Building a Generation of Climate Stewards
At Farmers for Forests, we know that protecting our planet starts with awareness. Our education programs immerse students - especially in rural and forest-edge communities - in hands-on learning about climate change, ecology, and sustainable living.
Forest-Edge Inclusion
Bringing world-class climate discovery tools directly to indigenous and rural students living alongside India's ancient forests.
Hands-On Discovery
Replacing passive lectures with interactive STEM equipment, nature observation journals, and living biodiversity experiments.
Action in Their Soil
Empowering children to cultivate school kitchen gardens, plant native micro-forests, and champion ecological preservation.
Mobile Science Laboratory
Taking science to the doorstep of rural schools in eastern Maharashtra, our Mobile Science Lab van is packed with microscopes, telescopes, and other tools for discovery. It serves students from predominantly indigenous communities living near forests, bringing STEM learning alive through hands-on experiments and local ecological exploration. Here, children connect the science of climate change to the forests, rivers, and wildlife that surround their lives.
Schools for Forests
We turn school grounds into living classrooms. Students create kitchen gardens, plant tiny native forests, and keep nature journals as they watch their ecosystems grow. Some also visit our Urban Biodiversity Hubs, where they explore native plant species, pollinator-friendly habitats, soil regeneration, water harvesting, and art-based ecological storytelling. Through books and games in local languages, they learn that climate action can start in their own hands - and their own soil.
Empowering Tomorrow’s Climate Leaders Today
Join us in expanding our Mobile Science Labs and Schools for Forests across eastern Maharashtra and beyond — giving every child the opportunity to become an environmental steward.
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Learn how our interconnected landscape restoration programs empower rural communities across India.
Agroforestry
Helping smallholder farmers transition from low-income monoculture to thriving biodiverse agroforestry.
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Forest Protection
Protecting and restoring Gadchiroli's forests hand-in-hand with 22,000 rural and tribal households.
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Urban Biodiversity
Reimagining urban spaces across Pune, Bangalore & Chennai as living sanctuaries for birds, bees, and soil.
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Human-Elephant Coexistence
Protecting communities and wild herds in Gadchiroli through thermal drone monitoring and rapid response.
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