Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
Unique YES-COMMUNITY initiative targeting over 100000 school children across India to celebrate National Science Day Mumbai; 4th March, 2014: YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector bank, celebrated National Science Day, across its branches by conducting National Science & Environment Olympiad in association with Saevus a well known wildlife magazine …
Border fence has divided the land mass between India and Pakistan but not the environment. Not only the toxic fumes and pollutants dots the skies of both Amritsar and Lahore but the fast depleting underground water has posed a grave danger of coming water crisis in both the cities. "Both …
An MoU to promote environmental education and activities was signed between World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan’s (WWF-Pakistan) Green School Programme and The Bridges School (TBS), which is now a registered Green School to create environmental awareness among students. The MoU was signed by Sania Rauf Khan, Manager Corporate Relations, WWF-Pakistan …
Cricketers head campaigns on power, water, waste and hygiene Eco-awareness might be a fashionable green slogan. But its transition to action mode has been slow in the City. To accelerate this process among students in the City’s estimated 8,200 educational institutions, GIZ, a German bilateral cooperation agency, has come up …
She and her friends plan to petition Centre in this regard 13-year-old chronic asthmatic wants a law banning the bursting of firecrackers during Deepawali, which, she insists is a festival of light and not noise or pollution. Sanjna Chaturvedi, an eighth standard student at a school in the City, along …
Campaigns By Schools Lead To Decline: Survey Bangalore: Children are ensuring a massive change in our mindset, and how! Anti-cracker campaigns launched by schools across the country have resulted in a 20-25% dip in sale of crackers, says a survey. Although there has been 10%-15% rise in cracker prices, the …
As we all know, junk food is defined as food with empty calories — it provides fat, sugar and salt, without nutrition. But how bad is it? This is what CSE's laboratory checked recently. The results were both predictable and alarming. Source: http://csestore.cse.org.in/books/schoolsandenvironment/junk-food-busted.html
World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) signed an agreement with Lawrence College, Murree to create environmental awareness amongst students and employees and to facilitate their professional development through Green School Programme (GSP), ECO Internship Programme and Employee Engagement Programme. WWF-Pakistan Director General Ali Hassan Habib and Lawrence College Principal Brig …
The Educators signed an MOU with World Wide Fund for Nature–Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) on Thursday to spread environmental education through WWF-Pakistan’s Spellathon and Eco Internship programmes. Ali Raza, Project Director, The Educators and Anwar Naseem, Director Corporate Relations, WWF-Pakistan signed the MOU. Spellathon is a nation-wide environment spelling competition for students …
Paryavaran Mitra, a nationwide initiative to create a network of young leader from schools across the country, by the Union ministry of environment and forests has announced the launch of Paryavaran Mitra Puraskar 2013. A statement released by Paryavaran Mitra here said that, Paryavaran Mitra Puraskar was a recognition of …
Delhi Technological University launched an M.Tech course in Renewable Energy Technology as well as a solar mission society during a recent workshop, ‘Green mantras @ DTU: The next solar destination for University – Industry interaction’. The university believes that India needs to shift from conventional fuels to non-polluting renewable sources …
To promote the importance of environmental knowledge and raise awareness on climate change among the young students of Bangladesh, a knowledge and activity based programme titled ‘Junior Climate Champions’ has been launched. Students from class six (VI) to Ten (X) based in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet can participate in ‘Junior …
Environmental issues, waste management, transportation, civic issues. How many children today are aware of these? Confined within the strict schedules of classes, structured activities and tuitions, children today are far away from these realities that affect their day-to-day life. To address this very gap, SWaCH, Parisar and CEE have launched …
National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has selected Kerala as an incubator for a proposal to weave in local level biodiversity registry in the curriculum from the primary school level. The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has already taken up the proposal with the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT), …
Incidence of wildlife poaching is on the rise in the southern States, said Ravi P. Singh, Secretary-General of World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF-I). Mr. Singh who was here recently told The Hindu that poaching of leopards in the southern States has increased. Since 2000, the Traffic, a …
On the eve of World Environment Day, Canada High Commission today organised a workshop with a view to encouraging children to think of ways to save the state bird, house sparrow which is slowly diminishing in numbers. The workshop which the commission jointly oragnised with the ECO Roots, an NGO, …
Increasing concretization and loss of greenery have led to a dwindling of the city's butterfly population. But now, a group of schoolchildren, as part of a community initiative, is working to bring the colourful insects back to town. The plan is to place nectar-rich plants like lantanas, which attract butterflies, …
The Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) has proposed setting up a greenhouse gas observatory at Munnar as part of developing an integrated climate change database and information system in the State. The initiative is part of the estimate Rs. 80-crore scientific study to map the impact of climate change …
If global warming is described as Armageddon, harbour no fear. There's a Green Army being forged in Namma Bangalore. What started as a 13-member endeavour in 2001 to strengthen the physical and mental health of the youth, Green Army has now become a multi-pronged movement to harness the spirit of …
Applications have been invited for the environmental awards given by the State government. The awards will be given under the categories of environmental awareness and education, and environmental protection and management. Educational institutions, individuals or voluntary organisations involved in promotion of awareness, research, protection and management of the environment are …
