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Green Schools Awards 2012

An annual award ceremony to recognise the country’s “greenest” schools was held on Wednesday at the India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road. The awards are given by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) to institutes that have excelled in natural resources management under the Green Schools Programme (GSP) started in 2006.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the joint secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, BMS Rathore, gave away the awards to schools from across the country. CSE director general Sunita Narain was also at the event.

The Hindu, July 16, 2011

Proud moment: Students and teachers of Salwan Public School receiving the Green School Award for 2010-11, organised by the Centre for Science and Environment, from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi on Friday.

Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article2233295.e...

South Asia News/ July 15, 2011

Delhi, Andhra schools are 'greenest'
7/15/2011 8:43:00 PM

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Schools from the national capital and Andhra Pradesh were Friday declared as the country's 'greenest' as they bagged the green school awards organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO.

Andhra Pradesh's Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ongole and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Uppal, and Delhi's Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vigyan Vihar and Salwan Public School won the awards among 1,500 schools in 18 states.

Delhi, Andhra schools are ‘greenest’/ Hindustan Times / New Delhi / July 16, 2011

Salwan Public School (morning), Old Rajinder Nagar, invested substantially in rainwater harvesting over the past few years and today they capture 80% of the runoffs from rainwater and taps. The school also monitors its waste generation and recycles 100% of all categories.

These and other ‘green’ efforts paid off on Friday. It topped the list of ‘changemakers’ at Delhi level and was ranked second at the national level during the CSE’s Green School Awards 2010-11.

Gobar Times, Green Schools Programme, Press Coverage / The Hindu/ New Delhi/ July 16, 2011

The Hindu Delhi: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, along with Sunita Narain (left), Director General of CSE, give the Green School Awards for 2010-2011 to students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Hyderabad, at a function organised by Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi on Friday.

Schools from the national capital and Andhra Pradesh were Friday declared as the country’s “greenest” as they bagged the green school awards organised by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO.