A unique experiment in ‘nature-based learning’ is in progress on the banks of the Atreyi River in Balurghat, a small town in West Bengal, near India’s border with Bangladesh.

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It was 2004. I had started teaching in a school close to the verdant Jaldapara National Park. I have always nurtured a deep love and respect for nature and environment (maybe a legacy of my mother), and the natural beauty of Jaldapara was a motivating factor as well...