Education for a Better World
The Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, and Hearth Advisors have jointly developed a water curriculum named ‘Pani, Pahar – The Water Curriculum’. This curriculum is available FREE to schools and others who may be interested in the materials.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The curriculum originated from a collaborative project ‘Pani, Pahar – Waters of the Himalayas’. The research that underpins these learning resources was undertaken through collaboration between the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge; the Centre for Ecology, Development and Research (CEDAR), Dehra Dun; and the Southasia Institute for Advanced Studies (SIAS), Kathmandu.
The education structure, development of curriculum resources (including activities, worksheets, learning tools) and instructional design for the learning materials was done by Hearth Advisors (India and UK teams). The curriculum is meant for the public good and is freely available for use to individuals and educational institutions, subject to terms of use. The proprietary rights of this water curriculum belong to Cambridge and Hearth Advisors.
The curriculum has three sets, one for each level, of junior, middle and senior school students. The target grades under each level are given below:
This curriculum aims to engage students in experiential and life-changing learning and instill in them a sense of responsibility for water conservation.
Each curriculum set includes:
The lesson plans included in this water curriculum are:
Funding for this research was generously provided by grants from the UK’s Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, a joint initiative of the UK Department of International Development (DFID), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The University of Cambridge’s Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account also provided funding. The Oxonian India Foundation funded the graphics design of the curriculum materials.
The individuals and organisations contributing to the research and the development of these resources are gratefully acknowledged below.
At the University of Cambridge: Elizabeth Barker, Eszter Kovacs, Natasha Michael, Tom Niven, Bhaskar Vira.
At Hearth Advisors: Disha Malhotra, Mira Manini Tiwari, Shashank Vira.
At CEDAR: Chetan Agarwal, Devendra Chauhan, Vijay Guleria, Anvita Pandey, Manya Singh, Nuvodita Singh, Vishal Singh, Rajesh Thadani.
At SIAS: Ngamindra Dahal, Kamal Devkota, Tikeshwari Joshi, Kaustuv Raj Neupane, Hemant Ojha.
Toby Smith provided images and creative input to the Pani, Pahar project and exhibition. Priyankar Bhargava and the team of Hearth Advisors designed the graphics.