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Abhishek Venkat

Biology & Environmental Science Teacher; Eco Club Coordinator

Private school in Chennai

Cohort

3 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Middle school Biology and Environmental Science teacher in Chennai, working with Classes 6–9 at the private school he once attended. He is actively trying to strengthen the position of environmental education within formal schooling, where it is increasingly treated as optional. He uses the school’s green campus as a living classroom to build ecological awareness through observation and activity-based learning.

Passion Project

Primary Focus Area

Nature Education & Eco-Literacy; Place-Based Environmental Education

Special Expertise

Activity-based EVS learning; biodiversity observation; campus ecology; eco-club facilitation

Reimagining environmental education within a private school through activity-based EVS classes and an Eco Club. Uses campus biodiversity to help students observe soil, trees, insects, reptiles, and everyday organisms through activities like soil/tree bingo and an A–Z biodiversity mapping exercise.

Communities engaged

Middle school students (Classes 6–9); Eco Club students; teachers; parents (indirect)

Pedagogical Style

Experiential, observation-led, place-based, inquiry-driven