‘green school’ rollout for sustainable planet

Kathmandu, June 8 : Various national and international experts have laid emphasis on rolling out ‘green school’ concept to address the pressing issues of climate change.

At a seminar ‘'Green School: Education for a Sustainable Planet' hosted by the Kathmandu University School of Education (KUSOED), Department of Development Education in the capital.

KUSOED Dean, Dr. Bal Chandra Luitel shared its actions and plans on promoting partnerships with different institutions and communities for sustainable pedagogy which he said in a way reflected KUSOED’s sensitivities towards eco-justice and beyond classroom pedagogy.

Deputy Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Manjali Shakya Bajracharya called for local to global actors and stakeholders to explore development and transformation opportunities by placing ecology at the center. She expressed commitment that the metropolis would insert the policy and programme for rolling out ‘green school’ concept in Lalitpur in the upcoming policy, plan and budget.

Likewise, in the session ‘Education and Climate Change: International Experiences and Lessons’, experts from Pakistan, Australia, India and Bangladesh shared country-specific learning in the inter-disciplinary area of education and climate change.

Various presenters, including Riju Dhakal, Sandeep Shrestha, Tina Silapkar, Rabina Maharjan and Sanjeevani Yonjon delivered their presentations in the session ‘Understanding Green School – Theory and Practice’.

The seminar hosted in cahoots with the KUSOED, MPhil Development Studies, 2023 Batch was attended by 70 plus participants in physical and virtual mode.