Field guides in Kannada for Common Avenue trees - Bengaluru Sustainability Forum

Ecoedu and naturalist Kartikeyan S. designed a pocket field guide for common avenue trees found in Bengaluru and other Indian cities in Kannada.

Bengaluru, the garden city, full of flowering trees. What are the names of those trees, when do they flower, how old are they, how big will they grow? This information is not easily available for the non english speaking part of our community. Well versed with the local avenue trees, Karthikeyan will develop a pocket field guide in Kannada to enhance quality of information and education for people who have limited access to internet. This project will be complemented with the design skills of EduEco.

By Karthikeyan, JLR and EduEco

Project Start Date: June 2019

Contact:
Kartikeyan S: palmfly@gmail.com
EcoEdu: info@ecoedu.in; ulhas@ecoedu.in

Status report & updates:

The project has been completed. The pocket guide on Avenue trees in Kannada (and in English) is available on https://ecoedu.in/shop/

A workshop for Teachers and a tree walk:

Kartikeyan S. and Srinivasa T.S. conducted a workshop with teachers in the Azim Premji Foundation (APF) network in August 2022 at the APF office, on how the guide can be used in school and educating students on trees around their neighbourhood.

Listen to Karthikeyan S. and T.S. Srinivasa speak about the history of Avenue trees in Bengaluru in this recording of a webinar on the Avenue Trees organized by BSF. (Language – Kannada)