Some of the programmes under Paryavaran Mitra

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Assamese Oath Poster Eco-club teacher in charge training- Two eco-club teachers in charge trainings were organized on 12th feb via National Green Corps NGC in Sivsagar and Golaghat.  Various issues regarding eco club responsibilities and district level responsibilities were discussed. In what way NGC programmes can be strengthen through Paryavaran Mitra initiative were also discussed by CEE staff.There are about 6750 eco clubs in the state spread over 27 districts.  One of the teacher in charge of eco club presented his experience of the eco club activities. The activities like Cleaning of school campus, sanitation and hygiene awareness, hand pump monitoring, plantation, water supply monitoring and garbage disposal in school campus were done by the students. They have observed World Environment Day in their school. During the session, many teachers put forwarded their views and opinions of activities and work that can be taken up to strengthen more of the programme. PROGRSS-  Master Training – Two master training programmes were organized in context of NGC where paryavaran mitra were clubbed together in Guwahati on 25/11/10 and 21/12/10, where peoples of different NGO have participated in the session. It included some of the persons from NGO and eco club. As the Nodal agency of NGC is Assam Science Technology and Environment Council,Mr Jayanta sharma highlighted the grip to hold NGC in schools through his presentation. CEE NE coordinator Simanta Kalita have given various prospects to approach implement  on schools and during the session presentation of Paryavaran Mitra idea and approach for implementation were discussed. The core concept of Paryavaran Mitra was discussed by Bijoy Shankar Goswami and the implementation strategies and reporting were discussed. Eco club tachers did share their ideas and experiences.                                                                 SCHOOL PROGRAMMES Various Days were celebrated in different schools, like Pollution Prevention Day on 2nd december by Maharishi Vidya Mandir of Borxojai.The students of eco-club have organized a music session where students of the school (higher section) sang a song ‘earth day’ in which they tried to show the present situation of the environment, biodiversity and the cruelty of human beings in destroying nature. They have already constructed garden in their school campus. On that day, they jus kept a plantation propgramme of the trees that are ‘medicinal’ and ‘replacing of the olds’.                                                                                              A school programme on occasion of Magh Bihu, a traditional festival of Assam on 13th Jan was celebrated in Parizat Academy, students were focused the importance of culture and tradition with relation to scientific relationship with it. Academy is a non-governmental school run by Parijat Academy Trust that offers free education including free Hostel facilities to economically marginalized students from Assam-Meghalaya Border areas majority of whom are tribals. The school has classes from I-X. The founder Head Master, Mr. Uttam Teron, initiated the school in 2003 with some school drop outs from the area. The school is located at an unique juncture of the Rani-Garbhanga Reserve Forest on one side and Deepar Beel, the only Ramsar site on another side. Rani-Garbhanga Reserve Forest is said to be the lung of Guwahati as it contains the greenery in the periphery of the city and Deeparbeel is said to be the kidney of Guwahati as it filters the city drainage. City drained water, falls in Deeparbeel through Basistha Bahini and after getting filtered by the aquatic vegetation in the wetland, it escapes to Brahmaputra through Khanajaan. Due to anthropogenic pressure both Rani-Garbhanga Reserve Forest and Deepar Beel are in danger. All the students coming to this school belongs to families who have direct or indirect dependence on either of the two eco-systems. Parijat academy has been putting in efforts to mobilize the local community for education, creating awareness and protecting the two eco-systems. As part of the Eco-club network and as a partner school of CEE, the school has been contributing a lot towards environment protection.  The programme aimed at bring forth some of the important facts related to the five thematic areas of Paryavaran Mitra. It is to make an awareness of best utilization and perseverance of nature’s resources and the sustainable utilization of the resources. The programme was held on the eve of the Magh Bihu, so that the harvest festival of Assam could be explained in relation to the biodiversity, cultural heritage, energy aspects etc.           World Wetland Day was celebrated on 2nd February in Goalpara in J.N.Memorial Girls high School.The school is located just nearby Urpad Beel and Goalpara have highest number of Sal trees. . However, due to anthropogenic factor both these ecosystems are in danger. The greenery that was flourished a long time back cannot be seen much now; some portion of it can only be visualized in the areas where religious authenticity is put onto.The main aim of this programme was to bring forth the awareness of  our natural Biodiversity, which is in danger due to our people only. Its objectives lay upon the importance and sustainable utilization of these natural resources. A talk on importance of observing Wetland Day was given by Mr.Simanta Kalita where he also gave a brief note on environment and environment education in schools. There was an interaction session with the students also about the reasons of degradation of Wetlands and its consequences. Awareness is created among the students related to such calamities through a mini drama done by the student and directed by CEE staff Mr.Dharani Saikia. A quiz was also held among the students outside in the school campus under the shed of a tree and students were awarded wit some publications and posters. Sweets were distributed to the students and they were made aware of throwing the wrappers in the dustbin following clean and green campus.                                                                                                                                 A programme on International Year of Chemistry was celebrated on 23rd of February 2011 in Sudmersen Hall of Cotton College, Guwahati, in collaboration with the Chemistry Department. Cotton College is the most old and one of the reputed College of Assam. The invitees  and speaker for the Popular talk were Honorable Vice Chancellor of Guwahati, Professor O.K. Medhi, Dr. Archana Goswami, Head of Department Chemistry ,Cotton college, Dr Sudarson Boruah Vice Principal of Cotton College, and Mr Dilip Surkar, Executive Director of Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre,Ahmedabad.A essay competition was kept for school students from class vi to x for celebrating IYC whose topic was ‘Impact of chemicals on Biodiversity’. Many schools participated in the quiz and many good essays fall into the desk of CEE NE Best written essays were picked up and the concern students were given an award for that on the day of celebrating IYC in Cotton College. As above mentioned speakers were invited, they gave a very good talk on chemistry surrounding us and the impacts of it on us and environment. Dr.Archana Goswami, HOD Chemistry Dept of Cotton College gave a very impressive presentation on green chemistry and the benefits in using that technology.           Paryavaran Mitra was also focused through Science express in places like Mariani, Dibrugarh and Guwahati. A procession of students of Edith Douglas H.S School wit placards in their hands which had various slogans on environmental issues were taken out from their schools to mariani station along with one of the  Paryavaran Mitra staff and other of Science Express. An awareness among the students of different schools were created through interaction and doing different platform activities with them. They were asked to imprint their hand on piece of paper and were asked to take an oath in preserving the nature and to pen down those promises in the imprints.