Dear Nature Lovers,
Greetings from oikos !
What should be the main goal of human race…
To live happy and healthy life and let future generations live the same ?
Obviously education should be focused to earn a livelihood in a cautious way.
We are totally dependent on Nature for survival.
But our education system seems to deny this fact.
Current education increases aspirations of people towards -
maximum generation of wealth and standard of living
with respect to highest consumption beyond needs.
Question is whether we really get happy and healthy life after that ?
Even if we accept that comforts and contentedness has increased,
number of diseases and hospitals are equally increasing.
We still feel that technology can provide solution for everything,
… even deteriorated life style and dwindling resources.
Also technology based solutions, being expensive, are enjoyed only by few rich.
And many poor are deprived of it, so crime increases.
There is no value for morals and self realization.
There are ways wherein we can earn a better future, based on natural wealth.
Nature is the best guide for us to make livelihood.
Education must consider any facet of life as subset of nature.
If we ignore this fact, effects are coming back to us in the form of climate change.
So education, be it primary, higher or graduation level, must have ecological perspective.
Prakash Gole had suggested a new education stream - ‘Eco-school to Eco-university’.
Students coming from such education system may take care of nature as well as
sustainable, happy and healthy living options !
Education should not be a burden and formality for students.
It should facilitate enjoyment.
It should incorporate morals.
It should improve learning ability.
It should also improve ability for self realization.
And this is best possible through learning in company of nature… |
