VIS in Action : Empowering Students to Lead on Climate Change
Oct 31, 2025
Discover how VIS Sector 10 Dwarka inspires young changemakers to lead on climate action through innovation, empathy, and sustainability education.
In an age where climate change dominates headlines, it's not a policymaker or corporation that will usher in the next big change; it will be learned in schools.
Students across the best schools in Delhi are no longer only learning about environmental concerns; they are learning to be the answer. And at VIS Sector 10 Dwarka, that knowledge, curiosity and desire for action is already ingrained in the students.
Because let's be honest: climate change is a big, cumbersome abstraction when we think about the future. Young minds are naturally curious, innovative and creative, and can help us begin to transform those big abstract problems into everyday solutions. VIS is helping to foster an ethos of living sustainability - the teaching is one thing, creating a culture of living sustainability is what we exist for.
Awareness to Action
There is nothing better about being one of the best schools in Delhi than having the associated expectations on ourselves as educators. VIS is weaving sustainability into the fabric and rhythm of school life. Paper recycling drives, waste segregation, and upcycling projects hardly seem like revolutionary acts of kindness, but the dividend is truly becoming a way of life - this allows us to transform the rhetoric of "reduce, reuse, recycle" into more than just a great catchphrase.
However, the true change occurs when student agency is activated. At VIS, eco clubs and green initiatives aren’t a bonus; they’re a movement. Whether it’s designing affordable water filters in the science labs, planting native trees in Dwarka, or designing campaigns to cut plastic use, VIS students are redefining the term eco-consciousness.
The Future Is in the Classroom
As one of Dwarka's top schools, VIS Sector 10 understands that sustainability is not a subject, it is a skill. That's why class lessons incorporate real-world challenges and emphasise critical thinking and empathy. Students will discuss global warming policies, audit renewable energy models and even stage UN climate conferences.
This serves a greater purpose than awareness; it builds leaders. Students learn that their choices, however small, really do make a difference. That turning off the light, reusing a water bottle, or educating their community can create a ripple effect.
Learning Outside of the Classroom
At VIS, learning extends beyond textbooks and classrooms. A gorgeous example is "Green Week", where students design eco-fashion, host sustainable art exhibitions and run "zero waste" stalls!
These experiences combine creativity, responsibility, and teamwork, which is exactly what we need to confidently face our current global challenges.
As one of the top 10 schools in Delhi, VIS not only believes that education is not complete without compassion, but understands that our responsibility to the environment is not simply learned through talking or lecturing – it is learned through living, observing, and guiding.
Change Starts Small, but Grows Fast
When students consider themselves changemakers, it changes the question from “What can someone do?” but “What can I do?” And this is where the greatest amount of power lies.
At VIS, Sector 10, Dwarka, we cultivate this mindset daily by thinking green, taking action, being civically engaged, and fulfilling our responsibility to the planet that we all share.
Because at the end of the day, the true measure of a school's success is not academic but how its students shape the future.