A.P. govt. opens ‘net-zero’ residential school at Kuntamukkala near Vijayawada

Key Highlights

• Participating in the programme, Vijayawada MP Kesineni Sivanath said the initiative would result in vast ecosystems across Andhra Pradesh being cared for by students.
• “Nurturing a sense of responsibility towards nature at an early age will prepare them to become environmentally conscious future leaders,” he said.
• The pilot project aims to serve as a scalable model of an Integrated Ecological Campus, which will include green belts, a rainforest, wetlands, and microgreens, thereby closing the Net-Zero loop.
• It seeks to create an environment conducive to learning while grooming students to take responsibility for ecology through student-led green governance, with scope for scaling across Andhra Pradesh.
• Mylavaram MLA Vasantha Venkata Krishna Prasad said this pilot project will have a ripple effect throughout the state by introducing the Net-Zero concept in residential schools NTR District Collector G.