GreenLine - Greener People, Greener World

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a teacher? Images of strict teachers standing in front of a classroom full of students, reading out from a text book, or writing something on the board or doing something unbelievably drab is what most of us would have imagined. This was not to be the case, however, at the training session that was held by TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) for teachers in the AV Room of the Don Bosco Provincial House, at Matunga on 25th June, 2011. The program was attended by 27 teachers from 8 schools all over Mumbai, plus one teacher who had come all the way from Lonavla. And if you saw the excitement that the teachers had written all over their faces throughout, it was only a telling sign of the good time they were having. The session was conducted by Saltanat Kazi and Pallavi Barua and saw the explanation of some of the most innovative techniques teachers could use in order to teach their students about the environment, and in...

Chips! Ahh the wonderful taste of those spicy salty treats at 4.00 p.m. on a rainy evening! And how well they go with a little hot sauce, especially when I’m curled up watching a movie or chatting with a friend… And what pretty shiny packaging! Amidst all the running around to launch Green Homes and all the other stuff that happens over the course of a normal day, there’s no comfort food like my favourite pack of chips and bar(s) of chocolate. And so, I’ve realized, ‘going green’ will not be easy, even for the GreenLine team. Because with chips comes packaging, and with packaging comes a whole lot of problematic waste. The average bag of potato chips is made of several layers, great for keeping the chips crunchy but not so great for the environment. The suspects are: —A transparent film known as Surlyn, on which the brand name and cover pictures are printed —A plastic layer made of stuff called Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) —A layer of plastic known as Low Densi...

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It’s been an exciting six months, and yesterday, 18th March, was the high point of the Green Schools Campaign 2010-2011. With 12 participating schools and lots of great ideas, choosing the winners was really difficult! Nevertheless, here they are are:                  Greenest School Award: Sacred Heart High School, Vashi Greenest School — Runner up: St. Dominic Savio High School, Andheri Best New Initiative: St. Joseph’s High School, Wadala                               The programme began with an overview of the campaign, followed by a session on waste management by Dr. Amiya Kumar Sahu (President, National Solid Waste Association of India). The winning schools were then announced by Fr. Edwin (Chairman, Maschio Foundation). Each of the winners also made ...

All great things have small beginnings, goes the saying, and this was proved to us when we visited S. Anthony’s High School, Versova. The school captains, with the help of their teachers, have enlisted their fellow students in setting up a vegetable garden and composting their wet waste.

The traffic was harrowing, the surroundings noisy, and the air thick with smoke. We were in what is probably one of the most polluted areas of the city—Andheri. But in the midst of all this confusion, the campus of St. Dominic Savio High School turned out to be a green oasis. The students and their teachers are well on their way towards creating a simple and replicable model of an environment-friendly school.

The GreenLine campaign has taught us that changes depend on good leaders, and a big group of good leaders was what we found at St. Pius X High School, Mulund. Our visit began with the principal expressing his interest in implementing solar lighting in the school, and in refining the garbage segregation system. And the students we met—the school captains and environment squad members—had equally big plans!