Birds of the Nilgiris
A talk on the Birds of the Nilgiris took place at the Bee museum on the 10th of November. The Speaker Dr. P.J Vasanthan, an avid birder for the past two decades gave the audience a brief introduction to the topography of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) and the different forest types and climatic conditions […]
Educational School Tours
The Nilgiri Natural History Society organized an educational tour of the Nilgiris on the 19th, 20th and 21st of September for the children of Rishi Valley School (A.P). Day one of the tour started with a picturesque ride on the Nilgiri mountain railway followed by a visit to a tea factory in Coonoor where the […]
Book Launch & Film Release : Where the kurinji blooms & A fragile treasure – A biodiversity learning module on the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
The 3rd of August 2012 saw the launch of the book ‘Where the Kurinji blooms’ by Mr.Pratim Roy, Director of the Keystone Foundation, at the Bee Museum in Ooty. Following which Mr. Varun Devaraj a local Naturalist, inaugurated the film ‘A fragile treasure’. The launch was held in the garden amidst blooming kurinji flowers. The […]
