GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World

20th January, 2011         With every school we come across we see that the children have  developed environmentally-friendly  values and behaviours.  They understand quite well about climate change and   other emnvironmental problems that are posing  a threat for our survival on this Planet. Our session here began with the students listing  out the  activities they have carried out to conserve water in their schools and communities. It was good to see the enthusiasm with which  they spoke about all the tasks they have completed from our last session's 'my school saves water challenge'. They had spread awareness regarding water shortage in their school and neighborhoods.   Alden  then introduced the topic of 'Energy' to the students by asking them to list out the various changes in our lifestyles we have undergone and how our dependence on technology has increased our dependence on energy! Then, Jessica spoke ...

November 22, 2011 We found ourselves today at St. Jerome High School Kashi-Mira nice and early for our first session here for the Green Schools Campaign’s second edition. A new entrant in the Green School’s Campaign, the students for the session included boys and girls from the Eighth Standard; all wondering what was in store for this special session. All bright and bubbly, we ourselves wondered what was in store for us. The session began with Fr. Savio telling the students about the Green Schools Campaign, and the work that GreenLine has been doing. He then took them totally into the session by easing them into questions on water, and their attitude towards it. This was followed by GreenLine’s mini-documentary on Respecting and Valuing Water, a look at the city’s water problems, and a number of different outlooks towards the same.  Following this, Jessica told the students present about different stats on water that the city of Bombay and India have. The third part of the se...