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Green Schools
Bengaluru Conclave 2026

Nature in Education for Sustainability

Creating a vibrant network and a movement of Green Schools in Bengaluru that inspire educators and students to learn with nature, care for nature, and act for a sustainable future.

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Year-round programs

500+Schools targeted

1,500Teachers

3,00,000Students engaged

0Schools registered

Why we are meeting

A movement, not just a morning

The conclave brings principals and teachers together to make nature a part of everyday learning — and to keep that work going long after the day ends.

Focus

Promote nature-based learning through green campuses, outdoor education, research and community engagement.
Launch the Green Schools Bengaluru Network to foster collaboration and sharing between schools.

Panel discussions

Role of Teachers in Greening Schools
Green School Transformation
Outdoor Learning & Nature-Based Research
Student & Community Engagement
Green School Network & Collaborations

Messages

In their words

Message from the CEO

A child who has knelt beside a stream, counted the birds in a hedge or watched a sapling take root does not need to be taught that nature matters. They already know.

The Green Schools Bengaluru Network exists to make that ordinary rather than exceptional — a campus where the compost heap, the rainwater tank and the native garden are simply part of the school day.

Santosh R Sutar Chief Executive Officer, Vanalok Foundation

Message from the Government of Karnataka

Policy can protect a forest. Only a generation that loves it will keep it protected long after the policy is forgotten.

When schools take up biodiversity documentation, water quality monitoring and lake restoration, students are not rehearsing environmental work — they are doing it, and their care and their data are real contributions.

Shri Srinivasalu, IFS General Secretary, Ecology & Environment, Government of Karnataka

After the conclave

Year-round programs

The conclave is the starting point. Participating schools continue through six strands of activity across the year.

Capacity Building

Teacher training, workshops and webinars through the year.

School Projects

Vertical gardens, waste management, plantation, water saving and more.

Outdoor Learning

Nature camps, forest visits, ecotrails, treks and exchange visits.

Nature Research

Student studies on lakes, waste, trees, pollution and energy.

Community Engagement

Adoption of lakes and parks, awareness drives and campaigns.

Networking Platform

Collaboration, sharing, mentoring and exchanges between schools.

What comes of it

Rewards, impact and outcomes

Recognition awards

Best Green School of Bengaluru
Green Principal Leadership Award
Outstanding Nature Educator Award
Best Student Eco Leader Award
Excellence in Nature-Based Learning & Research
Community Sustainability Excellence Award

Immediate outcomes

500+schools connected

1,500+educators engaged

3,00,000+students reached

Launch of the Bengaluru Green Schools Network

Outcomes

Environmental volunteerism
Greener campuses
Increased outdoor learning
Student-led sustainability and research
School-community partnerships

See the full year-round programme

Flagship initiative

50 kilometres for a greener Bengaluru

"My School, My Green Neighbourhood"

Participating schools are encouraged to voluntarily adopt and maintain a 100-metre stretch around their campus — cleanliness drives, tree planting, biodiversity enhancement and community engagement.

With 500 schools taking part, that adds up to 50 kilometres of greener neighbourhoods across the city.

Read about the initiative

How it works

From registering to walking in

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