Awareness held.

Express Buzz , Friday, February 12, 2010
Correspondent :
A CD ROM with an interactive game called ‘Copenhagen Challenge’ was not only interesting, but also a great learning experience for the scores of students who took part in the National Environment Awareness Campaign held on Monday at the Museum Auditorium here. Six colourful posters, a set of four stickers and a CD ROM on the theme of energy conservation and climate change were what welcomed the students and teachers who participated in the programme.

The stickers were distributed to all the participants and they were asked to share it with their classmates, friends and siblings in order to ensure that the programme has maximum reach. The poster sets distributed are to be exhibited on the notice boards of the schools where other students can also make use of them.

The awareness programme was conducted as part of the National Environment Awareness Campaign 2009-10 organised jointly by the Kerala State Office of WWF-India and Centre for Environment and Development with the support of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India on the theme ‘Climate Change - combating a global phenomenon through local initiative’.

As many as 165 students from nine educational institutions of Thiruvananthapuram district participated in the programme. The campaign was inaugurated by Kerala State Pollution Control Board member secretary D. Thankamony in a function that was presided over by State director of WWF India, Renjan Mathew Varghese.

In her inaugural address, Thankamony called on the children to lead a lifestyle that would help to reduce carbon emission and thereby combat climate change. She also recollected her experience as a teacher at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, where a group of students took wonderful effort to protect the tree cover and natural flora and fauna of the campus.

In his presidential address, Renjan Mathew Varghese briefed the participants on the national and local scenario on global warming and climate change. He also highlighted the consumerist lifestyle as a major cause, knowingly or unknowingly, behind the severe hike in carbon emission. WWF education officer A.K. Sivakumar welcomed the participants and guests.

Shilo K. Dev, Programme Coordinator (Outreach) of the Centre for Environment and Development, Thiruvananthapuram and Gangadharan, Education Officer of Museum and Zoo Directorate, also spoke on the occasion. The inaugural session was followed by the preview of the recently-released documentary ‘Home’.

 
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