Dr Alaka Sharma, executive director of Akshar Foundation says that students at Akshar Education Model, Guwahati, spend an hour daily after school, shoving plastic bags into bottles, so that they acquire the density of a brick. These are then used to build pathways

For the longest time, environmental studies wasn’t graded in schools, due to which students rarely took it seriously. Several schools are now hoping to change that. Climate Literacy: Beyond the Written Word, a digital publication, which is produced by Earth Day Network, has put the spotlight on 20 such schools and organisations that are leading the way with path-breaking environmental initiatives.

From building plastic roads, growing vegetable gardens, spreading awareness via school radio, theatre programmes and hand murals, schools are making the environment part of everyday conversation.