GOBARTIMESINVARANASI
I am writing to say I loved creating our own GT at the
workshop a lot. I want to know how people got into GT. Well, various people must be going
from GT to various places to conduct workshops, but I'm very glad you people came to us.
You were such special people! I heard there would be a teachers’ workshop here. I'm
sure teachers’ workshops must be great. But do you just discuss, or do you really
teach them like you taught us? I think it must be discussion, because teachers are grown
ups as well, after all. It wasn't exactly part of the workshop, I know, but all that
singing, chatting etc was just great!
| Shruti, Rajghat School |
| Varanasi, UP |
|
Let us all say no to plastic because it never
finishes. If you put it in fire then also it will not
finish. Sometimes if you put it in fire, it may cause cancer. If an animal eats it up, it
will get stuck in its stomach and it can also die. Say no to plastic. I think you know
that plastic is harmful so please don’t use plastic.
| Mandavi Chaudhury
(Class IV) |
| Indirapuram, Ghaziabad |
Here are some informations that I would like to share with
you:
 Snapping
turtles can bite off a person’s fingers with its powerful jaws.
Tree
frogs have a suction pad on their toes that help them to cling to branches.
The mako
shark is a fast streamlined swimmer whose speed allows it to attack large sword fish.
The
octopus moves by jet propulsion but can also crawl slowly on its eight arms.
I thoroughly enjoyed the GT on ‘ecological lagaan’. A
recent article of mine for the Resurgence magazine titled Loot, looks at the
East India company’s actions in light of today’s concerns. What I found
remarkable was the Company’s invisibility in its hometown of London; nothing marks
its power or crimes. It is as if the city of London is embarrassed at one of its most
powerful creations.
| Nick Robins |
| Albert Grove,
London |
Congratulations to this valuable neatly prepared environmental
issue. I am a retired lecturer from Turkey. 
I have not searched all previous issues of Gobar Times. But
here I wanted to mention about a new virus carried by mosquitoes. This virus is called
West Nile Virus and its source is Middle East, around the Israel Area. I read all this in
a serious science journal. But I could not recall the name. It may be New Scientist
or Nature. Check out this address: http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/westnil2.html. I
am sure you would be able to find millions of address in one search but I wanted to only
help.
I wish you all the best and good luck in your work in environment.
| Dr H. Emel
Dinseven |
| via email |
This is a good effort to make people understand the different
aspects of environment. Reading Gobar Times is fun and easy. Keep the good work up.
I would like to see Gobar Times with more information. Best wishes!
| Deepa Pathak |
| Andrews Ganj, New
Delhi |
Let us try to do these things:
1.We can give our clothes to the poor instead of throwing
2.We should reuse our plastic bags and keep them with us instead of throwing them
3.We should not throw fruit peel on the road.
4.We can make origami out of waste paper instead of
throwing it.
| Fairy Khan (Class
IV) |
| Tiny Tots School,
New Delhi |
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