Plan to increase green cover on school premises through ‘Miyawaki’ forest method

The seeds for this was sown in the virtual meeting organised for the Green Corps and Environmental Groups of the schools in connection with the ‘World Environment Day’.

Even as the schools continue to remain closed due to the pandemic, work on creating denser forests unused areas with in school premises under ‘Miyawaki’ forest method by involving the school authorities and the nature lovers is under way. The seeds for this was sown in the virtual meeting organised for the Green Corps and Environmental Groups of the schools in connection with the ‘World Environment Day’ on last Saturday, which was attended by the heads of all the schools, environment coordinators and other volunteers. Chairing the meeting, Chief Educational Officer, Tirunelveli, M. Sivakumar said that everything – right from preparing the unused campus of the schools fit to densely planting the tree saplings – would be kept ready for creating the ‘Miyawaki’ forest before the onset of northeast monsoon this year. Since this exercise would require a few hundred saplings, the schools might start identifying potential sponsors for tree saplings, mostly native varieties such as neem, thespesia etc., which can withstand any adverse climatic conditions.