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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Get schooled on going green
How can we save the environment from pollution and global warming? Who is more aware of the environment? And who has been doing what to promote a clean and green environment? Answering these questions
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Close the tap, save the planet
A minute of keeping the tap open without reason can send up to 10 precious litres of water down the drain. Many little-known water facts such as this were discussed at a workshop hosted by Rotary Club
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Ministry reviews environment education system
The Environment Ministry is reviewing the country's environment education system, said Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa. He said that the International Union for Conservation of Nature Sri Lanka Office
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Report of the sub-group on environment for 12th Five Year Plan
The report of the Sub-group on ‘Environment’ discusses various policies and programmes of MoEF, institutional setup for environment management, progress of various schemes in the 11th Five Year Plan and
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Students, volunteers take up drive to rid Srirangam of plastic waste
College students, volunteers, environmental activists and Corporation sanitary workers came together to take up a cleaning drive aimed at making wards 1 to 6 in Srirangam and Thiruvanaikovil areas plastic-litter
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International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer observed in Tura
SHILLONG: Together with the rest of the world, the International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer was observed in Tura today with day-long programmes, including tree plantations and various competitions
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Environment, no longer a sideshow
NCERT, in its latest guideline, has allocated scores to environment education in the schoolleaving examinations. Assessments will now be based on how active the examinee has been ‘on the ground.’ Diptiman
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JSW-TOI awards back to honour Earth warriors
Experts say many actions on the climate front that could earlier have been put off for decades, now need to be undertaken within years. *Each month, unfailingly, the concentration of greenhouse gas CO2
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Pune hosts summer school on sustainable habitats
The three-week-long ‘Summer School on sustainable habitats’ will be held in four cities in India, including Pune, from September 5-23. The Summer School is being jointly organised by German International
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WWF-India initiative in city
<p> Thiruvananthapuram is among the 20-odd cities selected for the campaign that aims to build environmental literacy through experiential learning and empower youth to influence change. The campaign has been launched at a time when the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests.</p>