Environment Education and Climate Change

Gurgaon (Haryana)

13th – 15th November ,2008

BY

V.Ramalingam
In-Charge
Environment Education Cell
State Training Centre
Directorate of School Education
Puducherry - 605005
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

IN THE SCHOOLS OF PUDUCHERRY

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INTRODUCTION:
The importance of Environmental Education is
widely recognized all over the world, it is yet
to get its rightful place in education.

For more than three decades many

attempts have been made to impart
Environment Education, still there is
no proper solution.

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 The goal of Environmental Education is to make the

world population aware of and concerned about the

environment and its associated problems and develop

knowledge, skills and attitude, motivation and

commitment to work individually and collectively towards

solutions of current problems and the prevention of new

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Objectives of Environmental Education:

Awareness:

To acquire an awareness and sensitivity

to the total environment and its allied
problems.

Knowledge:
To gain a variety of experience and acquire
a basic understanding of the environment
and its associated problems. 5
Attitude:

To acquire a set of values and feelings

of concern for the environment and the
motivation for activity participating in
environmental improvement and
protection.

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Skills:
To acquire skills for identifying and
solving environmental problems.

Participation:

To provide opportunities to be actively

involved in all levels in working towards
resolution of environmental problems 7
To achieve these objectives and
goals many organizations are
involved in environmental
education activities in India

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In the Union Territory of Puducherry Environmental
Education cell (EEC) functioning in the State
Training Centre (STC), Directorate of School
Education is involved in E E activities for the past
two decades.

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 ACTIVITIES OF THE Env.Edn.Cell

Awareness based programmes

Action based programmes
In-Service Teacher Training programmes
Exhibitions

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Organising functions at schools
during Environment related Days

World Environment Day

Ozone Day
Wild Life week
National Environment Month
World Forest Day
Earth Day etc

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 AWARENESS RAISING

In Collaboration with CPR Env. Edn Centre, Chennai

the Eco Van travels to schools and villages to discuss
local environmental problems and screen videos
about environmental protection and sustainable
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 TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR TEACHERS
ON
ENVORONMENTAL EDUCATION

A wide cross-section of people are trained in

conservation technologies, management of
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AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAMME
FOR TEACHERS
AT
RED RIBBEN EXPRESS

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMMES
FOR CHILDREN

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PROGRAMMES INVOLVING CHILDREN

Environmental orientation to school education

Video-on-wheels
National Green Corps
On line Quiz programme
Bio Register
Surveys
Tree planting
Cleaning Campaigns etc

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Awareness raising programmes

Rallies
Campaigns
Field Visits
Exhibitions

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 World Environment Day
Ozone Day
Energy Conservation Day
Wild-Life Week

Painting, Essay
& Quiz
Competitions
Were conducted

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 Organising Field Visits to the nature spots

Groups of children are taken for green walks to

get exposed to different types of local ecosystems
like

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 Ponds
Neighbourhood area
Factory

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Activity based programmes

Tree plantations
Vermi composting
Kitchen garden
Herbal Garden
Wealth from waste

Adopt -a- tree programme

Adopting public places

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 Nursary Raising

EEC of Puducherry prepares nursery

Saplings every year and distribute them
freely in collaboration with Esha
Foundation

This year one lakh saplings prepared and

Distributed to needy schools and farmers

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METHODOLOGIES

Slide show
Film show
Field visit
Eco-games

Hands-on-activities

Craft from waste

Tree planting
Water testing
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HERBAL GARDEN IN SCHOOLS

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THE CLEANING PROGRAMME

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WATER TESTING 35
GREENING THE SCHOOL CAMPUS 36
POPULARISATION OF GIS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL

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MAPPING
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WILD-LIFE TOUR

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FOREST TRECKING

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 Generation of resource materials

Information books and pamphlets

for teachers & children prepared
and distributed by EEC on
following topics

* ARIKAMEDU
* Mangroves
* Water resources
* Disaster management
* Colourful and informative posters etc
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In-service Training programmes for teachers:

In co-ordination with PKKVK, Puducherry,

CPREEC Chennai, DRDA, Forest Department,
Puducherry, and SSA Puducherry EEC is
organizing many in-service training
programmes for various categories of
teachers on different topics of Environmental
Education.

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 Establishing eco clubs in schools

NATIONAL GREEN CORPS

Yanam - 26 Schools

Mahe - 15 Schools

Karaikal - 100 Schools

Puducherry -- 409 Schools 44

DNA clubs:

Department of Biotechnology, Government of

India has proposed establishment of DBTs
Natural Resource Awareness clubs for school
children , from this year. The main objective is
to make children scientifically aware and
participate in conserving our rich Biodiversity.

5 model schools have been selected in

Pondicherry & Karaikal regions to establish
DNA clubs
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 National Environmental Awareness
Campaign (NEAC):

NEAC is being organized every year by the

Ministry of Forest and Environment through the
Nodal Agency CPREEC Chennai. In this scheme,
schools in Puducherry actively taking part in the
awareness and action campaign based on the
theme announced by Union Ministry of Forest and
Environment. Great number of teacher, students
and public are given exposure on Environmental
Education.
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 Additional suggested
Activities:

To achieve the goals and objectives of

Environmental Education the following
activities may be carried out in the
schools

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 Knowing about
Ecological Foot Printing:

The techniques used to calculate how our life style impacts

the environment and affects the planet is called Ecological
foot printing. It is used to estimate the capacity of the land
and water in food production, materials, energy utilization
and find the amount of waste absorbed.

The knowledge about the ecological foot print has to be

given through the Environment education to shape our life
style in valuing the environment.

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Environmental Auditing in school
EA comprises of a systematic and objective evaluation of
how well the organization performs and suggests ways to
safeguard the environment. It helps to protect and sustain the
Environment and minimize the risks to human health.
While conducting EA in schools all sorts of
projects and environmental activities have to be analysed
including the utilisation of resources, energy etc. For
example
How much water is consumed in school?
How much electricity is used in the school?
How the waste water and solid wastes are disposed?
How much green cover is maintained in the school?
Has rain water harvesting device is interacted in the school?
May any impact in ground water research have done?
Based on the EA best Eco-clubs in school have to be 53
selected annually and accordingly awarded.
 Maintenance of green file:

The teacher in-charge of Eco clubs

should maintain a file consisting of all the

clippings related to the environment

which appear in newspapers and

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 EE - Problem-Solving GAMES

To provide opportunities to the students to have a

thorough knowledge about the particular issue or
problem and acquire problem solving skills

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Development of a green library
corner:

A separate almirah or shelf may be

allotted for keeping Environment
related books for reference and study
by the teachers and students.

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 Installing green bulletin Board:
This may be done using school wall space in a
prominent place various Environmental
posters, charts could be displayed from
time to time for the benefits of children.

Activities, competition results, poems,

drawing may be displayed. They become
effective communication media for eco-based
messages.
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 Participating in science
Exhibition:

Students should be encouraged to prepare

environment related exhibit based on the
theme and displaying them in various
Science Exhibitions.
Construction and maintenance of various
structures or device:
Children can be advised to develop herbal,
kitchen gardens in the school premises. They
can also setup vermi-compost pits, rainwater
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 Setting Green Lab Tables inside
Science labs:

To do eco-based investigations these

tables can be utilized by the students.
Simple soil test, Herbarium preparation etc.
can be done in this table inside the lab.

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School Green activities
A) School with space: Students should be
encouraged to collect seeds of local trees and
nursery can be raised. The prepared tree
saplings can be used for greening
campus. Excess of sapling can be shared to
needy school or even raise funds by selling them
to forest department
B) Schools without enough space: They can
maintain tuboponic Environmental Education s by
using big bamboo tubes or plastic tubes. They
also maintain potted plants. Hanging,
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terrous garden etc.
Tree adoption:

Children can adopt a tree sapling and maintain

during the period of study in the school.
Successful students can be given green
certificate.

Maintainance of public place :

Group of children may be asked to maintain

and care the plants in public place parks or
gardens
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Organising visits to environmentally
important sites:

During the vacation time Eco-tours can be

organized by the teacher. They can visits
wildlife parks, zoos, sanctuaries,
museum,
sand dunes,
coastal vegetation,
mangrove forests,
sacred groves etc and gather information.
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 Maintanance of Local Biodiversity
Register:
Local bio diversity may enumerated and all
biodiversity of their locality may be entered in
the register.

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Organising energy saving or water saving
campaigns

Best eco club award:

Best Green Student Award

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 The suggested environmental activities
will surely help to achieve the goals and
objectives of Environment Education to the
students and public, provided the attitude
of inspecting officials / Head of Institutions
and Teachers should change so as to
create a lot of opportunities for children in
schools to think and analyse the problems
and issues.

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THANK YOU
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 CPREEC AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION – 2004
Bioproductive Segments

Bioproductive segments

Shri. V. Ramalingam
Teacher, Jeevanandam Government Higher Secondary School
Karamanikuppam, Pondicherry. 70
 Metabolism like a cow

Shri. V. Ramalingam is a dedicated environmentalist and has

been instrumental in bringing awareness to the citizens of
Pondicherry about their environment. As the Teacher in-charge
of the Environment Education Cell, State Training Centre,
Government of Pondicherry and Coordinator, National Green
Corps (NGC), he has motivated and trained several teachers
and students to establish herbal gardens in schools. He has
organized environmental awareness workshops for students,
teachers and voluntary workers in the Union Territory of
Pondicherry since 1989. He has played a pivotal role in
documenting the ecological and archaeological heritage of the
Union Territory. Shri. Ramalingam has paved the way for many
school based environmental activities and eco clubs. He has led
many environmental movements and mentored many.

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 Personal planetoid

The organization want the students to come up

with new ideas and not just generic stuff, which
is why the topics they gave them also were
quite different. According V. Ramalingam,
teacher in charge, Environment Education Cell,
Education Department, many schools have
already vermin pit.

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Showcasing products made from waste
Deepa H Ramakrishnan One hectare

Exhibition to create environment awareness

PONDICHERRY: Discarded egg shells, onion peel, dry flowers, old leaves and broken coconut shells were all part of an
exhibition at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Pondicherry on Tuesday.
The exhibition, showcasing over 100 exhibits, was part of an annual National Environment Awareness campaign organised
by DIET and funded by the Central Government.
Schoolchildren got a chance to look at the models and learn how solid waste could be reused.
"We have been conducting various programmes, including drawing, slogan writing and essay writing competitions, for the
students of 22 private teacher training institutions in Pondicherry.
"The competitions were based on the topic solid waste management: so was the exhibition," said DIET Principal M.
Ayyachamy. All the 200 students of DIET were involved in setting up the exhibition. There were lots of interesting displays
from solid waste generated in homes.
Interesting display
They had made dolls of eggplant and birds from eggshells, shaped a Ganesha from dry leaves, extended the life of an old
tubelight using two capacitors and cut X-ray sheets to shape a flower vase.
In the science section, there were model charts of the human body, heart and kidney made from materials such as cotton
and bangles.
Using cotton and a tube the students had shaped a heart, which would swell up when air is blown into the tube. This model
helped to show how the heart beats.
They had also fashioned a kidney from broken glass bangles, and whistle from an old film roll container. Using paper
mache the girl students made a model of the root system. There were different kinds of houses made from materials such
as straw, fibre, mica and sheets and a temple from broomsticks.
Since the students were learning to be teachers, most of the exhibits were also fashioned as teaching-learning materials.
The students enthusiastically explained the project concepts to the visitors.
They seem to have learnt a lot of different uses for things normally discarded as rubbish.
"Resource persons from the field of solid waste management, including V. Ramalingam, state coordinator, Environment
Education Cell, and also people from the Pollution Control Board and PASIC addressed the students during the week-long
programme.
We will also have a second part to these programmes next week," said E. Swamiraj Dharmakkan, lecturer, in-service
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 People vs. nature

Centre for Cultural Resources and Training

1986 CCRT-Teachers' Award

Shri V. Ramalingam
Government High
School,
Thordamanatham P. O.,
Via Valudavur,
Pondicherry
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 Entertainment Published on Fridays

Entertainment

Award for eco education

THE CPR Environmental Education Centre will present this
year's Environment Education Award to V. Ramalingam,
teacher, Jeevanandam Government Higher Secondary
School, Pondicherry. M. S. Swaminathan, will present the
award to him at the C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyar Foundation,
Alwarpet, on June 5, at 6 p.m.

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 Painting a green and
clean picture of
Pondicherry
Deepa H Ramakrishnan

We want them to come up with new

ideas and not just generic stuff, says
expert
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ALL ATTENTION: Children of various
government schools learn about solid
waste management at a programme
organised by INTACH and the National
Green Corps in Pondicherry. — Photo:
by special arrangement

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PONDICHERRY: Many of us nurture dreams from our childhood for future. It is our
dreams that make us go on. When children dream of the present they make things
happen. For instance when they join up to keep their school clean they maintain it
that way.
The Pondicherry nodal office of the National Green Corps and INTACH recently
organised a painting competition for children of government schools on "keeping
Pondicherry clean". The children were asked to draw about the prevailing scenario
of solid waste management; the importance of source segregation and how they
would like their town to be. The children let their imagination run and the results
were really beautiful. Some compared Pondicherry with Paris while others painted
the town green and clean.
"The competition is actually a follow up to a training programme that we had given
to school teachers on solid waste management. We wanted to find out how much
they had actually passed on to the children. We will be using the good paintings in
posters that will be used to educate school children on the topic," said Brahmanand
Mohanty, energy and resource management specialist. "We want them to come up
with new ideas and not just generic stuff, which is why the topics we gave them also
were quite different," said Mr. Mohanty.
"Already many schools have vermi compost pits. We are trying to educate children
on the need to keep their homes, schools and surroundings clean," said V.
Ramalingam, teacher in charge, Environment Education Cell, Education
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 Exhibition to create environment awareness
PONDICHERRY: Discarded egg shells, onion peel, dry flowers, old leaves and broken coconut shells were all part of an
exhibition at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Pondicherry on Tuesday.
The exhibition, showcasing over 100 exhibits, was part of an annual National Environment
Awareness campaign organised by DIET and funded by the Central Government.
Schoolchildren got a chance to look at the models and learn how solid waste could be
reused.
"We have been conducting various programmes, including drawing, slogan writing and
essay writing competitions, for the students of 22 private teacher training institutions in
Pondicherry.
"The competitions were based on the topic solid waste management: so was the exhibition,"
said DIET Principal M. Ayyachamy. All the 200 students of DIET were involved in setting up
the exhibition. There were lots of interesting displays from solid waste generated in homes.
Interesting display
They had made dolls of eggplant and birds from eggshells, shaped a Ganesha from dry
leaves, extended the life of an old tubelight using two capacitors and cut X-ray sheets to
shape a flower vase.
In the science section, there were model charts of the human body, heart and kidney made
from materials such as cotton and bangles.
Using cotton and a tube the students had shaped a heart, which would swell up when air is
blown into the tube. This model helped to show how the heart beats.
They had also fashioned a kidney from broken glass bangles, and whistle from an old film
roll container. Using paper mache the girl students made a model of the root system. There
were different kinds of houses made from materials such as straw, fibre, mica and sheets
and a temple from broomsticks. 79
 Since the students were learning to be
teachers, most of the exhibits were also
fashioned as teaching-learning materials.
The students enthusiastically explained the project concepts to the visitors.
They seem to have learnt a lot of different uses for things normally
discarded as rubbish.
"Resource persons from the field of solid waste management, including V.
Ramalingam, state coordinator, Environment Education Cell, and also
people from the Pollution Control Board and PASIC addressed the students
during the week-long programme.
We will also have a second part to these programmes next week," said E.
Swamiraj Dharmakkan, lecturer, in-service branch.
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Award for eco education
THE CPR Environmental Education Centre will present
this year's Environment Education Award to V.
Ramalingam, teacher, Jeevanandam Government Higher
Secondary School, Pondicherry. M. S. Swaminathan, will
present the award to him at the C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyar
Foundation, Alwarpet, on June 5, at 6 p.m.
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