Category Nature and Conservation

Giving back – redefined : VANASIRI Nature camp with a lovely bunch of children, Teachers and volunteers

26 November,2014 Samagodu, Hosanagara When we usually head to conduct various nature camps.. we have a certain set agenda and try our best to keep up with it,making sure that it doesn’t tire the kids nor their idea of recreation. But, its amusing to see that in any/all of these Nature education camps we have conducted […]

Green Joy with kids : Eco-initiative with a purpose!

June 14,2014 VANASIRI Event Venue: Greenwood Public School,Koppa,Maddur “Take care of the land and the land will take care of you.” – H. Bennett When we first visited this school, we weren’t sure about anything… How the children were? What are they learning? Will they like us and interact? Will they respond to our purpose? […]

WHY POACH?

June 5,2014 *Readers discretion advised: on graphic imagery and disturbing images of animals   Let me ask a simple question… How do you like to see a Tiger, Our National animal an absolutely majestic, magnificent and charismatic in the entire mammal species? Alive and ruling..

Say it with SAPLINGS !

We  all want to do something big, something noticeable, something that can fetch us a lot of attention, a lot of fame…and in the current era, nobody wants anything more than Likes, Tweets and comments and oh not to forget a lot of shares! Phew..! Isn’t that asking for a little too much?? Well…. What […]

A paradise found..A paradise lost!

29 March,2014 Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, another unexplored bird paradise – Naguvanahalli ,Mysore If you are thinking that the ‘paradise’ im talking about is Ranganthittu.. well you are not completely correct. Read on to know about the ‘new paradise’. We started early hoping to sight and a handful of birds and with an expectation that we would […]

Lalbagh – No longer a green paradise?!

23 March,2014 Sunrise – a time when all truth is still clean and enviable….! An early start – with the sun still rising and exuding an enviable energy across the sky. The pathways in lalbagh were abuzz with morning walkers – a few runners, a few aggressive walkers, a few sluggishly moving around and a […]