SUSTAINABLE LIFETYLES AND EDUCATION
FARM SCHOOL SUSTAINABILITY
BACKGROUND & RATIONALE
This intervention focuses on creating a space where the action in the field of sustainability is observable. The farm school is a space where all are welcome to be part of the change. The school interacts with the local community as well as engages visitors who want to make more environmentally conscious decisions. Agriculturally intensive belts in India have reached a position of exhaustion due to soil degradation that has been caused by chemical fertilizers, pesticides and over-irrigation.
Through various activities, the farm school aims to create an ecosystem of sustainability; an example for many more to follow.
DAY VISITS
SHORT TERM WORKSHOPS & COURSES
INTERNSHIP & STAYS
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Swechha Farm School is a state-of-the-art, organic, experiential, and deconstructed ‘unlearning’ Lab on sustainability. Here we host children and young adults to discover various aspects of sustainability, not through theory but through practice. Located at our 2 hectare campus near Manesar, at Ladpuri Village in Alwar District, we have programs running at the Farm School. These include Day Visits, Workshops an Internships.
Day Visits: These are half-day exposure visit to the farm organized for individuals, families and school students. This is a hands-on immersion to develop knowledge, skill and understanding of sustainability and agriculture. Along with its correlation with food and human health. Additionally building their capacity on vermicomposting, bee-keeping, water-harvesting, renewable energy etc.
Short-term Workshops and Courses: We organize thematic workshops as well as learning modules on sustainability and agriculture at our farm. Based on the principle of ‘Learning by moving learning by doing’. Through sensory immersion to our Farm to establish the C’s – Connection, Creativity, Confidence, Cognition and Cycle. Our workshop and courses are designed for various age groups starting from toddler (2.5-year-olds onwards) and their parents, to young adults and college students. These workshops/courses are on varied topics such as vermicomposting bee-keeping, permaculture, water-harvesting, farming, forestry, system thinking etc.
Internships & Stays: We offer internship to young people, from India and abroad to stay at the farm and participate in our programs as well as agricultural activities. We also offer our Farm to Research students from various Universities, to do their action research in the community we cater to.
PROGRAM OUTREACH
Day Visits
Workshops
Participants
Internships
PROGRAM IMAGES
Get Involved
We are always looking for young and enthusiastic minds that can help us create the change along with being the change. Whatever your passion, we always have opportunities for you along with endless cups of Chai!
SOME OF OUR
TESTIMONIALS
“It was a fun and informative experience. I enjoyed the farms focus on sustainability.”
Shanaya
Visitor
” Being part of such an initiative has taught me a lot. I will take all that I have learnt and inculcate these practices into my daily life.”
Vishal
Intern
“The practices here are in tune with nature and that is such a beautiful thing.”
Nandita
Learner