Green day out

The Cathedral & John Connon School believes eco-consciousness must start early. Children from the pre-primary section (between three and four years) participated in a sapling/tree plantation drive at a garden plot in Chembur. The cheery children planted a considerable number of saplings guided by teachers and parents. The school explained that the Chembur exercise was an extension of what students practise in school, with the institution organising sapling plantation drives within the school at least twice a year. Rekha Talpade, headmistress of the section, told this diarist, “Even these children have the potential to believe in the magic of life.” Just as these saplings grow strong with deep roots, so will they, we believe.