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The vision is…..That the Nadukuppam Environmental EducationCentre becomes a point for communityinvolvement in integrated rural planning anddevelopment.That the necessary skills to bring biodiversity backto the land are researched and taught involvingthe community, particularly school children.That it provides a demonstration site for the mostappropriate ecological solutions developed overthe last decades in the nearby AurovilleInternational Community.BackgroundIn 2003 Pitchandikulam Bio-Resource Centre began workingwith the Government High Schoolat Nadukuppam to developEnvironmental AwarenessPrograms in conjunction with theexisting academic curriculum.At that time the schoolsacademic pass rate was just 10%.There were only six teachers for575 students.There were no water facilities,no toilets and only two trees inthe school compound.