THE GREEN –SCHOOL

 “SOONER OR LATER, WE WILL HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT THE EARTH HAS RIGHT, TOO, TO LIVE WITHOUT POLUTION.”

                                                                  -  EVO-MORALES

       We the Dmites; the Green Thinkers; the Green Ambassadors, under the supervision of our worthy Principal Mrs.(Dr.) Ritu Deewan ,not only think green ;we inculcate green ; we imbibe green; we follow green and no doubt we sustainably maintain green.

We the Green-Thinkers and the Green Ambassadors has started the journey of eco-club in the year 2015 and progressing step by step by following various  aims and objectives ,worth mentioning here:

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

Ø To motivate the students to keep their surroundings green and clean by undertaking plantation of trees.

Ø To promote ethos of conservation of water by minimizing the use of water and by rain water harvesting.

Ø To motivate students to imbibe habits and life style for minimum waste generation, source separation of waste and disposing the waste to the nearest storage point.

Ø To organize tree plantation programs, awareness programs such as Quiz, essay, painting competitions, rallies, nukkad -natak etc. regarding various environmental issues.

Ø To Organize Nature Trail in Wild Life Sanctuaries/Parks/Forest areas to know about the Bio-diversity.

Ø To boost up the moral of the green ambassadors, prizes to be distributed for various eco-cub activities.

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 GREEN AMBASSADORS  ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN

We The dmites-the Green Thinkers have put dedicated efforts to spread the awareness about environment conservation ,maintaining ecological balance and focusing on  sustainable development , so as to impart, inculcate and  instill among the young learners the passion of going green in every act of their daily life, not only at their homes but in school premises and at community level as well….

We- the Green Thinkers perform innumerable activities round the year. We begins our session ;our journey by sapling plantation, and then on regular basis on every Saturday eco- club activities have been taken into consideration which are worth mentioning below

Ø Special assemblies on the Earth day,  Environment day, Ozone day , Gandhi jayanti …..which includes street-play, skits, motivational speech by mentors,  ‘swatch bharat abhiyaan’-the cleanliness drives…..

Ø Orientation programmes and workshops conducted by green- thinker awardee (experts); to impart, aware and enhance the knowledge of young learners by the ways of conserving the environment  and maintaining the ecological balance of the ecosystem..

Ø  Competitions  on burning issues of today are conducted  to keep students updated and make them aware about the threats faced by environment and wild life.

Ø   Maintaining Kitchen- garden and herbal garden by following organic farming so as to protect the environment from harmful chemicals and balancing the ecosystem…Vermi-compositing in school premises also added one step forward of foot-prints in organic farming…

Ø  Visits /educational trips to heritage sites or gardens (rock garden) not only for recreation but yes! to  learn , to understand and  to impart the knowledge of how nature can be balanced by the things which make- in it imbalances?

Ø  Conserving  and percolating a single drop of water by rain water harvesting system in school premises, increase the availability of ground water during periods of requirement, enhance sustainable yield of aquifers, improve quality of ground water through dilution, arrest declining trends of water levels, prevent depletion of ground water reservoirs, decrease menace of floods on local and regional levels…..

Ø   Products obtained from’ Best out of waste’ are displayed to enhance aesthetic value of the school premises as ‘rock -gardens’…..

Ø   To Save the birds , the green thinkers constructed bird houses , where birds are taken care of with water and feed on regular basis.

Ø  To minimize the carbon foot -prints green -thinkers also check pollution of each and every vehicle that enters in the school premises and suggest the vehicle owners about the importance of car pool system, catalytic converters and use of CNG in their vehicles……

                 This is only a speck , we the Dmites ,the Green Thinkers, the Green Ambassadors thrive to  grow, thrive  to develop but that to sustainably.

                                                                                Thank -you…

 

                                                                                          - Poonam  Attrish

                                                                                           (A green- thinker)