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 Meet Venkataraman Ramachandran, our curious and enthusiastic friend! He makes sure the GT team is busy using their grey cells, always ready with interesting and challenging questions. We love answering them, by the way! Here, a peek into Venkataraman’s brain!
Q1: I often hear environmentalists speak about urban denizens living like parasites on planet Earth! Do parasites really behave parasitically or is our perception limited by our understanding of its ecology? Q2: My 6-year-old niece uses ITC's Fiama Di Wills Shower gel. I was surprised to see Sodium Lauryl Sulphate mentioned in the ingredients. I have heard quite often about its harmful effects. What should we do to build awareness? To read the Q&A go here: |
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 Our focus this year is on ascertaining the resource efficiency of participating schools. The number of points a school scores in the Green Schools audit will determine the ‘resource efficiency category’ certification. Here are the categories:
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 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: A BOOK OF ACTIVITIES
Presenting you with our new book that will help you define your role in managing environment. How to buy it? Send a DD or cheque of Rs 290 (add Rs 15 for outstation cheques) in favour of Centre for Science and Environment to Sales and Dispatch, Centre for Science and Environment, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi -110062. |
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ANIKET ALAM: Excellent chart that needs to be put up in every school, college and office in the country. On ‘Drugs banned but used’ graphic |
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SHANTI TRIPATHY: It is very depressing to know the truth... why cannot the government be pressurised to connect the Sewage Treatment Plants with sewage sources, especially urban ones???? All this high cost excuse is fake... especially since there is no limit of money involved in the scams of our country. On our video ‘River Conservation’ |
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MAHASHAKTI DASI Building a lot of public toilets in urban areas is essential. I know there are problems associated with maintaining toilets but it is a source of employment. And charging 50 paisa or one rupee or the equivalent to use them is common in cities around the world. On our video ‘River Conservation’ |
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SANDIP PAWAR Great! Can we develop a model of entrepreneurship for village development and to check migration? Plantation, developing wasteland as commercial venture and rainwater harvesting... Let’s work on it! On our video ‘Hiware Bazar’ |
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MAHASHAKTI DASI What is the source of gelatin. I've heard it comes from cows? What are the facts? On our story ‘Pop that pill’ |
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RAMEEZ MAHEDI Keep up the good work. Love all the things you guys post! |
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POONAM KURANI Brilliant! Will print and distribute in all my classrooms! On our story ‘Natural Packaging’ |
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Participate on our Fb page — comment on our posts, tell us something new and exciting, share your experiences! Who knows, if Panditji likes your spirit and contribution, you might just be a winner! So, get, set, write! |
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It is our aim to enable schools to reach the green category and the only way schools can do this is by bringing a positive change in their practices. The ‘green performance’ of the school can now be 
