When A Sapling Is Planted

         WHEN A SAPLING IS PLANTED
Read And Respond
1. What was the impact when the household food crops were replaced by commercial farming?
           The impact was far reaching. It destroyed the local bio diversity and the ability of the forests to conserve water. The rural population lacked firewood, clean drinking water, balanced diets, shelter and income.
2. What, according to Wangari Maathai, is the primary role of women of Africa?
           According to Wangari Maathai, the primary role of women of Africa is taking care of their families. They till the land abd feed their families.
3. Why did the African women fail to meet their basic needs?
           The African women failed to meet their basic needs because of the degradation of their immediate enviornment and the introduction of commercial farming, deplacing the household crops. International traders controlled the prices of the produce by farmers and so they could not get a reasonable and just income.
4. How does enviornmental disruption and  affect life?
              Enviornmental disruption and mismanagement affect life by undermining the quality of our life and that of future generations.
5. How does the tree become a symbol for peace and conflict resolution?
              The tree becomes a symbol for peace and conflict resolution because using trees was a symbol of peace. It was in keeping with a popular African tradition. The elders of Kikuyu carried a staff from the Thigi tree and when they placed this staff between two disputing sides, they stopped fighting and sought reconciliations. Such practices are part of cultural heritage. They contribute to conserve habitats and peace.
6. What is the merit of having a feeling that we belong to a larger family?
              The merit of having a feeling that we belong to a larger family is that it will help to have a shift in our thinking. This shift is needed so that humanity stops threatening its life support system. We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds. We have to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder and then only we can progress and live happy lives.
7. What, according to Wangari Maathai, is the challenge of our generation?
             According to Wangari Maathai, the challenge of our generation is restoring the beauty and wonder of the world by conserving our enviornment, fostered by democracy and fraternity.

Activity - I (Speech)
Imagine that you have won the National Green Corps (NCG) award for coordinating the activities of your school eco club. The award would be given away by the Governor of the State in the presence of the Chief Minister and certain other dignitaries. You are supposed to deliver a speech after receiving the award. Draft the speech you would deliver.

           Hon’ble Chief Minister , Governor other distinguished guests and my dear 
friends, 
          Its really a great pleasure for me to receive this NCG Award for coordinating the activities of our school eco-club. This award is a fillip to all members of the club. 
           My interest in environment is mainly from my father who is a teacher and social activist. My school authorities nurtured it to turn my ideas and desire into creative 
action. So, I did not make the journey alone. My teachers, especially Sree Devi 
teacher , teacher in charge of eco-club, my eco-club mates and my friends – all 
were with me along the way. I feel proud to say that they are behind this award. People today are concerned about environment and are aware of consequences of environmental degradation. Hence, apart from organizing seminars, debates, lectures on environmental issues in school, we conducted field visits to polluted 
and degraded sites and took up cleanliness drives. The initiatives taken by our school eco-club in distributing seeds and saplings for compulsory kitchen garden was immensely successful as the residents there are earning their living through this. Installing Bio-gas plants, making herbal garden, starting a seed bank, maintaining vermin-composing pits, constructing water-harvesting structure in 
school- all these done well with the coordination and cooperation of our eco club members proved to be the best ways of conserving environment and retaining 
ecological balance. To be brief, we believed more in practising than preaching. I feel, our eco-club activities are like an exploratory journey. I would like to say what our teachers, friends and our club feel- it is a realization of a life dream! 
              This award is a symbol of our path towards success as we feel the joy of not only doing something in school, but also knowing that we are doing something good for the environment and the world at the same time. The formation of eco-clubs in schools through which the students can take action to improve their immediate 
environment and propagation of such eco- club activites will certainly do a mammoth task for the sustainable development . Let us join our hands together to nurture the nature and to conserve it for our future and once again I want to say how grateful I am to receive this award. 

Thank you.

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