Meet an Educator: Ashwin Baindur

Ashwin Baindur is a nature educator from Pune and mentor and founder of The Painted Storks Nature Club for children. He helps children discover the ecological linkages in their surroundings and wants them to learn about the local biodiversity. He believes that children are active participants in this world and can make a difference.

Meet an Educator: Nobina Gupta

Nobina Gupta is a nature educator and Curator-Director of Disappearing Dialogues (dD) in Kolkata. As a nature educator, she focuses on process, practice, and everyday life, and uses art as a catalyst to address critical ecological issues and drive change. She adopts a multifaceted approach and creativity to make learning more engaging and relevant.

Meet an Educator: Mahesh Yamoji

Meet Mahesh Yamoji, a nature educator from Karnataka who works to create awareness about birds among high school students. He feels that it is most important to learn to love birds, as there is no conservation without love. He currently works at the Karnataka Folklore University in Gotagodi village, Shiggavi taluk, Haveri district, Karnataka.

Meet an Educator: Mihir Pathak

Mihir Pathak is an educator and writer from Vadodara, Gujarat. He has been using different experiential tools, such as theatre, inquiry-based projects, and nature-based activities, to facilitate learning journeys with children for many years. He believes that transformation happens through relationships—the relationship between a child and a teacher.

Meet an Educator: Sabina Fathima

Sabina Fathima is an educator from Chennai. She curates experiential learning journeys for children through interdisciplinary projects. She is the founder of Sunnyside, a micro school that runs in the format of a learning centre. In her school, learning happens in a non-coercive and pressure-free environment, beyond textbooks and curriculums.

Meet an Educator: Sumit Dookia

Sumit Dookia is a nature educator from western Rajasthan. He has led landscape-level awareness campaigns to conserve threatened species and advocates incorporating more local stories into educational materials. He feels that a skilled narrator can turn a dull session into a fun one, making learning enjoyable for learners and educators.  

Meet an Educator: Tahaj Hussain

Tahaj Hussain is a nature educator from Assam and GreenHub fellow working in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. He says that he never knew something like nature education existed until he stepped into it unknowingly through the Responsible Tourism Fellowship by GreenHub and finds much value in it.