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 …
Patna: More than 400 students of St Xavier's High School (SXHS) took out a road show outside the school campus on Tuesday in association with Patna traffic police to create awareness about ill effects of noise pollution. The event, organised by Students' Oxygen Movement, saw the Xaverians telling passers-by the …
Vikas Gupta, Chief Conservator of Forests and Director (SGNP), helps us understand how he aims to instill environmental conscience in citizens in the new year Here we are, at the start of yet another year, brimming with hope and full of vigour to realise our dreams and aspirations. While personal …
Keri: Volunteers of the Vivekanand environment awareness brigade of Keri-Sattari presented a street play to create environment awareness at a nature orientation camp organized by the extension and mural services of Goa University. Girls students from various educational institutions from Bicholim and Sattari took part in the camp wherein a …
For the first time, the core Mood-I team has made a conscious effort to make the fest a paperless one, in a bid to do their bit for the environment. Every edition of Mood Indigo (Mood-I) — IIT-Bombay’s annual cultural festival — is known to bring in some innovation or …
Indore : A day after the University Grants Commission (UGC) directed universities across the country to teach ill-effects of fireworks to students, the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), on Tuesday said that it would prepare a module for the subject with help from the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPPCB). “The …
KANPUR: Nearly 3000 students of various government and private schools passed several resolutions to conserve environment at `Parliament of Children' in the `Numaish-Pandal' at the ongoing Mahotsav in Etawah, on Saturday. Noted environmentalist and Raman Magsaysay Award winner- Chandi Prasad Bhatt, who was the chief guest on the occasion and …
The Government today announced that a series of stamps depicting the entire environmental profile of the country will be launched soon. Speaking after releasing the commemorative stamp to mark the Centenary year of Zoological Survey of India here today, Union Minister of Communication and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad …
With global warming leading to climatic changes, the future of our environment now depends upon environmental conservation. And to instill this knowledge among the current generation of students, an environment film festival has been organised by Enviro Vigil in Thane in December. In the past few years we have witnessed …
Voting is open to the public now till November 30th 2015 Mobile Film Festival is an officialevent of the COP21 1 Mobile - 1 Minute - 1 Film Paris, November 3, 2015 – The Mobile Film Festival announced today its official selection consisting of 75 one-minute films from 27 countries …
Around 500 students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here have launched a campaign to save the Western Ghats. They have demanded that the Centre hold wider consultations on the draft notification of the High-Level Working Group (HLWG), also known as the Kasturirangan Committee report, which reduces the Ecologically …
Interested in saving the environment? CSE can provide the training and information you’ll need. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which was established in 1980, focuses on advocacy by spreading awareness on issues concerning the environment. The CSE primarily conducts research with the intent of simplifying facts relating to …
The government was constantly trying to encourage forest and environmental awareness among residents and expected a huge participation in the novel initiative, said Javadekar. In a bid to create forest and environmental awareness among residents, the department of forests has initiated an online competition on ‘Environment, Climate Change and Forest’ …
As many as 100 schools across the district will be getting lessons in environment conservation under the Microsoft Create to Inspire School in the district. Launched by PAHAL, NGO, in association with Microsoft India, the programme will see the students of 40 government and 60 private schools in the district …
In an effort to show commitment to the protection of fauna, Namibia will soon open its own school of excellence for wildlife protection training at the Waterberg Plateau Park in the Otjozondjupa Region. The centre will train game rangers from across the country. Namibia has in recent times been rocked …
A survey has shown that 30% of people in the UK believe that more should be done to educate school children about recycling. Conducted by Direct365, the research highlighted that more needs to be done to inform future generations on how to minimise waste and promote eco-friendliness. As part of …
The Centre has agreed to sanction Western Ghats Development Institute to Karnataka for conservation of the ecologically sensitive areas of Western Ghats in six States. The institute would be set up on 117 acres at Chakra in Shivamogga district for undertaking research and management of the Western Ghats, one of …
In a globalised world witnessing climate change, dis ciplines related to sustainability and environmental management are gaining in importance. Earlier, this was a niche field because few organisations focussed on the environment as a policy matter. Today, business and governments realise the need to focus on sustainable management and more …
A parliamentary panel has recommended introduction of environment as a compulsory subject in schools in Jammu to create awareness among students. The department related parliamentary standing committee on science and technology and environment and forests also said that effective steps should be taken for disposal of waste during Mata Vaishno …
PANAJI: Teachers from 300 schools who gathered at Kala Academy on Tuesday, listened with rapt attention as members of the solid waste management cell of the department of science and technology educated them on solid waste management in their schools. The teachers training programme organized on behalf of the monitoring …
JAIPUR: Prime minister Narendra Modi's ambitious programme Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is set to become a part of curriculum in the Rajasthan textbooks. Education minister Vasudev Devnani has asked the Rajasthan Pustakalaya Mandal, a body which revises the course content in state textbooks, to prepare course content on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan …
