A two-day International Conference on Sustainability Education was held in Delhi on Sep 9-10 where experts, academicians, activists and practitioners felt mainstreaming sustainability in education is still a huge but necessary challenge Inauguration ceremony Even as the UNESCO’s Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development, which expires later this year and a new framework is being worked out …
An elective course in Waste & Environment Management and a PG Diploma in Waste Management that includes internship will be introduced in January next year for those who would like to take up a career in the field of Swachhata (cleanliness) mission. This move will also supply human resource to the emerging field of cleanliness. The plans were disclosed by …
That Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) or Central Schools continue to be ‘the best school model’ in India was proved yet again, when two KVs from Kerala–Kendriya Vidyalaya Ottapalam and Kendriya Vidyalaya Army Cantt, Pangode—walked away with the prestigious Changemakers Award at the Green School Programme Awards ceremony held in New Delhi on February 7. In all five awards were given in …
The World Environment Day on June 5 was marked and celebrated in India much like the rest of the world with school children/youth and other groups including local government bodies and environmentalists organizing various customary awareness generation activities, dedications, plantation drives etc. India on October 2, 2014 has embarked on a cleanliness campaign popular known as Swachh Bharat with the …
Dr.Nitesh Dhawan, Public Servant and Author The global summits held over the critical issues of environment platforms have reflected more global discord than consensus when it comes to sharing of responsibilities in the whole environmental scenario. The recent example is the announcement of the US President Donald Trump to pull out of the Paris accord which intended to bring all …
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014 and kick started the plans to build toilets and provide sanitation facilities across the country. Under “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, the government has promised “total sanitation” by 2019, which means every household in India will have a toilet by the targeted deadline. So let us take a look at why …
