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There are hundreds of teachers, educational institutions, nature clubs, NGOs, citizens groups in the country taking working to create awareness about the environment. The efforts of these groups range from helping create a love for nature through camping and adventure, development of educational material, raising awareness about ecosystems, to campaigning against polluting industries and lobbying with the government. Their efforts offer learnings for others who would like to use education and communication to bring about change.
Selected case experiences of such education-communication initiatives are shared:
Visit to a Wetland तालाब का भ्रमण
Feb 2011. Yamuna Nagar
विश्व नमभूमि दिवस पर ईमली ईको क्लब सदस्यों ने नजदीकी तालाब का भ्रमण करके करके नम भूमि के बारे में जाना और नम भूमि की वनस्पति और जलीय जीवन के बारे में भी जाना| विद्यालय से कुछ ही दूरी पर इस तालाब को स्थानीय लोग गंगा सागर कह देते है| यह तालाब काफी बड़ा है और काफी पुराना है| परन्तु आज इसकी दशा सोचनीय बनी हुई है| आगे पढिये ..
ईमली ईको क्लब ने बनाया 'सोख्ता गडढा' Tamarind Eco-club makes a soak pit
Jan 2011. Yamuna Nagar
हैंडपम्प, पानी पीने की जगह पर शुद्ध जल की एक बड़ी मात्रा बेकार जाती है जो की नाली में बह जाती है या फिर वहीँ आस पास एकत्र हो कर कीचड बनाती है| इन स्रोतों के पास जल एकत्र होता रहता है जो मच्छरों को खुला निमंत्रण देता है जिस कारण बीमारियाँ फैलती है| राजकीय वरिष्ठ माध्यमिक विद्यालय, अलाहर जिला, यमुना नगर, हरियाणा के सदस्यों ने विद्यालय में ये ही समस्या देखी और फैसला लिया के जल पीने के स्थान पर एक सोख्ता गड्ढा बनाया जाएगा| आगे पढिये ..
May 2010, by Sanskriti Menon and Avinash Madhale, CEE Urban
The Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme in Pune was started in 2008 as a collaborative programme of the Kirloskar Foundation (KF) and CEE’s Urban Programme. The objectives are to facilitate improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene education and infrastructure in municipal schools, using a participatory approach, and to help evolve sustainable, appropriate operation and maintenance systems of Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools. More ....
April 2010, by Anchal and Sanjay Sondhi, Titli Trust
The OLCB campaign, seeks to make one lakh cloth bags for the city of Dehradun, in an effort to reduce the use of plastic bags. The only way to reduce the use of plastic bags is for everyone of us to pledge to use cloth and paper bags, and refuse plastic bags given to us by shopkeepers. More ...
by Nandini Ram and Sunil Jacob, CEE South
With increasing pollution and overcrowding of cities, urban green spaces provide much needed breathing space. These green spaces also provide urban children an opportunity to observe and feel one with nature, which they are otherwise deprived of. But first of all, children need to realize that parks are more than just swings and lawns.
by Kapil Sahasrabuddhe, CEE Central
While most cities incidentally and inadvertently shelter wildlife all around, a few Indian cities, such as Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, and Bhopal, even host formal wildlife reserves, cheek by jowl alongside skyscrapers. Coastal cities like Chennai and Mumbai with interesting habitats like mangroves harbor a variety of flora and fauna includes nesting site for the endangered Olive Ridley turtle. Old houses like the ‘wadas’ in Pune support a diversity of life like sparrows, pigeons, rats, parakeets, mongoose even snakes.
By Nimesh Ved, Samrakshan Trust
Samrakshan Trust works towards wildlife conservation in India. One of their projects on conservation education and wildlife research has been undertaken in collaboration with the Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) and educational institutions & youth associations active in the region.
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