25th January 2011 ‘This is my plant!’ piped a tiny student of Sacred Heart High School, proudly showing off her sapling. We were impressed—these students, and their eco-club in particular, have taken decisive steps to make their school a greener and healthier place. Our visit began with the eco-club, led by their teacher Mrs. Nirmala, showing us their garbage management system, where wet waste is composted and used as fertilizer for plants. This led us to their next initiative, a small garden of medicinal plants. They then explained how they’ve succeeded in combining environmental consciousness with utility by setting up an organic garden where they grow vegetables with the manure generated from the school’s wet waste. They also went on to show us how they are trying to involve other students in their greening activities by getting them to bring their own plants to the nursery.
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can i send the PowerPoint Presentation i made as well?
Our trip started at 8 oclock on 16th feb from our school itself.
Our first visit was to the Vigyan Ashram at Pabal. The Vigyan Ashram was founded by the Late. Shrinath Shishgiri Kalbag in 1983. It believes in the philosophy of learning while doing. It is basically set up for failed students and drop outs who are taught how to lead a normal and comfortable. They have four subjects mainly comprising of Agriculture and Animal husbandry, engineering, electrical, energy and environment related work, and home and health. They also have a small place where they are taught laser and radium cutting.
Nighoj was a beautiful place. It had potholes all around and the river Kukadi flowed through the centre.
The village of ralegan siddhi was built by Shri anna hazaare . anna believed in 5 principles:-
Kurhadbandi- meaning no cutting of trees
Charaibandhi – meaning no animal grazing
Nashaabandhi- no intoxication by means of drugs, alcohol etc.
Nasbandhi- proper family planning
And shramdaan- meaning devoting your time to work
The village of Hivre Bazaar was built by Shri Popatrao Pawar. It is situated in amednagar district. Located in the rain shadow area of the Sahyadari range , Hiware Bazar faced an acute water crisis and severe land degradation during the 1970s. Driven by a desire to improve the condition of the village, Popatrao Pawar came to the village from Ahmednagar. In 1990, he won the elections and became the sarpanch. From there began the transformation of Hiware Bazar. Each resident of Hiware Bazar village now earns almost double of most of the country’s rural population.
Morachi chincholi was the place we were staying in for the 3 days we were at pune. It is a beautiful place where peacocks and lots of tamarind trees can be seen.
We would like to thank the TERI organizers for such an amazing trip and our school for giving us the opportunity to have this excursion. We hope to have many more such trips.