09/08/2022
Here is a project on Crotalarias by Vedika Sanchi, a young apprentice/intern who spent two months at the Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary last winter. Instead of online education during the second wave lockdown, she took a gap year from schooling at Centre for Learning, Bangalore, and travelled to many places interning or apprenticing with different communities. We share her project write up now as an invitation to other young adults to consider coming to Gurukula for short or longer residential internships. Once we hear from someone, we have a back and forth, a few emails, a couple of phone calls and a trial period, after which people can stay for longer, or not.
During this period, we encourage apprenticing with one or another of the naturalists, ecosystem gardeners, forest and river protectors, writers and educators, cooks and food growers among us. With all interns we encourage journal writing, and keeping reflective accounts of their stay with us, partly to contribute to a rich and diverse narrative of the forest and plants and animals and the community (to be kept for posterity in our archive)and partly as a good thing in itself. Do read Vedika's lovely write up and share!
Guest post by Vedika Sanchi Editor's note: Vedika Sanchi (16yrs of age) took a gap year from school and travelled to different communities as an alternative to online education during the lockdowns....
