This programme has handled over 40,000 trainees from Tamil Nadu since its inception in 1984, and demand for the course is still increasing. These programmes have won international acclaim. Though India has enough and more of laws to protect the environment, the rate of environmental deterioration and the loss of natural resources accelerate by the day. More recently, we are taking in more villagefolk, mostly farmers, who are the effective custodians of the environment. Indoor Exposure to the natural history heritage of the hills as preserved in the museum, gardens and library.
Every exhibit is a challenge.
The youngsters are challenged, and are determined to do something, and immediately. In the evening a keynote talk places the local conditions against the global situation. The 'eco-lab' has copious visuals with current information on environment, local and global. Armed with relevant information, the trainees are ready to go into the field for a firsthand experience of the environment. These irreversible, macro-level, alterations have been made by powerful commercial establishments.