Library in E-Base, Pench Tiger Reserve
Conservation Wildlands Trust is a philanthropic trust working towards a conservation paradigm where humans and nature exist in harmony. Our mission is "to protect in perpetuity sensitive habitats by engaging and educating local communities as custodians of their natural environment."
The Education-Base (E-Base) is one community initiative by Conservation Wildlands Trust in partnership with the Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh.
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The trust strives to bring the message of preserving forests, promoting sustainable lifestyles and combating climate change to the local community children, city students and a wider web audience through the E-Base.
Located in the Interpretation Centre at the Turia Gate of Pench Tiger Reserve, Seoni, M.P, the E-Base is a space that serves as a classroom and training space. Workshops are held at the E-Base on biodiversity conservation and sustainability. The objective of the workshop is to inspire the students to be champions of sustainability and custodians of their immediate environment.Students from villages around the reserve attend these workshops and also participate in micro level projects set up by the trust.Â
In coherence with the first E-Base of the world, set up by Sir Robert Swan in Antarctica, E-Base Pench, the second in the world, is run purely on clean energy supplied by solar panels. It attempts to showcase alternative energy as a substitute to fossil fuels, which contribute to climate change.