Pradip Burman and Mobius Foundation Launch Asia's First World Environmental School

1. Pradip Burman and Mobius Foundation Launch Asia's First World Environmental School

2. Every day the climate is becoming hazardous due to the negligence of people towards nature and the perilous outcomes of traditional methods. Sustainable development will let the planet breathe and live peacefully forever. To spread the knowledge about sustainable practices among the younger generation, Mr Pradip Burman set up the World Environment School (WESc) in the hills of Coorg, Karnataka. World Environment School launched by Mr Pradip Burman, is Asia’s first green school spread over 100 acres across the sensitive western ghats of Coorg. It is also the first school in South Asia that has taken a step ahead to encourage and deliver environmental education, with sustainability being the crux. The mission behind building this school is to inculcate strong ecological and moral values at a younger age and keep on spreading the importance to our future generations through the students of the school. World Environment Schoolis set up with the support of Whitgift School, a prominent British Educational Institute and a part of Whitgift Foundation, a charity based in Croydon, South London, England. It will start functioning in 2021 for students around the globe studying in grade 6 to 12. The school will board 950 people, out of which 550 will be students and the rest teaching and non-teaching staff. The school offers an international curriculum with affiliation from Cambridge Assessments and International Baccalaureate. international

3. The school focuses on providing practical experiences to students, forming sustainable practices part of their lifestyle. Some of the impressive features of the school campus are as follows: • All the significant buildings will have south-facing slopes to maximize the usage of solar and wind energy. • Zero energy, zero waste and water independent campus. • 5 artificial ponds to harvest rainwater. • Organic waste will be composed or utilized as animal feed. • Non-biodegradable waste will be sent to the recycling unit. • E-vehicles will be used inside the campus. • Total energy demand will be met by solar PV panels or wind energy. • The entire school campus will be 100% plastic-free. • The campus will set an example with its sustainable systems, construction, water and air quality, flora and fauna, weather dashboards and technology.

4. During the launch session of the World Environment School at the International Conference of Sustainability Education (ICSE) 2019, Mr Pradip Burmansaid, “The school will touch all the aspects of sustainability. We are also trying to make a special curriculum so that the students graduating from the school will be fully briefed about the sustainability issues and the consequences of not undertaking sustainable practices when they are grown up. It will turn the students into student leaders, making more leaders as they will pass on the knowledge to other students. They can also start movements which will force the people to protect the environment now rather than waiting till its destruction”. World Environment School is an initiative through the Mobius Foundation, a Non-Profit Organization founded by Mr Pradip Burman that works towards environmental protection. The NGO entirely focuses on protecting the ecosystem by spreading awareness about the importance of adopting sustainable practices in our day to day life. They organise awareness programs that help encourage and educate the people to curb overpopulation, pollution and traditional methods harming the nourishment of the ecosystem. With this initiative, Mr Pradip Burmanhas opened gates to an environmental school in India without walls, a campus that ignites the natural curiosity of children.

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