The role of libraries in nature education.

Literature created by students on nature and environment, can enrich a library, making it a repository of local and contextual information curated and created by students and teachers.

This curated content can enrich and support the existing school curriculum for Environmental Studies too.

Activities such as the Nature Walk and Nature Zine can result in the curation of interesting, locally relevant information about one’s immediate natural environment that could be compiled in the form of zines, books, videos, reports etc. by students and teachers and further find a place of pride in the library.

In this way, library users members not only become consumers of information but also creators of knowledge that is housed in the library.

Schools where Aripana Foundation works in the area of Environment Education, have compiled reports on the above, that now serve as a most important resource in the library for anyone wanting to know more about the biodiversity, ecosystems and waste management etc. of the Mithila region.

What’s better, is subsequent batches of students will be encouraged to learn, edit, update and enhance these documents in creative ways.

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