Mumbai, December 13, 2013 : .Aditya Thackeray, Maharashtra Environment Minister, referred to it as “a necessity of the hour” and asked political parties Monday to include climate change on their election agendas in the next days.According to him, climate change would most likely affect India’s people because it’s a densely-populated country.He launched an extensive school curriculum called ‘Majhi Vasundhara,’ which focuses on environmental education.
Our actions are crucial in this climate crisis.This curriculum was introduced to encourage the next generation of Earth-loving citizens to have a healthy lifestyle.
Gaikwad stated that education is all about teaching children to better understand their surroundings.We hope that the new curriculum will be used in schools to teach children how to protect, respect and preserve the environment.
Thackeray’s scion added that climate change was a crucial issue not only for Mumbai and Maharashtra but also for the entire world.The state government will be discussing the topic with the legislators at the Winter Session.
Intended to inculcate climate-consciousness and green values in the gen-next right from their tender age, the state government has launched the new ‘green’ curriculum, developed by the state Department of Environment and Climate Change with UNICEF, for Class 1 to 8.
The MV Curriculum, will impart application-based awareness on issues of climate change with a balance from traditional and local knowledge with four themes: Biodiversity Conservation, Solid Waste Management and Personal & Community Health, Water Resource Management, and Energy, Air Pollution and Climate Change.
Charting a different part compared with the predominant informational learning style, the MV Curriculum will develop an understanding of the environmental ecosystem through field projects and activities, said officials.
Thackeray Jr.started tje MV for environmental conservation and protection, with a focus on all the five elements of nature known as “Panchmahabhutas” – Bhumi (land), Jal (water), Vayu (air), Agni (energy) and Sky (augmentation).
The curriculum development work was started in December 2020 by the state government, along with United Nations Children’s Fund, Maharashtra, the Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies of All India Institute of Local Self Government, Mumbai, the Centre for Environment Education, Pune and other domain experts.
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