Earth Ambassadors Fellowship
Creating young environmental educators through a fellowship programme to connect students with nature in schools.
Our changing planet urgently needs a generation of young environmental educators to connect students with nature. However, there is an acute scarcity of such individuals in India, where natural ecosystems are lifelines for its 1.3 billion people and its magnificent wildlife. Despite their heavy dependence on ecosystem services provided by nature, and the looming climate crisis, most students complete their K-12 education with very little understanding of our evolving environment, and how to care for it.
‘The Earth Ambassadors Fellowship’ is designed to change this by identifying, training and supporting passionate youth to connect students with nature, while equipping their own selves better in environmental and conservation education. This, first-of-its-kind, one-year program, which has completed two cohorts, empowers young school teachers and upcoming grassroots conservationists to lead eco-clubs in schools using conservation documentaries and experiential learning sessions. Through them, middle school students learn about topics ranging from the Earth to ocean systems, and, more particularly, about India’s incredible but fragile biodiversity, as well as problem-solving. In the end, the Fellows showcase their work and students’ work to a larger audience.
Our mission through the Earth Ambassadors Fellowship is to create an active community of young environmental educators across India to develop a deeper understanding of nature among students, and thus make a positive impact on the planet.
‘The Earth Ambassadors Fellowship’ is designed to change this by identifying, training and supporting passionate youth to connect students with nature, while equipping their own selves better in environmental and conservation education. This, first-of-its-kind, one-year program, which has completed two cohorts, empowers young school teachers and upcoming grassroots conservationists to lead eco-clubs in schools using conservation documentaries and experiential learning sessions. Through them, middle school students learn about topics ranging from the Earth to ocean systems, and, more particularly, about India’s incredible but fragile biodiversity, as well as problem-solving. In the end, the Fellows showcase their work and students’ work to a larger audience.
Our mission through the Earth Ambassadors Fellowship is to create an active community of young environmental educators across India to develop a deeper understanding of nature among students, and thus make a positive impact on the planet.
In the left: Earth Ambassador Fellows 2019 cohort and program team with wildlife and conservation filmmaker and TREE's Managing Trustee, Shekar Dattatri during the first in-residence training workshop. In the right: Nisha Bhakat, an Earth Ambassador Fellow from the 2018 cohort teaching children about birds in a school in West Bengal, India.
GALLERY
Pictures showcasing the journey of Earth Ambassador Fellows during resident training workshops and their interaction with K-12 students in schools.