Learning beyond the 'fours walls' and a textbook



 

While smart classes are an effort to enhance the classroom learning experiences, the actual field work must be incorporated in addition to the textbook learning. The use of all our senses, on spot thinking of some practical solutions, leaving aside the distractions such as the extreme hot or cold  weather are all the critical elements of learning on the field. This kind of learning could be called as 'the dynamic classroom learning'.

 

I got to visit the Wasteless unit in Auroville. This brings forth the creative solutions to reusing and managing our waste be it old CDs, tetrapacks, coconut shells. The unit has also introduced the educational programmes targeting especially the school children to be conscious of the waste segregation, color coding assigned to different types of wastes, and to eventually help them grow to become the conscious consumers. It was interesting to see the snake- ladder game based on the waste management. "Such fun learning and garbology should definitely be introduced to each student", according to Ribhu Vohra. To know more, here's the link to his TED talk:  https://youtu.be/bNp3p3T-e8E.





The same day I also got to visit the Eco Service, this unit is in charge of the waste management in Auroville. Some non - recyclable items such as Styrofoam is crushed and used with cement to provide an insulation material.




Talking about trash is crucial. The multi-prolonged approach is essential to tackle the waste- the investment in more research centres, finding more of organic solutions to processed food packagings and many more solutions are yet to be discovered to minimize the trash.




 


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