Environment Awareness Programme 2013

Environment Awareness Programme 2013

Every year people around the globe are celebrating World Environment Day on 5th of June since 1972, while our Group has been planting saplings surrounding our Community. We have planted more than 100 saplings these past years but what made us think is we are alone planting trees since two decades but no one is taking such measures in our locality, so we thought of creating awareness around us and thus leads to plant more saplings in & around our community. For making the program a mass one, we need to provide more materials like pamphlets, charts, posters, banners, etc., on environment. So we thought of getting help from an organization. Our Rovers contacted the leading Environmental Organizations around the city and got connected with the largest environmental research center in the state (i.e) the C. P. Ramaswamy Environment Education Centre. They came to help us and we brought the required materials to exhibit. We planned to exhibit the materials at Villivakkam railway station where thousands of people pass through the station every hour. Our group officials got the permission from the Station master to exhibit the charts, posters, etc. We exhibited the materials in an organized manner without giving any disturbance to the public passengers in the station. The given materials were on the topic of Bio-diversity and Climate Change. Every chart gave the message of the causes and the effects of Climate Change and Bio-diversity. Around thousands of people got awaked of the World Environment Day and the awareness of the programme and many took the pledge that, they will try to plant some saplings. The programme was officially inaugurated by Shri. Hariharan (Station Master/Villivakkam Rly. Station) in the presence of our Group Leader Scouts Shri. Arivazhagan.V Hwb/Scouts, with other group Leader Scouts and all other scouters of Subhas Scout Group at 7:30 am. The programme was inaugurated with a portable flag mast and it was hoisted by our Duty-leader scout. Many other group officials of various districts visited the programme. Booklets were issued to the visitors containing details about Climate change in Tamil. The public passengers were asking doubts and our rovers made it clarified. Most of them appreciated us for doing such type of awareness programs where people are not aware of it. The awareness programme was ended by 11.30 am. The Scouts & Rovers who participated and volunteer the programme were of 15 members. This Programme is one of the biggest in the history of our group (i.e) conducting awareness programme to a mass in terms of public. And it’s going to be a milestone in Subhas Scout Group. Highlights of the Programme:  Approx. Thousands of people got aware of World Environment Day.  Most of the visitors were clarified about Bio-diversity and Climate Change.  Around 200 visitors were given booklets of the content about Climate Change has been explained in local language (Tamil).
Number of participants
20
Service hours
200
Topics
Youth Programme
Global Support Assessment Tool
Youth Engagement

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