One of the key in ensuring sustainability
in our effort to create a green environment now and in the near future is to
get the little ones know the reason behind having a suitable environment now
and in the future to come.
A practical way to do this is to create school gardens in primary
schools.
A school garden can take any number of forms: a raised bed in a schoolyard or an
EarthBox in a classroom, a section of community garden blocks from school or a
rooftop greenhouse, a flower bed bordering the school building or lettuce
growing in water in a classroom. It can be simple or elaborate, involve a small
number of students or a whole school, as well as parents and community neighbors.
OBJECTIVE OF THE GREEN
GARDENS
- To boost the interest of the kids
in having a green surrounding from an early each.
- To teach team work through
practical agriculture.
- To improve food production at the
home front through the community as the children can replicate school
gardens to backyard farms.
- To
teach children how to handle food
safely.
- Boost
collaborative development in the
kids.
- To teach basic management
skills-control, organization.
- To provide an atmosphere for youths
to discover the untapped revenue and resources in Agriculture
BENEFITS
·
the green garden would be
a good platform to learn
- better nutrition and education for
the children since is easy to manage by the students, teachers and parents
possibly
- the gardening would promote
environmental, social and physical well being of the school community
- it foster a better understanding of
how the natural world sustains us
- the children gets to learn new
skills ; teachers find new ways to teach
- create awareness about the
organization promoting the project and their partners
By and large, starting early in
impacting on the younger generation goes a long way in preparing them for a
better future.
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