Proposal For Eco Exhibition Workshops V3

The  Eco‐Exhibition is an attempt to inform the visitors of Auroville about few  key areas where they can make changes so as to be better citizens of the world.  i.e: Energy, Organic Food and Farming, Mobility, Water, Transportation,  Wasteland and A forestation.  The exhibition sees many children who come to the space in groups with  schools and camps. The idea of having an Educator is that there is a person who  can engage the children with games and activities while making them very  aware about the issues mentioned above so that they may make small lifestyle  changes at a young age. 

          Through live and interactive workshop  modules, create awareness  amongst the audience (namely children visiting from schools) with the  main messages/themes of the Eco‐Exhibition as listed below:   1. Energy  2. Water  3. Waste  4. Food & Farming  5. Mobility  6. A forestation 

• For each theme mentioned in the previous slide, the  Educator will engage the children in a brief interactive  discussion. Estimated duration: 20‐25 min  • During the discussion the following points will be addressed:  the problem, causes, eﬀects, how they can help.  • A few quick short games, demos and props will follow to  further get the message across to the children in a fun but  simple way.  • Live feedback can be taken through a quick on‐the‐spot quiz 

• Do you know  what energy is and why we need it? (we use  energy for everything – from cooking our food to running a race to  sending astronauts into space! refer to link for basic energy deﬁnitions)  • Activity 1: run on the spot for 30 seconds. See how much  energy we need to do that.   • Everyday we waste small amounts of energy. Do you know  how? (leaving on lights and fans when not in use, running water, using  vehicles when not needed)  • Activity 2: lets see how much energy it takes to light a bulb.  (They try out the pedal power demo).  Now you know how much it  energy it takes to just light a bulb! So that’s why we need to  conserve it as much as we can. 

• Want to know how you can conserve energy? (use LED and not  bulbs & CFL, turn oﬀ lights and appliances when not in use, use public  transport/walk/cycle. More information on using and saving energy)  • Prop: show and explain in simple terms why an LED is better  than a Bulb   • Activity 2: Share amongst  the group a limited number of  sweets so that not everyone gets one. Explain how the  sweets like energy, is something we all want but is limited.  That’s why we need to conserve it so that everyone can  share it. 

 What do you use water for? (show a pictorial chart ‐ drink, cook,  water plants, bathe, wash dishes etc.)   Can you think of ways in which you waste water? (running  water while brushing teeth, washing fruits and vegetables and when  playing water games outside wastes fresh water, leaky taps).   Activity 1: give them a glass of murky water and ask them if  it is drinkable. (Explain why the water got polluted – pesticides, waste  etc. Explain  how all the life under water dies because of this.) 

 A spot contest to list out two or three things bad that will happen  if the earth runs out of water.   How can we  stop pollution and conserve water? (dispose waste  appropriately, not wash clothes in the water bodies, reuse water from  washing vegetables and fruits to water plants, not leave water running, rain  water pits, catch rain water in a bucket and use it to water plants, flush toilets  only when needed)   Demo: model of the taps used in sadhana forest (a steel tumbler with  a hole. Water poured from the top into this. After washing the water flows  down into a pit to water a plant.)   Activity: two teams, two buckets of water. Use as little waster for as many  things as possible   Activity: mix oil, water and food colouring. Show how oil floats on the top  and does not mix with water. Explain this in the context of water pollution 

 What is waste? (Demo: show the diﬀerent kinds of waste – paper,  metal, plastic, glass etc)   How is it created? (using plastics, littering, not disposing garbage  correctly)   Why is it bad? (Demo – a globe covered with bits of garbage all across  the continents and only little bit of land left. Explain how waste will  destroy and ﬁll up the earth. That’s why we need to create less of it)A:  Activity: Timeline of biodegradation. Kids are asked to guess how long  various materials take to biodegrade by placing materials along  corresponding timelines on a long rope. Eg. Banana peels, old shoes,  paper etc   Can you stop it? Yes!! 

 Reduce           Demo: show packaged fruits in box/plastic vs buying fruits fresh from the  market. Plastic bottle vs metal bottle. Plastic bags vs cloth bags   Reuse            Activity 1: show them how to make items from old boxes, cans, bottles,  clothes. E.g: pen stands, candle holders, cloth bags and dolls            Prop: Junk art created from the Litter Free Auroville (LFA) campaign           Activity 2: show them how vegetable peels and fruit left overs can be  used in a compost pit and explain how it gives nutrients to plants.   Recycle             Activity 3: A mixed pile of garbage. Diﬀerent labeled bins (paper, plastic,  metal, other garbage). Ask them to separate the garbage and explain  the use of doing so            Prop: recycled hand made paper products from Auroville  

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Proposal For Eco Exhibition Workshops V3

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