Nature Clubs, WWF-India's pioneering conservation programme, was started in 1976 to inculcate an appreciation for nature among young people through a participatory approach.
Nature Club of India
Nature Clubs are opportunities for social cohesion and for building social capital. Environmental consciousness cannot exist in a vacuum and thus needs social space to find true meaning and relevance.
We look to undoing and arresting further environmental degradation by raising awareness and fostering teamwork and social and ecological sensitivity. The foundation of Nature Clubs rests on the belief that each one of us can make a difference and a cohesive group of empowered individuals can bring about change.
We look to undoing and arresting further environmental degradation by raising awareness and fostering teamwork and social and ecological sensitivity. The foundation of Nature Clubs rests on the belief that each one of us can make a difference and a cohesive group of empowered individuals can bring about change.
What does a Nature Club do?
Once a Nature Club is formed a team from WWF-India will conduct an orientation programme for key members. It would be mandatory for the club members to meet at least once in a month and conduct certain mandatory activities, the details of these are provided in this brochure. Members will also be offered a variety of exciting and engaging activities in which they can participate and be a part of Nature Conservation.
A calendar of activities will be provided before each month, which will enable you to choose the activities in which you want to participate. WWF-India hopes to reach out to nature lovers and budding conservationists.
A calendar of activities will be provided before each month, which will enable you to choose the activities in which you want to participate. WWF-India hopes to reach out to nature lovers and budding conservationists.
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Complimentary Activities
The members of an NCI will be offered the following complimentary activities:
An NCI must carry out the following activities in its school:
The members of an NCI will be offered the following complimentary activities:
- Film screenings at the WWF-India Auditorium followed by a talk or interaction with Conservationists/Experts
- A Nature Trail
- Resource support for Environment Education activities carried out in school.
- Events and competitions on predetermined significant conservation days.
- An e-newsletter.
- Library reference facilities in the months of May and June, 12 noon to 4.30 pm., Monday to Friday.
- Storytelling session – Nature stories with a well-known storyteller.
An NCI must carry out the following activities in its school:
- The members of the NCI must meet at least once in every month and send the minutes of the meeting to WWF-India either by email or by post.
- Every NCI must undertake one project per year, the framework for this will be showcased at the annual gathering of NCIs.