SEED visited Aranya Wilderness Park

SEED - Students for Environment at EDI is a group of students at EDI who believe in having fun in lap of Mother Nature and learn some lessons of life through experience.

It conducted its first event “Aao kuch Toofani karte hai”  Its motive was to rejuvenate a child inside everyone. This event took shape under guidance of Shalabh mittal sir and with the support of Satya Acharya sir. It was conducted at Aranya Wilderness Park, near Indroda National Park, Gandhinagar. This event was led by Mr. Madhu Menon Director of Anala Outdoors and environmental activists.

Into The Woods

Team SEED

Butterfly Park

Participants along with Madhu Menon sir and his team reached the Park at 7:30 A.M. started their Nature Trail from the gate of the park. We came across Nilgais, the biggest antelope found in Asia and groups of peafowls, Males as well as Females. Males on display to attract females were also spotted during Nature Trail. After the Trail everyone had a talk with Madhu Menon sir about relation of humans with nature and how almost every invention, every technology is the product of some or other observation of elements of Nature. We learnt even after being so advance in all fields some or the other way we are closely related to Mother Nature.

Playing Games

Then came breakfast time followed by a walk to the lake where we had a “Playing Games” session, this was the time we all forgot we were PG students of such a reputed college EDI and played games like a child. Those innocent days of childhood were recalled. Near the lake we also spotted and identified few species of birds like Lapwing (Titodi), water-hen, egret (Baglo), Tailor bird, Cuckoo etc. Finally we got free time when we visited a Garden in the park known as “Butterfly valley” and clicked so many photographs. It was a small simple 5 hours event but these 5 hours were enough to de-stress ourselves from our busy schedule at college. In all it was a simple yet effective way of spending a weekend morning.  Looking forward for some more such different experiences.