Green Discipline- an author coins a new discipline.

       Green Discipline- an author coins a new discipline.

 Tanya satish 

Conservation in every form can be brought about by ‘Green Discipline’ alone where the young mind is at all times conscious about saving the planet through daily green habits.

By ‘Green Discipline’, a term that Elsie Gabriel the author of the environment education book Get Out Get Going Outdoors has grown to establish and coin among field trip participants actually defines itself as -  “Systematic inculcation of environmentally friendly habits and enforcement of a course of action which lead to a connectivity and sustainability of the environment is called Green Discipline.”

 

· Parents are the first point of contact  for a child where Green discipling is concerned. For example,training in throwing trash in the segregated ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ dustbins, not serving one self more than one can eat at a table or even using both sides of a piece of paper. Even recycling clothes or sneakers,wearing them more than just once or twice or simply making them more purposeful by donating them to people who may find them more useful,all are examples of tiny habits which contribute to the better of the planet and each other.

· Children usually do what they see,thus setting examples of green habits as adults can help produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces environmental improvement.

· Adults can practice controlled behavior resulting from green training where self-control plays a major role. If a father goes out for fishing trips or if a mother takes the family on an outdoor picnic,these traditional family outdoor environment social habits may get imbibed without even announcing them.Cleaning over after the picnic and watching birds during fishing are also sub shoots of outdoor green disciplinarily habits which may get impressed upon companions and young adults who simply learn by watching behavior.

· Green discipline is a course of actions leading to green goals or ideals. A Green disciplined person is one that is willing to achieve an environmentally friendly world at the expense of his or her individuality.

· Green behaviour thus needs to be motivated through interactive community events and practices.

The people most involved with outdoor activities are the ones who do the most to protect the natural resources they cherish. If as a parent you can get your children to smell the fresh air outdoors more often,these very children will perpetuate the habit of taking their children out when they become adults. Thus the ‘Green Discipline’ is passed on from one generation to another.

 

Get Out! Get Going! Outdoors! A book about outdoors environment education  by Elsie Gabriel is aimed at reaching out to  citizens, parents, students, young adults, educators, and  children to enable them to know about  the value of environmental education and outdoor environmental programmes which are fun and personality enhancing.

Supported by  ten years of research as a certified Green teacher Elsie has  immense experience in outdoor field trips which leads participants to explore and develop a keen bonding with elements of nature. The book protracts and catapults the fact that E.Q. [Environment Quotient]is  what can teach the next generation to invest in conservation for future benefits.
Also endorsing the outdoor educational book is the Governor of Maharashtra,India K.Sankaranarayanan who has complimented the author, "It is our collective responsibility to bequeath to the future generation a healthy planet and quality of life. The author deserves compliments for her interactive approach to environment education as also for her commitment to the cause."
The book is also endorsed by Australian ecology educator R.A.Parton who says, "We have a wake up call for all of us to face up to a global catastrophe already gripping us in its misty fingers The point of this manuscript is that unless we all get to understand the issues at stake and make our voices heard, the big polluters will not take the action needed.".

The book was launched by the Mayor of Mumbai Sunil Prabhu who said, “This is a powerful teaching tool which should have been documented a long time ago. I can not imagine a more urgent environment call out. Elsie Gabriel's appeal to become an intrinsic embodiment of nature from the inside rather than man looking at nature from the outside is well established."

Chapters on Dendrology, Unstructured play outdoors, Civic sense,  Safety outdoors and How to write an environment or civic report outdoors will be found to be very valuable for students and parents alike, specially in India where the subject of E.V.S or Environmental science is no more a compulsory subject by academic boards.

 

 

The book demonstrates how interactive events and projects which inculcate proactive involvement from participants can actually build team spirit, resilience, stamina and enhance life science knowledge. The environmental book calls out to people to renew their faith in nature and the outside environment where a deep connection with nature is surely revived. The aspect that environment is important and that when participants literally use their senses of touch, sight, smell and sound they become aware that it was the natural world that came into existence first. The natural world bore us and nutured us and that we are an equal part of nature thus eliminating any thought that we are disconnected. The interactive book restores our faith in nature and that when we adults take our own children outdoors we not only care for our off springs but also care for the natural elements outside.
Elsie maps out a learning journey that begins with alternative teaching strategies and structured activities which will connect students with both the natural and built worlds. Environmental responsibility and wisdom is handled with acute detailing and the book is a welcome source in today’s world.

 

 It is the right season to simply get outdoors and discover biodiversity specially in a world which is full of instant coffee and digital fixation, says Elsie Gabriel founder of Young Environmentalists NGO of Powai, who is also a photographer, scuba diver, excellent cook, world travel writer and blogger, artist, environmentalists and now author. Elsie has authored an innovative book to get people in India specially the student community outdoors, Get Out Get Going Outdoors!