Aurangabad
Green Schools
50 Schools, 50 Forests
Our mission is to create dense native Miyawaki forests across 50 sites in schools and institutions in Aurangabad (rural) to build green-lungs for the schools and villages – Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan. The uniqueness of this program comes from the democratisation of knowledge about the Miyawaki Method. We’ll train a team to oversee the implementation of these forests, as well as teams for each school to implement the Miyawaki Method effectively.
Forest Maker EcoSattva
30,000
Trees
10,000
Square meters
36
Native Species
Forest Report: 2 Year
DATE: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2022
Survival Rate: 77%
Tallest Tree: 491cm
At 2 years, these school forests are thriving, showing an excellent survival and growth rate. Currently, the tallest species across the forests include: Indian rosewood (Dalbergia sissoo), sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) and teak (Tectona grandi).
‘The Green Schools Mission is particularly close to our hearts because of so many reasons. Some of which relates the spirit of partnership that is at the core of this program - a deep and meaningful partnership with the district government, villages, the schools, their teachers and students, the community, the forest department, SUGi and Ecosattva. And all the people within these entities coming together to successfully execute these forests in fifty schools.’ - Natasha Zarine, Director, Ecossatva
“94% of Marathwada’s land area has no green cover. This poses a serious challenge to sustainable development.Our mission is to bring everybody in Marathwada together to plant neighbourhood forests. This effort can help the planet as a whole and prevent local natural disasters like drought, floods and landslides. We must remember that the little drops of water, the little grains of sand make a mighty ocean.”
— Praveen Srivastava, CCF & Dy. DG of Social Forestry dept (Marathwada region)
Forest Report: 1 Year
DATE: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2021
Survival Rate: 77%
Tallest Tree: 491cm
Across these school forests, the Shivan tree (Gmelina arborea) and Peepal (Ficus religiosa) are showing the greatest height growth.
Forest Report: Planting
DATE: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2020
The Mission
The mission will create dense native Miyawaki forests across 50 sites in schools and institutions in Aurangabad (rural) to build green-lungs for the schools and villages – Harit Maharashtra Abhiyan. The uniqueness of this program comes from the democratisation of knowledge about the Miyawaki Method. We’ll train a team to oversee the implementation of these forests, as well as teams for each school to implement the Miyawaki Method effectively.
Schools with Impact
This program also focuses on spreading awareness about the need for native species conservation to schools. The program is designed in a way to instil ownership of the forests and the impact that the school will make through nurturing it to maturity.
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