Make climate change election agenda: Aaditya Thackeray urges political parties

Terming it the a need of the hour Maharashtra Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday called upon political parties to incorporate climate change as an election agenda in the coming daysHe said that if climate change indeed takes place it would impact the people of India most as it is a thicklypopulated nation and it is high time now for parties to make it part of their poll planks as he launched a comprehensive school curriculum Majhi Vasundhara on environment educationIn this hour of climate emergency the survival of the human race on Earth entirely depends on our actions Introducing this curriculum is our attempt at getting the next generation to start with a green thumb and be proactively involved in a proEarth lifestyle he said as he handed over the new MV My Earth Curriculum to School Education Minister Prof Varsha Gaikwad at a function hereGaikwad said Education is about helping children better interact with their environment Through the curriculum to be introduced in schools we hope to prepare young minds to respect protect and save the environmentThe Thackeray scion also added that climate change is a critical issue not just for Mumbai and Maharashtra but for the whole world and the state government will discuss the issue even with state legislators in the forthcoming Winter Session of the legislatureIntended to inculcate climateconsciousness and green values in the gennext right from their tender age the state government has launched the new green curriculum developed by the state Department of Environment and Climate Change with UNICEF for Class 1 to 8The MV Curriculum will impart applicationbased awareness on issues of climate change with a balance from traditional and local knowledge with four themes Biodiversity Conservation Solid Waste Management and Personal amp Community Health Water Resource Management and Energy Air Pollution and Climate ChangeCharting a different part compared with the predominant informational learning style the MV Curriculum will develop an understanding of the environmental ecosystem through field projects and activities said officialsThackeray Jr started tje MV for environmental conservation and protection with a focus on all the five elements of nature known as Panchmahabhutas Bhumi land Jal water Vayu air Agni energy and Sky augmentationThe curriculum development work was started in December 2020 by the state government along with United Nations Childrens Fund Maharashtra the Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies of All India Institute of Local Self Government Mumbai the Centre for Environment Education Pune and other domain expertsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever