C'P'R' ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE CPREEC

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C.P.R. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE(CPREEC)

• Established in 1989
• A Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of
  Environment and Forests, Govt. of India,
  established jointly by The C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar
  Foundation and the Ministry

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MISSION

• To increase knowledge, awareness and interest
  about all aspects of the environment
• To develop resource materials for environmental
  education and awareness raising
• To conduct training programmes
• To take up projects for demonstration and research

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MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Training Teachers, Women, NGOs, Students,
• Training Law students, advocates and Magistrates
• Production of resource materials, text books
  exhibitions
• Organization of conferences Symposia
• Conservation of Ecological Heritage through
  research restoration

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AWARENESS TO ACTION

• Restoration of Sacred Groves
• Desilting of Water Bodies
• Establishing Kitchen Gardens Fruit Orchards
• Composting of waste
• Firewood conservation through smokeless stoves
• Greening of wastelands
• Herbal Gene Pools at Nilgiris near Chennai
• Establishment of herbal gardens
• Income generation training for indigenous tribes
  living in forests

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GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD

• Andaman Nicobar Islands
• Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh
• Bangalore Karnataka
• Chennai Tamil Nadu
• Maharashtra
• Goa
• Kerala
• Orissa
• Pondicherry
• Ooty the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

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CPREEC

• OVER TWO DECADES OF
• ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION

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CPREEC has made ANIMAL WELFARE a part of

• Environmental Education
• EE Curriculum of National Council for Education,
  Research Training (NCERT), Govt. of India
• EE Curriculum of State Council for Education,
  Research Training (SCERT), Govts. Of Andhra
  Pradesh Tamil Nadu
• EE Curriculum of All India Council of Technical
  Education (AICTE)
• Teachers Training Curriculum
• Texts Books for Primary and Secondary schools
  (Matriculation and CBSE syllabus)
• Text Book for University of Madras
• Biodiversity Conservation Education

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CPREEC has run campaigns to

• Save the Wildlife of the Nilgiri Biosphere
  Reserve
• Protect the Marine life of the Gulf of Mannar
  Biosphere Reserve
• Bring Back the Birds
• Kids for Tigers and Save the Tiger
• Save the Elephant

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CPREEC has developed travelling exhibitions on

• Birds of Madras
• Vanishing Species
• Animal Welfare
• Babes in the Woods
• Life Under Water
• Indias Endangered Wildlife
• Sacred Animals of India
• Our Threatened Wildlife
• Nature Wastes Nothing
• Tiger ! Tiger !

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National Environmental Awareness Campaign

• ANIMAL WELFARE was the theme of the National
  Environmental Awareness Campaign of the Ministry
  of Environment Forests, Govt. of India, in
  1993-94.
• CPREEC brought out the resource materials and was
  the Regional Resource Agency.

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CPREEC has published
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AWARENESS TO ACTION

• CPREEC has stopped animal sacrifice in 45 Sacred
  Groves restored by CPREEC

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The Goal of ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION

• TO DEVELOP
• Respect for animals
• Positive behaviour towards animals
• Kindness towards animals
• Empathy with animals
• ADULTS
• Through non-formal education and media support
• CHILDREN
• By including animal welfare education in the
  school curriculum

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THE RESULTS

• The ACTIVIST, who wants excitement
• The REFLECTOR, who wants to analyse and
  deliberate
• The THEORIST, who wants to write
• The PRAGMATIST, who wants solutions and practical
  applications

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LESSONS LEARNT PLANNING FOR ANIMAL WELFARE
EDUCATION

• YOU NEED
• A Library
• A Green File
• A Bulletin Board
• Audio-visual materials, Films, DVDs, etc.
• Teaching Aids Charts, Flip Charts, Slides, etc.
• YOU MUST CELEBRATE OCCASIONS SUCH AS
• Animal Welfare Week January 14 31
• Earth Day April 22
• World Environment Day June 5
• Wildlife Week October 2 9
• Local holidays / festivals
• PLAN
• Activities for Adults
• Activities for Children

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CRITERIA FOR AN EDUCATION PROGRAMME

• OBJECTIVES clear, precise,
  significant
• CONTENT good quality, appropriate
• ACTIVITIES appropriate to
  objectives
• INFORMATION well-researched,
  know the law
• ORIENTATION focus interest
• MANAGEMENT correct timing, activity,
  pacing, visual aids
• COMMUNICATION good quality oral
  written/graphic materials
• EVALUATION essential for assessing
  achievement of objectives and
  learner difficulties

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PRODUCTION OF LEARNING MATERIALS

• BOOKLETS / NEWSLETTERS
• POSTERS
• OTHERS
• Films, movies, videos
• TV programmes
• Radio programmes
• USE EXPERTS FOR 1, 2, 3.
• Slides and photographs
• Local folk media (puppet shows, folk music,
  dance, etc.)

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EVALUATION OF ANIMAL WELFARE EDUCATION

• THIS IS ESSENTIAL AND MAY CONSIST OF
• Questionnaires, Interviews, Observation
• Measure of objectives by
• Short tests, True / False tests
• Objective / multiple choice questions
• Essays, Attitude surveys
• SHORT-TERM EVALUATION OF
• Teaching Aids, Resource Materials produced
• Presentation of a problem to a specific target
  group
• LONG-TERM EVALUATION DETERMINED BY
• Success at meeting short-term objectives
• Attitudinal behavioural change

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EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL

• FOR CHANGING
• IDEAS
• ATTITUDE
• BEHAVIOUR

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• Thank You