The DHAN Foundation, a leading non-government organisation in the city, in partnership with the Department of Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu, organised the ‘Madurai Walkathon 2012' here on Saturday to create an awareness on climate change adaptation with emphasis on ‘Say no to plastics, Save the Planet Earth'. Mr Rajan Chellappa, Mayor, Madurai Corporation, flagged off the event which started at Mariamman Teppakulam and reached Tamukkam grounds. Over 3,000 participants including women, farmers, students from school and colleges participated.

It needed a survey to confirm what we’ve known for long — that we’re too apathetic to Mumbai’s cleanliness. BSc Biotechnology students of the Thakur College have found that although citizens in the city are aware of issues dogging the environment, they lack either the motivation to join an eco-campaign or the ability to sustain it in the long run.

The survey found that most of the 500 adults from Thakur Village in Kandivli (E), one of the most plush areas in the city, were willing to participate in environmental awareness drives, but only 5% of them showed up.

New Delhi:While more serious environmental concerns are being raised at the CMS Vatavaran film festival, a separate segment has been dedicated to the children. Other than screening films on issues like wildlife, special workshops on comic making and wildlife filmmaking are also being conducted.
A two-day workshop on comic making concluded on Thursday in which 18 children from Classes IX to XII applied their artistic talents to transferring environment issues on paper.

How can we save the environment from pollution and global warming? Who is more aware of the environment? And who has been doing what to promote a clean and green environment?

Answering these questions were school children from Delhi, Indore, Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar at the ‘Green-I Contest' organised by Carrier India, CII and Indian Green Building Council here this week.

A minute of keeping the tap open without reason can send up to 10 precious litres of water down the drain.
Many little-known water facts such as this were discussed at a workshop hosted by Rotary Club of Jamshedpur on Sunday in a bid for a greener planet.
Titled Water Literacy, the meet was held for the community at large, including students, households, buildings and industrialists, with an aim to educate people about conservation to benefit future generations.

The Environment Ministry is reviewing the country's environment education system, said Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa. He said that the International Union for Conservation of Nature Sri Lanka Office is assisting the ministry in this task.

The Minister said that the aim of this review is to assess the situation and improve the status of environment awareness, education and training in the country. The minister was addressing the 5th IUCN Asia Region Conservation Forum held in Korea from September 26 to 30.

SHILLONG: Together with the rest of the world, the International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer was observed in Tura today with day-long programmes, including tree plantations and various competitions for students. To mark the occasion, the Social Forestry Division, Tura, in collaboration with the Integrated People for Tourism and Conservation (IPTAC), NSS of Tura Government College and Don Bosco College organized an impressive function at the conference hall of Don Bosco College, here.

College students, volunteers, environmental activists and Corporation sanitary workers came together to take up a cleaning drive aimed at making wards 1 to 6 in Srirangam and Thiruvanaikovil areas plastic-litter free under a ‘Masilla Tiruchi' (Clean Tiruchi) campaign organised under the auspices by the Environmental Protection Forum here on Friday.

The campaign was taken up by the Forum in association with Srimad Andavan Arts and Science College and the Tiruchi Corporation to create a plastic-free model zone in the city.

NCERT, in its latest guideline, has allocated scores to environment education in the schoolleaving examinations. Assessments will now be based on how active the examinee has been ‘on the ground.’ Diptiman Dewan reports on a new book published in response to this development