Thank you @earlybirdncf for capturing my learning journey with children #natureeducation early-bird.in/meet-an-educat…

CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Open for February, 2026) Micro-Grants for Nature, Environment & Conservation Research (India) About the Grant: We believe that small, timely grants can unlock meaningful research—especially at early, exploratory, or independent stages. ₹50,000 can enable fieldwork, pilot studies, equipment purchases, travel to research sites, data collection, or experiments that might otherwise never happen. Through this initiative, we offer micro-grants to support short-term research projects focused on nature, environment, and conservation science in India. What We Support: Biodiversity, ecology, and species documentation Wildlife conservation and habitat studies Climate change, resilience, and adaptation research Environmental monitoring and citizen-science projects Conservation technology, methods, or tools Traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous practices Human–nature relationships and socio-ecological systems Both academic and non-institutional projects are welcome. Grant Details: Grant Amount: Up to ₹50,000 per project Project Duration: Short-term (typically 1–6 months) Number of Grants: 24 projects annually Aim: 12 women-led and 12 men-led projects Eligibility: Open to Indian citizens No age limit Open to students, early-career researchers, independent researchers, and practitioners Apply here --> binary.so/L2txMLT @paraschopra

Doing anything related to nature, environment or conservation? Apply for our grants 👇 Grant Amount: Up to ₹50,000 per project Project Duration: Short-term (typically 1–6 months) Number of Grants: 24 projects annually Aim: 12 women-led and 12 men-led projects

Stop watching short-form videos. Meta-analysis of ~100k people shows how it is associated with decreased cognition and increased stress anxiety. I know this is correlation, not causation but ask yourself - do you feel great after a session of consuming reels/shorts?

Just popping in here to bring to your attention this new nature activity book for young adults (8yrs ) that we have been working on. It should also be in book stores across the country soon. We hope this will help you and your kids/students connect with local nature around you!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of 'The SNAIL Network': snailnetwork.org. S.N.A.I.L stands for School of Nature, Action, Inquiry and Learning. It is a space for environment educators in India who champion place-based education at the school level. The digital repository is a database of peer-evaluated environment education resources contextual to India, available in multiple Indian languages. We have made special effort to collate interdisciplinary (Science, Social Science, Language, Arts) resources that promote a contemporary understanding of environmental issues as well as inspire care and conservation action in today’s times. The resources canvas a variety of formats: picture books, field guides, reports, stories, poems, posters, films, worksheets, activity ideas and more. Do reach out to us with comments and feedback at envedu@atree.org.

📢 Call for South Asian illustrators 📢 @currentconserve is India's top not-for-profit quarterly print and online magazine that works with scientists, science writers, and artists across the world to tell stories from the field of conservation in a manner that engages both scientific and non-scientific audiences. They've turned their attention to Fungi for their next issue and we have an exciting collaboration planned with them and Anomalie tattoos. Keep reading 👇

Weekly Note 15/2025 : learningwala.in/blog/week-15…

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Weekly note - 10/2025 learningwala.in/blog/week-10…

Had an insightful session with 10 youngsters as part of the Sakha Fellowship, inspired by a thought-provoking conversation between @Memewala and @kunalb11 on the biology of money. 💡 Notes / summary of the session - learningwala.in/blog/biology…

Weekly note 4-2025 : learningwala.in/blog/week-4-…

I am long time reader of weekly notes by @thej last year I wrote weekly notes privately. From 2025 started writing & publishing it publicly to document for myself, to document publicly. learningwala.in/blog/week-3-…

I started building a wiki for repair-friendly consumer hardware products for India.

I asked children to complete this sentence “I wish _________”. Here is what some of them had to say💛

Helloooooo, 🌿 Sharing glimpses of our work this year 🌿 canva.com/design/DAGaq8utmtg… Thank you @ravipathak for support @sia_steel & @paraschopra for Escape Velocity Grant

Happy Teacher's Day

11 years, 6 months. RIP my darling boy.

The why behind the local khoji - linkedin.com/posts/learningw…

Our local khoji gang went to Kamati bag - Public Park in Vadodara and asked questions about trees, birds, waste, social media. All questions came from young teenagers. - learningwala.in #localkhoji

Spending time with a landscape opens us to the language it speaks. Can we quiet our own voices enough to hear what the Earth has to say? This week, we bring you a new essay by artist and writer Jenny Odell. Read our newsletter. mailchi.mp/emergencemagazine… Artwork by Sophie Tivona.