Every day the climate is becoming hazardous due to the negligence
of people towards nature and the perilous outcomes of traditional methods.
Sustainable development will let the planet breathe and live peacefully
forever. To spread the knowledge about sustainable practices among the younger
generation, Mr Pradip
Burman set up the World
Environment School (WESc) in the hills of Coorg, Karnataka.
World Environment School launched by Mr Pradip Burman, is
Asia’s first green school spread over 100 acres across the sensitive western
ghats of Coorg. It is also the first school in South Asia that has taken a step
ahead to encourage and deliver environmental education, with sustainability
being the crux. The mission behind building this school is to inculcate strong
ecological and moral values at a younger age and keep on spreading the
importance to our future generations through the students of the school.
World Environment School is set up with
the support of Whitgift School, a prominent British Educational Institute and a
part of Whitgift Foundation, a charity based in Croydon, South London, England.
It will start functioning in 2021 for students around the globe studying in
grade 6 to 12. The school will board 950 people, out of which 550 will be
students and the rest teaching and non-teaching staff. The school offers an
international curriculum with affiliation from Cambridge Assessments and
International Baccalaureate.
The school focuses on providing practical experiences to
students, forming sustainable practices part of their lifestyle. Some of the
impressive features of the school campus are as follows:
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All the significant buildings will have
south-facing slopes to maximise the usage of solar and wind energy.
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Zero energy, zero waste and water independent
campus.
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5 artificial ponds to harvest rainwater.
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Organic waste will be composed or utilised as
animal feed.
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Non-biodegradable waste will be sent to the
recycling unit.
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E-vehicles will be used inside the campus.
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Total energy demand will be met by solar PV
panels or wind energy.
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The entire school campus will be 100%
plastic-free.
The campus will set an example with its sustainable
systems, construction, water and air quality, flora and fauna, weather
dashboards and technology.
During the launch session of the World
Environment School at the International Conference of Sustainability
Education (ICSE) 2019, Mr Pradip Burman said,
“The school will touch all the aspects of sustainability. We are also trying to
make a special curriculum so that the students graduating from the school will
be fully briefed about the sustainability issues and the consequences of not
undertaking sustainable practices when they are grown up. It will turn the
students into student leaders, making more leaders as they will pass on the
knowledge to other students. They can also start movements which will force the
people to protect the environment now rather than waiting till its
destruction”.
World Environment School is an initiative
through the Mobius Foundation,
a Non-Profit Organization
founded by Mr Pradip Burman that
works towards environmental protection. The NGO entirely focuses on protecting
the ecosystem by spreading awareness about the importance of adopting
sustainable practices in our day to day life. They organise awareness programs
that help encourage and educate the people to curb overpopulation, pollution
and traditional methods harming the nourishment of the ecosystem.
With this initiative, Mr Pradip Burman
has opened gates to an environmental
school in India without walls, a campus that ignites the natural
curiosity of children.
