Green Schools Programme II
This Programme is for the seasoned GSP practitioners. It is designed to take a group of 20 selected schools to the next level. Its main objective is to introduce green governance in schools, by
Forging direct partnerships with school authorities.
Building capacity among teachers, students and school administrators through workshops, including technical training
Supervising audit of natural resources in all the selected schools
Providing all resource inputs through manuals and publications. For example, CSE’s A Book of Activities on Climate Change and Natural Resources is a compilation of activity sheets based on more than 50 topics related to
GSP
GSP II takes the philosophy of GSP one step forward, by equipping the schools to
Manage water wisely
Manage solid waste
Experiment with alternative energy source
Nurture and replenish biodiversity
Opt for a more ecofriendly commuting system
GSP 2 hopes to:
Set up practical, achievable ‘green norms’ for the selected schools
Help them to enforce them on the ground as green policies, to be practiced not only in school but at home and in the neighbourhood
Help the teachers to connect the GSP 2 activities with the main curriculum. Who is most eligible?
A GSP veteran
An officially-appointed Environment Coordinator
A proactive, eco-sensitive management Schools from Delhi, Sikkim, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Pondicherry has been selected for the year 2012-13. Here are some of their names…
Maharashtra
Anubhuti School, Jalgaon Vidya Niketan English Medium School, Chinchwadi Vidya Pratishthan’s English Medium School, Baramati
Delhi
Sri Venkateshwara International School Nirmal Bhartiya School
Sikkim
Government Senior Secondary School, Lower Shamdong Government High School, Ranka
Jharkhand
Kerala Public School, Mango NML Kerala Public School, Jamshedpur Kerala Public School, Burmamines
Gujarat
Navrachna Vidyani Vihar Madhya Pradesh
New Digamber Public School, Khandwa
Pondicherry
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalay, Periyarkalapet Government Girls Secondary School, Kalapet Government High School, Alankuppam
Green Neighbourhoods Programme
The idea is to enable the schools to extend their learning from the controlled environment of the schools to the real life environment outside, in their neighbourhood.
We know that young people can make a difference if they can distinguish between the different shades of green – believing but not practicing and practicing but not making a difference.
We hope that our idea will work. We hope you will engage with us in being the change we believe in. We have now produced Green Schools Programme - How green is my 
neighbourhood? manual. With this manual students can assess and monitor the resource use and management practises of their housing society, colony or neighbourhood.
Over the last eight years, the idea behind GSP has gathered momentum. More and more schools across India are using the Green Schools Programme: How Green is My School?
manual to be a part of this learning exercise. They have learnt that what they know is not enough to protect the environment and what they preach is often not easy to practice. But they have also learnt the rationale of what they should do to make a difference in the world.
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