Comments on FORT-Mysore: 'Green' school at Vijayanagar

This is a wonderful idea. Mr Anatharamiah must be ...

2009-03-22T16:37:00.000+05:30

This is a wonderful idea. Mr Anatharamiah must be applauded forthis. An action taken now will be benificial to everybody and particularly the next generation

Wonderful thoughts all around. First from the scho...

2009-02-21T11:53:00.000+05:30

Wonderful thoughts all around. First from the school to plant those rows of trees; having lunch outside under their shade and then your initiative to keep it moving and inspire children too.

Ramakrishna Vidyalaya at Coimbatore has a novel form of 'punishment' for misdemeanors. Students have to plant trees/ water them etc instead of uselessly being made to kneel down or stand outside or whatever is the latest form of 'being shamed'.

This is a fantastic scheme which I hope succeeds a...

2009-02-19T14:24:00.000+05:30

This is a fantastic scheme which I hope succeeds and also spreads around to other towns, cities to the point where planting trees is as much a part of school life as prayers, assempblies, holiday homework etc!

Great. What a wonderful idea. Good luck.

2009-02-17T22:22:00.000+05:30

Great. What a wonderful idea. Good luck.

Thank you, Goli. A correction - the schoo is locat...

2009-02-17T07:47:00.000+05:30

Thank you, Goli. A correction - the schoo is located in Mysore.

Hey, Great initiative, I have linked your post her...

2009-02-17T06:48:00.000+05:30

Hey, Great initiative, I have linked your post here,
http://ngopost.org/story.php?title=Green_school_at_Bangalore

Fascinating and just wonderful! Please keep up th...

2009-02-16T21:39:00.000+05:30

Fascinating and just wonderful! Please keep up the good work. I would recommend checking this out: http://www.greenschool.org/whybamboo

Good luck and hope you have much deserved progress.

Great initiative. My only apprehension is of futur...

2009-02-16T13:41:00.000+05:30

Great initiative. My only apprehension is of future when you have thousands of children and are short of land to carry this on. Any thoughts or future planning on this ?

Anyway, I have linked this post to my blog. Hope you don't mind it.

Cuckoo

Great initiative!!!Young minds trained thus will p...

2009-02-16T08:19:00.000+05:30

Great initiative!!!
Young minds trained thus will prove beneficial and blessing to the society in the long run.
The idea for giving prizes to the outstanding tree planters is novel!

This is amazing! I hope parents take this seriousl...

2009-02-16T00:56:00.000+05:30

This is amazing! I hope parents take this seriously and help their kids with this initiative.

I feel the parents will need more coaxing than little kids to take some time out of their daily routines and help kids with this as well.

A few things that can help convince the parents:
1) Kids will learn the value of life!
2) Kids will learn to be responsible! After all the life of the plant depends upon them.
3) Kids will learn patience! This is a trait that is becoming rare in our instant-gratification culture. People are always looking for short cuts to finish their work, but with growing a tree there are no short-cuts :)
4) taking care of plants is definitely better than sitting indoors and playing video games

Will write more as the thoughts come into my head.

A wonderful idea.. all the best to this initiative...

2009-02-15T14:00:00.000+05:30

A wonderful idea.. all the best to this initiative..

I guess some of us just cannot forget those classes we had under the trees. Those were one of the best moments of school life. Nature can really affect one positively and the kids who get to nurture a tree would have learned one of the best lessons in life.

Sue from Denver through e-mail: Good idea, our anc...

2009-02-15T07:22:00.000+05:30

Sue from Denver through e-mail:
Good idea, our ancient traditions have always supported the idea of being one with nature since it fosters the growth of the mind, soul and body. More importantly is the idea to go green--recycling, nurturing and taking care of that which is in existence for those who may not fully support this idea. The principal of this school must be commended.

An e-mail from T Srinivaasan, New Delhi:Looks like...

2009-02-14T17:42:00.000+05:30

An e-mail from T Srinivaasan, New Delhi:
Looks like a brilliant & practical intiative; perhaps in these days of capitation fee regime, it is rare to see that we can have such wounderful natural way of gifting the school that brings the
knowledge - perhaps "Plant a tree & take a Knowledge" could be a nursery rhyme;
It has lots of genuine impact - Like -
1. consider that the kids develop a liking to this, you have already sold the idea of natural conservation free of cost;
2. Who knows, kids may take cultivation has a career option - that is what is lacking at present (all these computer & software will hit the wall one day)
3. Drive the kids to a natural inbitation & living - you can save on all diseases & treatment
4. No parent will ever bargain on such intiative, as they see the tree grows while their wards grow as well.
May be many such feats can be accomplished if this is done with all efforts; I must send my pranams to the founder of the school who has initiated this wonderful activity.

This is a wonderful initiative. Backyards, frontya...

2009-02-14T13:16:00.000+05:30

This is a wonderful initiative. Backyards, frontyards or other places where we can keep a watch over the saplings are good places to plant...or else they have a very low chance of surviving in our cities.

A few months ago my husband took me over to see the only tamarind tree in Dehradun that he had planted with his grandfather when he was 5 years old. That tree was located in the backyard of the house our family rented 30 years ago. Its lovely green foliage stood out in the midst of a densely packed old lane in the heart of dun. Even if 10% of the students could be persuaded, it would leave its mark on Mysore.

My congratulations to the "green" principal and the students of this school for taking up this initiative..

Very good initiative. My hearty wishes to Prof.Ana...

2009-02-14T09:35:00.000+05:30

Very good initiative. My hearty wishes to Prof.Anantharamaiah for such a good cause. Definitely I would like to visit the School next time, when I will be there in Mysore.

Please provide me the postal address.

Thank you

Regards

Venkata Ranga

very good initiative and need of the hour. We need...

2009-02-14T09:19:00.000+05:30

very good initiative and need of the hour. We need to care for the environment and pollution, it will help us in decreasing pollution and bring a climactic change also. Wish them all the best !

i read this post and some of the best takeaways an...

2009-02-14T08:37:00.000+05:30

i read this post and some of the best takeaways and learnings are

1. students are studying in the midst of greenery. being born and brought up in a steel township for my schooling, i always see the appreciation for trees and greenery. a visit to the steel township campuses of SAIL or TATA would make my point clear.

2. if constraint of space, is one of the reasons for not being able to plant more trees, within the school premises, that's ok. there is a big big world outside to carry on one's noble initiative. by this small gesture of planting trees, more so with active involvement of kids has many +ve points.

a. kids would learn about their environment and would take into account that when we take about greenery and tree planting, its just not my house, my school or the park in my neighborhood, it can be any place, which i may or may not use in the future...

b. kids would meet new people and expand their friends circle by participating in such events.

c. also at times, for such initiatives, kids can become better catalysts for change, than the city/municipality authorities.

great job so far by the school authorities but still they can set the bar at much higher levels of environment consciousness.

also as swarna expressed in her comment, i even think every parent would support and fuel this spirit with great passion.

In Mysore all kinds of tree planting have been tri...

2009-02-14T07:51:00.000+05:30

In Mysore all kinds of tree planting have been tried. Asking each student to plant at least two trees is one such strategy. Perhaps this school can institute prizes for those who have planted more number of trees in a year. Every month the school can announce who are the leaders so far. What is needed is genuine desire on the part of staff and the management to plant trees. Of course planting is just one part of the job. One needs to ensure they will grow. There have been occasions when NGOs have planted more than thousand trees and not one has survived. This lesson should be taken into cosnideration while giving the prize.

Another simple solution that will go a long way an...

2009-02-14T07:40:00.000+05:30

Another simple solution that will go a long way and benefit the society at large. Salutations to the school authorities!
I am sure every parent is bound to see the logic, the need, and the spirit behind the entire idea.