September 13, 2011 Team GreenLine saw itself at St. Paul's Girls' Convent High School, Dadar on a warm Tuesday morning, and it was there to conduct the school's first session, in this, the Second Edition of the Green Schools Campaign.There were a good number of things we noticed as we entered the school premises itself. For one, even though there is not too much space that the school can consider its campus, there is a whole lot of environment-friendly work being done here. We noticed a number of trees all around, and also the presence of dustbins all over the place. What however, really caught attention was the fact that even though the school was going through a recess, and even though there were students eating all over the place, there was not a single chip packet, chocolate wrapper, or food waste anywhere to be seen. This shows that the girls know the value of keeping the school as tidy as possible and also that unnecessary wastage itself is wrong. Our session s
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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.