yet again ... getting lost ... then enjoying self-discovery ...

A year since the fun time at Manas with friends and rains share of the planning workshop.  The paper presented at CEE Amdavad -  here .  Education for change - online version - here  and  print version - here .  The text here talks of the same event albeit using a different tone and lens.  Thanks are due to all the participants and Aaranyak.  Should we, should we not, we discussed, and then suddenly, one by one, in a file, most of the participants walked out. Out towards the gushing river, amidst the deafening rains, with water all around us, including in the paddy fields. Later during the evening they would return to the paddy fields to listen to the symphony played by frogs. Earlier during the day the participants had gone spotting birds and the list included the Bengal Florican! They had come together to deliberate on a plausible and realistic plan for conservation education (CE) in the Manas Landscape, Assam. A long-term pl...

Pleased to share our paper presented at ESD for transforming education for children and youth organized by CEE at Amdavad during September, 2016. Title: Planning to educate, Educating to plan: Conservation Education in an ecologically critical landscape. Authors: Nimesh Ved, Jayanta Pathak, Firoz Ahmed and Bibhuti Lahkar. Corresponding author: Nimesh Ved: nimesh.explore@gmail.com Need: The authors, especially Nimesh Ved and Firoz Ahmed, had during the recent years, had a series of conversations on Conservation Education ( CE ). These conversations besides raising questions on CE also highlighted stark weaknesses in CE; including in actions undertaken by the authors. A significant portion of these actions focused on generating stand-alone material and made attempts to reach out to maximum numbers. In addition, the belief that CE is an easy activity which can be taken up by anyone with good intentions appeared to be pervasive! With some trepidation, we woul...