Sustainability Leaders Program
The program is designed for students from Class 8th to 12th and is divided into two phases: a 4-week beginners stage and a 4-week advanced stage. The whole program entails a commitment of an average of two hours per week
Beginner's Program (4 Weeks):
Week 1: Learning solid waste management principles
Live webinars covering different aspects of waste and its management
Week 2: Understanding waste segregation
Field visits/demonstrations to observe types of waste (vegetable peels, plastic, cardboard, wrappers, diapers, Sanitary napkins, used batteries, e-waste), ways to segregate waste at source, waste processing, and interact with waste collectors and managers
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Week 3: Critical Thinking Skills
Select a waste-based challenge, identify the stakeholders, express its impact, and propose a solution and the desired outcome.
Week 4: Creativity skills
Learn how to make impactful posters and how to create compelling narratives.
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Students share their key learnings, especially any personal behaviour change, that can be attributed to this program, through poster creation or story-telling.
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Advanced Program (4 Weeks):
Week 5: Understanding the waste management ecosystem, stakeholders and bioremediation.
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Live Webinar
Week 6: Social Initiative on Sustainability
Undertake an Individual or collective activity reaching out to the school or neighbourhood community, e.g., Adopting separate dustbins for the school and local community park, creating awareness in the neighbourhood on source segregation of waste, developing compost pits, green belts for the school, etc.
Week : Learning Digital Skills
Learn to make PowerPoint presentations and 5-7 slides ppts based on their five-week experiences on any theme related to source segregation of waste, waste management ecosystem, and stakeholders.
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Week 8: Learning Public Speaking Skills
Public speaking sessions, Role-play of stakeholders, street-plays, PowerPoint presentations, telling stories, or explaining posters - sharing ideas, concerns, and solutions (tech and non-tech; low cost- high cost).
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​Valediction and School Assessment :The best students are awarded. Students pledge to maintain Cleanliness and practice waste segregation. School activities are documented
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Recognition and Incentives
The program aims to recognise and reward students and schools for their dedication and achievements. Students will earn points at the end of each week and similarly, the schools will also be awarded collective points. On the basis of their performance, students will graduate to the advanced program. Students will receive certificates on program completion, and the best-performing school in the ULB will be acknowledged as the 'Sustainability Leader School' of the year.
Partnership
We collaborate closely with State Governments, including the Department of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), the Department of School Education, and the District Environment Committees led by Deputy Commissioners. Additionally, we engage National Social Service (NSS) college volunteers to mentor students throughout various stages of the program. Our efforts are further strengthened through the support of Samaj Sanrakshan Samiti, a Mohali-based NGO dedicated to sustainability initiatives.