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Chetna

Nature Educator

Independent / Nature Education Practice

Cohort

3 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chetna is a nature educator based in Bengaluru, working at the intersection of ecology, curiosity-driven learning, and inclusive education. Her work centres on using nature as a medium to support holistic learning across science, art, language, and mathematics. She focuses on sustained engagement with children in schools, building trust and long-term relationships, and works with learners from both alternative private schools and non-profit schools serving low-income and marginalised communities. Her practice is grounded in observation, responsiveness to children’s questions, and humility towards diverse lived realities.

Passion Project

Primary Focus Area

Nature Education & Eco-literacy; Place-based Environmental Education

Special Expertise

Nature-based interdisciplinary learning, curiosity-led curriculum design, observational pedagogy, nature journaling, integrating science, art, language and maths

Chetna’s passion project involves designing and facilitating nature-based learning experiences that foster curiosity, empathy, and deep engagement with the living world. Through short workshops and long-term school partnerships, she works with children to explore ecological concepts such as life cycles, patterns, interconnections, and biodiversity. Sessions often emerge from real-life observations or children’s questions and are followed by detailed reflection and documentation to strengthen continuity and learning depth within schools.

Communities engaged

Primary, middle and early high school students; children from alternative private schools; learners from low-income and marginalised urban communities; school teachers

Pedagogical Style

Curiosity-driven, reflective and adaptive; activity-based learning grounded in observation; responsive to learners’ questions; interdisciplinary and inclusive