‘Children Need Nature’ National Conference 

Dear Friends

We warmly invite you to Children Need Nature Conference, A National conference for educators, students, parents and school administrators, a two-day event on 30^th September and 1^st October, 2024 to be held at NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bangalore. The conference will have a host of thought leaders and practitioners sharing their perspectives, experiences and philosophies.

With talks by Richard Dunne, (Founder-Director, Harmony Project, UK), Dr. Erach Bharucha (Dir. Bharti Vidyapeeth, a renowned conservationist and author), Seetha Ananthasivan (educationist)., Prof. Sultan Ismail (renowned soil biologist and ecologist), G. Gautama (educationist), Pallavi Varma Patil (ecologist), Indira Vijaysimha (educationist), Yuvan Aves (naturalist) and Harini Nagendra (environmentalist) and Sumitra Gautama (educationist)

Satish Kumar (author and evangelist for sustainable living) and Richard Louv, (author Last Child in the Woods) online.

Action Panels, Discussions, Spirited Talks and Workshops by these and other renowned practitioners will add to the building of perspectives and understanding of the theme. There will also be a musical exploration of Tagore and Nature. The Children’s Expression section will have children sharing their perspective in different ways.

The Conference promises to be exciting, engaging and evocative with some of the talks mentioned below.

1.       Building Harmony and Ability through Nature in Schools by Richard Dunne

2.       Approaches to Learning from and about Nature by Sumitra M Gautama

3.       Pallavi

4.       Why should children in schools learn about Natural Resources & Climate Action? by Prof. Sultan Ismail

5.       Principles of Nature in Education by Durga Sitaraman and Rema Kumar

6.       Can schools become Thinking, Feeling, Sentient Entities? by G. Gautama

7.       Schools, Children, Nature and Modern Civilisation by Seetha Ananthasivan

8.       Fostering a passion for Nature and Nature Conservation in educational institutions by Dr. Erach Bharucha

9.       Role of NCERT in education for sustainability by Dr. Chong Shimray

Action Panels:

1.       How can we involve institutions and individuals to look at children’s health and their future?

2.       What can be done at policy/education board level? How to leverage Govt. policies?

Spirited Talks on:

1.       From Screen Time to Green Time

2.       Voices of the Youth by Prakriya students and alumni

Other interactive sessions include:

1.       Connecting with children and Nature

2.       Socio-emotional learning with Nature

3.       Initiatives for Ecological living

For a detailed schedule, click here

Registration Fee:

· General Admission Ticket: Rs.3000/-

· Early bird ticket (till 10th September): Rs. 2500/- 

· Schools / Educators : Rs.2000/-

· Students / Nature educators / Members of NGOs: Rs.1500/-

(Ticket includes lunch and tea on both days.)

Request you register for the conference here.

Contact us at [email protected] for queries. Feel free to share the conference brochure attached within your network.