A Sal Leaf, Some Clay & a Water Conservation Lesson: How Odisha’s Children Are Learning From the Forest

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• Children in Haladipani village, Keonjhar district, Odisha, built small water-holding pits from sal leaves and clay after a local elder showed them dew caught in a curled leaf.
• The children dug shallow depressions, lined them with overlapping sal leaves and covered them with compacted clay to slow water soaking into the soil.