INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JANUAR 9Dear trainees, kindly impart some ecological knowledge to your teachers, and on a bigger scale, dear children, allow me
to ditto the demand with regard to your moms and dads, too
Yes, you read it right, and most likely deducted that it must be the other way round
Nonetheless, I stubbornly stay with it, and assert that its no puerile sense of humour: now, parents and instructors have loads of serious
eco-friendly stuff to learn from their children and trainees, in Nepal.
One prominent element of government schools in rural Nepal is the
presence of a big chaur, or a buzz-cut lawn, where trainees can frolic, play, run or perhaps take lessons on a warm day, while its freezing
inside class.
Nepals tourism on the heal with more than 600,000 foreign visitors in 2022
Chosen reps induct kin as volunteer
teachers
Such chaurs are virtually non-existent in urban schools, and even if some had them in the past, they are now morphed into concrete
From the very beginning, city schools unfairly avoid students from enjoying the greenery, while simultaneously uncovering the rich plant
life and the macrofauna therein.Hence, in cities, students would be better off to ask teachers an em barrassing concern: why are such
sprawling green carpets changed into concrete surface areas? Of late, school chaurs in the countryside are dealing with multiple risks, too:
they are shrinking or perhaps vanishing because of new school buildings dealing with a larger number of students, a dirt track disfiguring
or consuming them away, and so on
Besides, todays school chaurs are frequently littered with plastic and paper
Students may pertinently ask the instructors why such vibrant green and chaurs are at risk.Now, lets return house from the classrooms
In the house, dear students, make sure that you treat on your favourite makai vatmaas and avoid the processed food that, the custodians of
global health firmly insist, will ruin your health
Have you saw that the junk shows up in vibrant covers? The next question you may ask your moms and dads: why is your karesabari-- rather of
flowering with dynamic green salad, yummy cherry tomatoes, redolent coriander and lil jire khursani - loaded with colourful bottles, covers
and packages? Dear students, the world is adopting an ostrich-like method on ecological problems
You, as the international youth, no longer delight in the privilege to stay unconcerned
As a trainee, do you know what greenwashing means? If we all - be it huge corporates, small factories, schools or people - in some way
conceal our behavior adding to environmental destruction, then we are all turning to some sort of greenwashing
Your role might thrust itself into great attention and all, including your teachers and parents, might act in a more ecologically friendly
and environmentally yours!A version of this short article appears in the print on January 10, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
This article very first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com
