overwhelming response to the third month module 'secrets of the coasts: introduction to climate change and global wamring'

By the end of the third month’s program, student participation had increased tremendously. Many students brought back thought provoking illustrations and models after interacting with their parents and grandparents. They performed skits and enacted puppet shows to convey the stories they had collected during their December holidays. Many students received a wildlife poster with a conservation message as a token of encouragement for their involvement in the program. 

The key goals for the third month program is to enable students to understand the diversity and importance of coastal ecosystems and to facilitate deeper understanding of climate change and its impact on human life and other species. 

‘Point Calimere: A little Kingdom by the Coast’, a documentary film by Shekar Dattatri was screened to bring to student attention the impact of industries on lesser known coastal biodiversity. It was followed by an audio-visual on Global warming and a story-telling session based on the ‘One degree factor’, an episode from the documentary film ‘Strange Days on Planet Earth’ (by Sea Studios). 

Students were given an activity called ‘Bridge the Gap’, to map the change in their surrounding environment, and the destruction of nature and natural resources in their region across generations through quizzing their parents and grandparents.