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 …
On the occasion of its first anniversary, iNaturewatch Foundation, an environment organisation, will survey societies who can register with them for a green audit. The audit will focus on concerns like waste, energy and water management, green cover, urban biodiversity and environmental awareness. The foundation will also invite suggestions and …
Nagpur: Young students from across the city were enlightened about their social responsibilities towards nature by Lord Nicholas Stern, a world-famous economist who is also an environmentalist, from London. An interactive session with Stern on 'Forests, climate change and the future of young India' was organized by Maharashtra forest department …
Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu today said environmental protection is a national as well as international responsibility. "It's a moral as well as social responsibility for each and every citizen of the country and the globe," Murmu said while speaking on the occasion of the 3rd International Conference on Environment and …
This is the latest book from our Environment Education Unit. To coincide with the Swachh Bharat Mission, the 2015 GSP audit will focus on solid waste management. GSP (Green Schools Programme) seeks to foster environmental literacy by moving beyond theories and text books and concentrates on “doing”. The programme helps …
A school in Punjab’s Moga, a Kendriya Vidyalaya from Hebbal in Karnataka, and a sports school from Sonipat, Haryana claimed the top honours as 2016’s ‘greenest’ schools in India. Union human resources development minister Prakash Javadekar gave away the Green Schools Awards, instituted by the New Delhi-based research and advocacy …
CSE's Green Schools Programme (GSP) is a learning programme for schools that seeks to foster environmental education by moving beyond textbooks and concentrating on ‘doing’ activities. It helps schools audit their resource consumption and provides them with the methodology to carry out activities as environmental managers and plug gaps that …
This is CSE’s first collection of 14 topical stories in comic strips format to help you understand serious environmental issues in a fun and easy way. Recommended equally for students and adults. It is not every day that you meet superheroes like Piu and Pom. Piu has the gift of …
An exciting collection of 20 short stories to attract today’s young generation and help them understand environment in their own language. A mango tree in love with a little girl, a huge pit which swallows cows, a goddess who steals honey, a weeping snowman, a talking mobile phone and many …
The book is totally based on the UGC syllabus for environmental studies for undergraduates; and it comes to you from CSE, an NGO whose primary task is environment oriented research, since 1980. Hence you can expect the very best book available for College students to understand the environment issues in …
Gaya: Children of Nazareth Academy, Gaya, on Tuesday took a pledge to play a proactive role in protecting the earth andthe environment. The occasion was the annual cultural function of the school. The entire programme including songs, dance drama and qawali were dedicated to issues concerning environment and ways to …
Environmental education may become mandatory for all public and private schools in UP. The step, aimed to be implemented from the next academic session, is a part of state government's green initiative. Confirming this, principal secretary, forest, Sanjeev Saran said, "Children are the future and need to be prepared for …
HOSHANGABAD: Assembly speaker Dr Sitasharan Sharma said that the youths are more in number in all over the country, the country runs from democracy therefore to improve the environment the youth should comes forward, it is not the responsibility of the government and NGT only. He was expressing his views …
SHILLONG: Chief Minister Mukul M. Sangma received the award for the Most Improved State (small states category) in Education and the Best State Award in environment (small states) at ITC Maurya in New Delhi at the India Today States of the States Conclave. An official statement said the annual India …
Nagpur: “Nature is the first teacher and it has taught us everything we know. Keeping that in mind teachers in schools should pick up the baton and make children aware of preserving our environment,” said Kishore Mishrikotkar, deputy director of Samajik Vanikaran Vibhag, Nagpur, at a discussion on ‘Environment protection: …
CHANDIGARH: With an aim to promote cracker-free Diwali, Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee and Yuvsatta launched a "Go Green Diwali Campaign" in city schools. Chanchal Singh, deputy director, school education, was chief guest at the event organized at Government Model High School, Sector 34C, and later Indira Beniwal, principal of Government …
JAMSHEDPUR: Nearly two lakh students from over 100 schools took an oath on Tuesday to not use polythene in their day to day life. The oath taking programme, organized by the district administration as part of preparations for No Polythene day on October 2, witnessed an overwhelming response with students …
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Turning a blind eye to climate change will come at a price the world can no longer afford to pay, the director of a documentary produced by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio said on Monday. "We can no longer turn a blind eye to the issue …
Leonardo DiCaprio has unveiled his climate change documentary “Before the Flood” at the Toronto International Film Festival, saying the film is intended to “give the scientific community a voice.” The film was directed by Fisher Stevens. It chronicles DiCaprio’s exploits around the globe to raise awareness about climate change. DiCaprio …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On this upcoming International Literacy Day on Sep 8, Kerala State Literacy Mission (KSLM) is set to launch Environment literacy campaigns in 75 taluks spread across 14 districts of the state. It is for the first time that a massive environmental literacy campaign is planned to be organised in …
The Karnataka Biodiversity Board and the Western Ghats Task Force have entrusted the CES with the task to undertake the biodiversity mapping of Uttara Kannada. The Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has invited students to participate in its project to prepare a biodiversity …
