ECO-CRUSADERS
May their tribe
grow
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The Green Schools Network is |
expanding fast, across the
country. Here is some news about what the network members in
Delhi are upto.
The environmental audits are
mainly being done by existing eco-clubs, who call themselves by
different names. |
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While
Lancer’s Convent calls its members ‘eco-crusaders’ Sanskriti
prefers the name ‘eco- busters’ as they catch people littering
or bringing polythene inside the school. In fact, Francis de
Sales calls such monitors eco-investigators. No points for
guessing the name for people who commit eco-crimes – ‘Eco
defaulters’. Interestingly the eco club of the school has a post
of Public Relations Officer (PRO) apart from the usual
President, Secretary etc. The PRO makes public announcements
during recesses, besides providing useful tips on “how to be an
environmentally responsible” citizen. Interesting job, huh? |
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Parents pool in
The students of Mother’s International, New Delhi, and their parents are
making car pool system parent-friendly. Working parents drop the kids in
the morning, and the home-makers pick them up. End result? Lesser
congestion and pollution.
Eco Report Card days
Schools are now converting all report card days into theme events and
the environment has emerged as the most popular one. Various schools put
up materials used and produced in their eco clubs for sale to parents on
these days. Feedback is: everything sells like hot cakes- even the
compost. St. Columba’s recently converted one such report card day into
an event named ‘Panchtatva’ while DPS Mathura Road has been using this
opportunity to check Pollution Under Control Certificates of the
parents’ vehicles.
Fill it. Shut it. Forget it.
Many schools are experimenting with a variety of options available for
composting these days. Schools found it difficult to maintain earthworms
during the summer vacations. Moreover, maintaining the correct moisture
was becoming difficult. The result-a lot of schools have switched over to
enzyme composting. Dig a pit- Fill it with waste -put enzymes (liquid or
powder) and forget it. Harvest compost with no hassles. And it smells
less too.
 CHANGE
MAKERS
Little Gobar Kids
This innovative idea comes from
Vijayam Kartha, Director of the Kerela Public School Society,
Jamshedpur. Students of Kerela Public School, Kadma, now collect
whatever gobar (cowdung) droppings they find on their way to
school, and they get paid for the amount they bring in. So the
city is clean and the students make pocket money out of dung!
Gobar Timesvisited Ms Vijayam, and found that she has put many
other environment education ideas to action. The gobarand
compost collected by students is used in the school nursery to
grow nutritious organic vegetables and plants.
This fresh produce is then sold
to parents on the parent-teacher meeting day. Healthy school,
healthy children. |
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