Everyone has dreams or say ideas, imaginations and even thoughts, but we don’t always recall what we dreamed about. Some dreams are fun or silly, while others can be scary. Most people dream in color, but some have dreams in black and white or shades of brown! People do many things in their dreams that they really could or would never do, like fly or jump off a building, or swim and breathe under water.

As Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax has said “ Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.   — Likewise, I also have a desire and that is of a green school.

If given a chance any kid would like to change their school into a dream school, where most probably there would be no examinations, no pressure of studies from parents and relatives, all school hours would be leisure hours and more. The list is endless.

We all have our own dreams about how to make our school better, and so I do not mind sharing my views about how I would like to have my school changed. My dream is neither to lower the burden of my studies nor to run away from examination but it is to save our world from the future crisis ahead, that is none other than global warming, a common thorny issue. Today, global warming is not a small or localized environmental problem; it is going to require international co-operation as well as personal change from all of us to stop global warming. In fact, it may be the largest challenge humanity faces in the twenty-first century. Unfortunately, it has also become a highly politicized issue.

So, instead of straight away taking a very large step, why can’t we start from a primitive one?

We spend at least 6 hours a day, 180 days a year, at school. Going to a safe, chemical free school is as important as establishing  a clean, toxin free home. Helping our local school with their efforts to go green is worth our time and our energy will set a wonderful example for others.

As said by - Justice Hilario Davide, Oposa v Factoran (1993) “It is not just for the present, but for the future, not just for the people who walk this planet right now, but for the children and their children to come …the day would not be too far when all else would be lost not only for the present generation, but also for those to come — generations which stand to inherit nothing but parched earth incapable of sustaining life…”

The present cannot be ignored in order to focus on the future. The environment influences how people live and how society develops. For this reason, people, progress, development and the environment are closely linked. The condition of our environment has become of

paramount concern not only to scientists and environmentalists but also to the majority of the populace of contemporary society.

Unfortunately most of us take the view that being green is somebody else's responsibility. The stark truth is that we all have to do our bit. The responsibility for being green is shared among all of us. why not just do at least some really simple thing which can be very effective? Why not teach students how to be sensitive to their environment? It makes so much sense to teach them these important habits while they are young.

Children are not vessels to be filled, but lamps to be lit.” this words of – Swami Chinmayananda itself indicate that students, being the next generation play an important role in the development of our world. If only their potentials are maximized by providing them the opportunity to develop social responsibility and social entrepreneurship, students can create positive change to the society, and even across borders.

Students learn best when they are engaged and inspired. Imagine the learning potential when the school building itself becomes an interactive teaching tool, educating the next generation of sustainable leaders towards the green earth.

Being environment-friendly, a green school gives rise to a big change in an ordinary school life. By promoting the greening of all schools - new or existing - we can make a tremendous impact on student health, test scores, teacher retention, school operational costs and It will also help us by creating A healthy, productive learning environment.

We can apply following suggestions including ways to get involved in helping our school go green as well as we ourselves can try to become green students. We can Start an eco-committee of parents and interested teachers to organize and direct green activities and efforts at your school ,students should be represented on the committee as well. We must try to Find out if our school has an environmental mission statement or "planet pledge" - if they don't, we must help establish one. We can Conduct or attend environmental survey or energy audit or Put on a show to. Educate the rest of our school by putting on a play or presentation that goes over an environmental topics like global warming, preserving ecosystems or recycling.. We should mostly work on Green art projects or organize discussion on Green topics.

We can also individually play a role in this process by using recycled products like unbleached recycled-paper notebooks, water-based paints, recycled pencils ,green tissues , Acid-free glue stick ,Rechargeable batteries and biodegradable corn starch pens These

would tend to be of good quality and will also encourage more businesses to produce re-cycled materials..  We should carry on various efforts to create a clean, safe indoor environment and clean air by using non-toxic cleaners and also to save energy by using "green" light bulbs, including compact fluorescent light bulbs and Energy Star bulb in the classrooms and throughout the building. We waste enormous amounts of paper in our schools. We can have recycling barrels next to the trash-can in every classroom of our school for sheets of waste paper in. We must also encourage students to use both sides of a sheet of paper. Also Plan crafts, activities which use recycled paper., We can also conduct a recycle competition to see which class can save the most newspapers, soda cans, water bottles or any other recyclable item. If our school isn’t willing to start composting, we can create a mini compost pile outside your classroom to get rid of some of our garbage, though it’s probably a smart idea to make sure it’s cleared with the administration and fire codes. Each class must grow their own organic gardens by growing various types of vegetables or flowers, and they must sample what they grow. Here they can also Use the compost to fertilize the class garden.

We can also make simple efforts by making sure during the last few minutes of the day, that whether all the water faucets are completely turned off, blinds are closed, lights are off and windows are closed. Also, If the temperature is nice outside, regulate your inside temperature by opening up the windows. We can also conduct programs in which we can adopt a block of our street or any other place we want to make a difference. Fresh air will also rejuvenate everyone including the students. If you have leftover water from a cooking or science assignment, use it to water your plants outside instead of throwing it down the drain. In certain functions conducted in school, we can keep a stash of biodegradable plates and utensils.

Eating habits can also play an important role in effecting our environment .for example, eating hamburgers and fries everyday is not only bad for us, but could be bad for the environment also. Eating healthy and organic food can be better for us as well as the environment. This are the few ways to turn our school green.

Our environment always teaches us to lead and healthy and cheerful life which will enable to do our daily household chores and perform our duty at workplace in and elegant manner without any amount of stress. Our very existence on the earth is due to resources supplied by the environment. As there is an endless supply by the environment our greed is also increasing and our environment has become fragile and frail. Its resources are soon going to be exhausted and mankind may perish. It is high time that we students act what we think for our environment. In other words we should learn to use our natural resources judiciously. We should save these resources for our next generations and successors. To achieve this task every school should start auditing

the resources. Every classroom is a virtual environment. Every students mind should be instilled with the fact that we ought to save our nature for that we should all dream that our school be a green literate school. In a green literate school each individual should be green literate from a kindergarten child to the head of the school administration. Because of the depletion of our natural resources, the destruction of our ecosystems and biodiversity, and pollution are complex problems that cannot be answered by a single approach.

ManySmall changes in our lives can make a big difference. By encouraging children to think about the earth they will know that they are playing their part to help the planet. And for this green school is the only one medium as they can help turn back the clock on climate change, improving the environmental outlook for the children who will one day be faced with the challenge of finding resolutions to this problem.

So my dream is just to see all schools become green literate across the world. All the students and teachers who are green conscious and environment lovers and spread the slogan " go green"and practically initiate the green mission for safety of mankind and sustenance of the environment for the future generation. . To full fill the dream we need to involve in greening up our schools so that they can go a long way in improving the environment and protecting Earth's precious natural habitats. Then this would be a true green school experience as The ordinary school building would no longer be a vessel filled with students, teachers and books, but itself an opportunity for experiential learning and discovery.

However, I strongly believe in my dream, I know it’s difficult but not impossible. I think if we all work together for the sake of the earth this type of “Dream School,” can be accomplished.