Green Campus Movement
The idea of a green campus movement is deceptively simple. Creating a green educational campus not only makes a tangible environmental difference, it also educates those who are directly involved—the staff
Environment Education
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Paryavaran Mitra Puraskar 2013 launched by environment ministry
Paryavaran Mitra, a nationwide initiative to create a network of young leader from schools across the country, by the Union ministry of environment and forests has announced the launch of Paryavaran Mitra
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The Educators, WWF-Pak sign MoU for environ education
The Educators signed an MOU with World Wide Fund for Nature–Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) on Thursday to spread environmental education through WWF-Pakistan’s Spellathon and Eco Internship programmes. Ali Raza,
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Course in renewable energy technology
Delhi Technological University launched an M.Tech course in Renewable Energy Technology as well as a solar mission society during a recent workshop, ‘Green mantras @ DTU: The next solar destination for
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‘Junior Climate Chmapions’ launched
To promote the importance of environmental knowledge and raise awareness on climate change among the young students of Bangladesh, a knowledge and activity based programme titled ‘Junior Climate Champions’
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Green School Programme launched to spread awareness among children
Environmental issues, waste management, transportation, civic issues. How many children today are aware of these? Confined within the strict schedules of classes, structured activities and tuitions, children
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Local biodiversity to be part of primary syllabus
National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has selected Kerala as an incubator for a proposal to weave in local level biodiversity registry in the curriculum from the primary school level. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has already taken up the proposal with the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT), which is currently in the process of revising the school curriculum.
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Leopard poaching on the rise in southern States
Incidence of wildlife poaching is on the rise in the southern States, said Ravi P. Singh, Secretary-General of World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF-I). Mr. Singh who was here recently told The Hindu that poaching of leopards in the southern States has increased. Since 2000, the Traffic, a wing of the WWF-I, had gathered data on seizure of leopard skins, which showed an alarming increase.
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Workshop to save house sparrow
On the eve of World Environment Day, Canada High Commission today organised a workshop with a view to encouraging children to think of ways to save the state bird, house sparrow which is slowly diminishing in numbers. The workshop which the commission jointly oragnised with the ECO Roots, an NGO, saw a participation of more than 100 children between the age of eight and 12 years from various schools based in Delhi and the NCR and from NGOs such as Asha Society and Children of the World.
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Nectar plants in parks to draw butterflies
Increasing concretization and loss of greenery have led to a dwindling of the city's butterfly population. But now, a group of schoolchildren, as part of a community initiative, is working to bring the colourful insects back to town. The plan is to place nectar-rich plants like lantanas, which attract butterflies, in public parks and gardens. This is aimed at providing a conducive environment for different species of butterflies to thrive, said Dr Puja Sukhija, executive director of the NGO Organisation of Aware Saviours in Society (OASIS), which is involving schoolchildren in the 'Bring Back Butterflies' project.
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Greenhouse observatory proposed at Munnar
The Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) has proposed setting up a greenhouse gas observatory at Munnar as part of developing an integrated climate change database and information system in the State. The initiative is part of the estimate Rs. 80-crore scientific study to map the impact of climate change on agriculture, fisheries, industries, transport, tourism, bio-diversity and forestry sectors.