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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Students launch campaign against use of plastic bags
Four lakh carrybags are used in Thrissur every day It took school children to show what the elders failed to do in the city. Alarmed by the increasing environmental threat posed by plastic, students of Devamatha CMI Public School in the city launched an anti-plastic drive by distributing 1,700 paper carrybags at the Sakthan Thampuran market on Friday.
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Plastic recycling project launched
The Boomika project is part of the Suchitwa Varsham 2011-12 programme. Along with the campaign ‘My City My Pride,' it aims to rope in students to make Kochi a cleaner and greener place. In Bhoomika, students collect plastic from their homes and drop them in waste bins placed at schools. This will be taken away by Kochi Corporation workers, and later recycled.
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Environmental Awareness Programme launched
DIBRUGARH, May 31: The Environmental Awareness Programme was launched by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Assam Oil Division (AOD) from May 30 as a curtain-raiser to the World Environment Day celebration.
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Factors responsible for promoting environmental upgradation in school children
The study was conducted in rural area of Hisar district of Haryana. A sample of 120 children of primary and middle grade from 4 schools of 2 villages were taken for the present study.
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Gather plastic waste to bag grace marks'
“Students, gather plastic waste and get rewarded,” says the Corporation. And the reward would include grace marks, notebooks and other study materials. The Corporation’s novel programme is the latest addition to the “Say No to Plastic Waste” campaign which is being carried out as part of the year-long ‘Suchitwa Varsham’ project. “The student who collects maximum quantity of plastic waste will be awarded with grace marks.
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Concern raised over garbage dumping on Deepar Beel banks
GUWAHATI: A workshop on ‘National Environment Awareness Campaign, 2011-2012’ on the theme ‘Forests for sustainable livelihood’ was organized by Environmental Watch and Management Institute (EWMI) very recently with support from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The workshop stressed the need of proper management of waste disposal near the banks of wetlands and other water bodies. The programme was held at Chakardeo Deshbhakta Tarunram Phukan ME School near Deepar Beel. The programme was inaugurated by Bhupen Chandra Thakuria, head master of Chakardeo Deshbhakta Tarunram Phukan ME School by planting a Neem sapling.
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Gurgaon environment institute a non-starter
Chandigarh: Aimed at creating awarness about environmental issues, the first-of-its kind Environment Training Institute at Gurgaon has proved to be non-starter due to resource crunch the Haryana Government.
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MoU on environmental training programmes
The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) in Sri Lanka and the Science and Environment Centre (SEC) in New Delhi, India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environmental training programmes last
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Workshop on EIA from today
As many as 100 students and research scholars from universities across the country are expected to participate in a national workshop and training programme on Environmental Impact Assessment to be held
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Ford continues commitment to environment, donates $10,000 to Forest Conservation Project
Ford announced the winning project under their Environmental Conservation and Grants program in Sri Lanka. The ‘Fire Prevention in Knuckles Forest Reserve’ project was selected as the winner after heavy