October-2017– March-2018 Issue 1

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Connecting People To Nature

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INTRODUCTION

National Green Corps is a major initiative of MoEF & CC launched in 2001.The objective of

the programme is to establish “National Green Army" in schools all over the state to create aware-

ness on environment and carry out action based programmes for protection and improvement of

environment. EMPRI is serving as Nodal Agency for NGC in Karnataka, since Jan, 2009.

Sl.No Category of School No. of Eco-clubs

formed

1 Government High School 4423

2 Government Aided High

School 2546

3 Government Higher Primary

School 1531

Total 8,500

Eco-Clubs each year undertake various activities at three levels. The first level of activity

namely awareness based activity eg. Rally/jathas, expert talks, educative film shows/seminars,

the second level activity is more about action and observation like survey outings, data collec-

tion, record keeping and the third level activity is more action oriented which entails activities

like Plantations, vermicomposting, water/energy conservation and sanitation. The Eco-Club pro-

gramme grant-in-aid has been increased from Rs-2500/- to Rs-5000/- per Eco-Club for carrying

environment awareness programme from the year 2017-18. The NGC team is involved in provid-

ing continuous support and assistance to implement and strengthen the progamme by conduct-

ing regular school visits and also conducting training/ workshops for eco-club teacher in-charge

and the district level officers.

“Where there is Green, there is Prosperity”

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Environmental Protection Day - Rashtriya Ikyatha Sapthaha

Environmental Protection Day of Rastriya Ikyatha Sapthaha was celebrated on 25.11.17 at

Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute as per the orders of Karnataka Govern-

ment order. The programme was held in the Chairmanship of Director of EMPRI. On the occasion

of this programme Dayananda Kannada High School which is an Eco-club school was invited.

Essay Competition as well as Quiz Competition was conducted for the School Children. Books and

Brochure on 23 Environmental Days was distributed for the prize winners. Rastriya Ikyatha

Sapthaha Pledge was also taken on this occasion.

Rashtriya Ikyatha Sapthaha pledge taken from EMPRI staff and School Students

Drawing Competition and Prize Distribution

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Prakriti Khoj-Online Environment Quiz

Prakriti Khoj-Online Environment Quiz is a National level Online Quiz Programme which

had been launched by MoEF & CC under NGC Programme. Prakriti Khoj quiz programme consists

of 5 Rounds. Schools have sent the list of nominations of students to EMPRI. EMPRI consolidated

the list of students further sent to MoEF & CC for the generation of Password and User Id. The stu-

dents who had received the Password and User Id were eligible for participation in the quiz. A to-

tal of 2931 students had registered from Karnataka state. The first round of quiz was held be-

tween 25.09.17 till 27.10.17 and 908 students had been qualified for second round which was

held on 06.11.17 till 14.11.17. A total of 279 students had been qualified for third round quiz and

had been held on 20.11.17 till 24.11.17. As per the schedule the fourth round quiz 4.12.17 till

06.12.17 in which 43 students from Karnataka were qualified and the fifth round which was to be

held on 18.12.17 till 20.12.17 was not conducted as the fourth round was declared as the final

round and the winners list would be sent from MoEF & CC. All participants would get the e-

certificate and the winners would get cash prize & e-certificate.

Age group and Prize Distribution.

PRIZES

S.No Age Group 1st prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Consolation Prize Total

1 8-12 Rs 50,000/-(1) Rs 40,000/-(2) Rs 25,000/-(5) Rs 10,000/-(10) 18 prizes

2 13-15 Rs 50,000/-(1) Rs 40,000/-(2) Rs 25,000/-(5) Rs 10,000/-(10) 18 prizes

3 16-18 Rs 50,000/-(1) Rs 40,000/-(2) Rs 25,000/-(5) Rs 10,000/-(10) 18 prizes

Total 54 prizes

“Today's children are the global citizens of tomorrow. They influence their families and shape their attitudes, and thereby the society. So, children, during their formative years (5 to 14), when they are most receptive to messages and information, need to be educated about the environment and the long-term impact of our present actions. This will have a cascading effect on society”

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World Ozone Day Prize Distribution

On the Occasion of World Ozone Day 2017 MoEF & CC conducted Painting and Slogan Writing Competition in the Eco-club schools .10 students from Karnataka got prizes EMPRI ar-ranged prize distribution ceremony on 21-02-2018, at the office of Hon’ble Minister of Forest, En-vironment and Ecology at Vidhana Soudha, Ambedkar Veedhi Bengaluru-1. Smt. Vandita Sharma, IAS Addl. Chief Secretary, Dept. of Forests, Ecology & Environment gave away the prizes to all the Prize winners.

World Ozone Day Prize Distribution

Sl No.

Students Name

Name of the School

Com-petitio

n

Prize No

Prize Amou

nt

1 Akshatha B P

GHS, Chikkamaga-luru

Paint-ing

I 10,000

2 Darshan Vidyayinee HS, Dakshina Kannada

Paint-ing

II 7,000

3 Mrunalini N Kul-karni

Divine Providence HS, Belagavi

Paint-ing

III

5,000

4 Sachin GPUC, Belthanga-dy, Dakshina Kan-nada

Paint-ing

IV 2,000

5 Bharath M G

Sri Ramakrishna HS, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada

Paint-ing

V 2,000

Sl No.

Students Name

Name of the School

Com-petitio

n

Prize No

Prize Amou

nt

6 Bha-gyashree

GHS, Baikampady, Dakshina Kannada

Slogan Writ-ing

I 10,000

7 Vittala K GHS, Maliikatte, mangalore

Slogan Writ-ing

II 7,000

8 Keerthana GHS, Gundmi, Udupi

Slogan Writ-ing

III 5,000

9 Suhas A Sri Ramakrishna HS, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada

Slogan Writ-ing

IV 2,000

10 Namratha N Mukri

Gibbs Girls HS, Kumta, Uttara Kannada

Slogan Writ-ing

V 2,000

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World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day was celebrated on 02.02.18 to commemorate the signing of interna-tional treaty “’Ramsar Convention on Wetlands” in 1971 for conservation of wetland at the global level. This day was celebrated at Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute as per the orders of MoEF and CC. On that occasion Sarakki Government High School which was an Eco-club school was invited. Students were taken to a nearby wetland visit to Puttenahalli Lake for bringing awareness on the day. Importance of wetlands was explained to students. Bird identifi-cation activity was taken up by naturalists like Sri. T. S.Srinivasa and Sri.Prasad. Painting Competi-tion and Quiz Competition was conducted for the Children. Prizes in the form of Books and Certifi-cates were distributed for the winners.

Rally Conducted during World Wetland Day

Importance of Wetlands & Birds Identification was taken up by Naturalists Sri,

T S Srinivas & Sri Prasad during World Wetland Day

The Convention’s mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and na-tional actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable de-velopment throughout the world”.

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NGC Team’s Visit to Schools

NGC team was supposed to conduct school visits as suggested and approved by the chair-man of State Steering Committee.

In order to disseminate information about NGC Programme and review the activities taken up by the Eco-clubs, NGC team of EMPRI visited a total of 44 schools as against the 40 schools tar-get fixed in State Steering Committee. During the school visit, the format of eco club report, utili-zation certificate and basic information in detail was explained to the in charge teachers. NGC team also addressed the eco club members in each school visited and noted the problems faced by the teachers while conducting the eco club activities and suggested easy methodology to imple-ment the same.

Govt. High School, Gojanur, Gadag District Govt. High School, Hosalingapura Koppal District

Govt. High School, Belawadi, Mysore District

Govt. Higher Primary School, Lakshmeshwara Gadag District

Govt. Higher Primary School, Lakshmeshwara Gadag District

Govt. Higher Primary School, Doddamalthe Ko-dagu District

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Details of School visited by NGC team during 2017-18

Sl

No District

Block

/Taluk Name of the School Date of visit

1

Koppal

GMHPS, TBP Munirabad

14.03.18

Koppal

2 Govt High School Hosalingapura

3 GMHPS, Hulagi

4 GMHPS, Agalakere

5 Gangavathi

Govt High School Anegundi

6 GMHPS Anegundi

7

Gadag

Gadag Rural

KMPS Asundi

15.03.18

8 Govt Girls High School, Hulakoti

9 SKVP Govt High School Anthur Benthur

10 Shirahatti Govt High School Gojanur

11 Lakshmishwar GHPS Lakshmeshwara

12

Dharwad

Navalgund NGB Govt High School, Shirur

16.03.18 &

17.03.18

13

Dharwad

Rural

Nehru composite PU college and Govt High School, Hebballi

14 Morarji Desai School, Hebballi

15 Govt High School, Maradagi

16 Sri. NAMM Police children’s Residential School, Dharwad

17 Dharwad

Urban Presentation Girls High School, Dharwad Town

18 Kalagatagi

Govt High School Kuruvinakoppa

19 Govt High School Chalamatti

20 Hubli Hubli Rural Govt High School Anchatagiri 17.03.18

21

Mysore

Mysore

Govt High School Devalapura

22.03.18

22 Govt High School Belawadi

23 Govt High School Ilawala

24 Govt High School Hootagalli

25 Govt High School Koppala

26 Govt High School Metagalli

27

Kodagu

Somwarpete

Govt Higher Primary School Doddamalathe

23.03.18

28 Govt Higher Primary School Gonimarooru

29 Govt High School Gonimarooru

30 Govt Higher Primary School Somwarpete

31

Madikeri

Govt High School kadagadalu 24.03.18

32 Govt Higher Primary School Chettalli

33 Govt High School Abyatmangala

34

Kolar

Araleri Govt Higher Primary School Araleri 26.03.18

35 Huralagere Govt Higher Primary School Huralagere

36 Malur

GMHPS, Malur

37 Govt Higher Primary School Habbenahalli

38

Rama-

nagara

Bidadi Shri Basaveswara Swamy Rural high School

27.03.18

29

Ramanagara

GKMPS, Ramanagara Town

40 Govt High School Bilagumba

41 Govt High School Kailancha

42 Govt Higher Primary School Kailancha

43 Girls Govt Junior College,

44 Boys Govt Junior College, Ramanagara Town

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Training Programmes conducted under the NGC programme during 2017-2018

State Level Training

This training was conducted at EMPRI in 4 phases for the selected Head Masters and In charge teachers who are also part of the DIMC committees. It was a two days training which concluded with 72 participants from 34 districts of Karnataka. School annual report which has been prescribed by MoEF&CC was discussed in detail. There were question and answer sessions and also feedback was collected from the partici-pants. The participants were also given participa-tion certificates. Apart from this resource materi-als mentioned below were also given during the workshop.

Sl.

No. Date No. of Districts

No. of

partici-

1 29-01-2018 15 36

2 30-01-2018 19 36

Total 34 72

Taluk Level Training

SATCOM (Satellite Communication) tele-conference training was conducted on 28th Feb-ruary 2018 at DSERT (Department of State Edu-cational Research & Training) in which 3598 participants had participated from 34 Educa-tional districts.

Sl No. Districts No. of par-

ticipants

1 Bagalkote 59

2 Bangalore Rural 150

3 Bangalore South 46

4 Belgaum 248

5 Bellary 20

6 Bidar 40

7 Bijapur 16

8 Chamarajnagar 35

9 Chikballapur 119

10 Chikmagalur 233

11 Chikkodi 72

12 Chitradurga 56

13 Dakshina Kannada 92

14 Davanagere 195

15 Dharwad 26

16 Gadag 60

17 Gulbarga 143

18 Hassan 110

19 Haveri 285

20 Kodagu 157

21 Kolar 164

22 Koppal 50

23 Madhugiri 47

24 Mandya 86

25 Mysore 142

26 Raichur 42

26 Shimoga 57

27 Sirsi 250

28 Tumkur 105

29 Udupi 217

30 Uttara Kannada 239

31 Yadgiri 37

Total 3598

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That anta Heli Television Quiz programme for Eco-Club School children

Under the new Scheme on climate change (sub category – awareness creation for school children) a quiz programme – PARVA, for school children on climate change was conducted in collaboration with Doordarshan. At the outset list of 450 students studying in the 10th standard from the Education Department i.e. Bangalore North & South Talukas of Bangalore Urban District were obtained and subsequently the written examination was conducted on 07.08.2016. Further, out of 450 students 210 students attended the written exam and among 210 students 36 top scorers were selected from the written ex-am and the selected students were taken to the Doordarshan for the Climate Change Quiz programme and thereafter the recording of the quiz programme was started from 18.08.016 and ended on 24.08.2016

The same recorded programmes were telecasted in 22 episodes in the Doordar-shan Chandana TV channel in a programme titled, “Thatt Antha Heli” during the month of September, 2016. In the quiz programme environmental related books were given to the participator for the each right answer and also T-shirts, mementos and participation certificates were given to the participators. In the final round two cash prizes were kept for the winner and runner-up i.e. Rs. 5,000/- and 3,000/- respectively. EMPRI has planned to organize such more awareness programme in other social media in next finan-cial year.

Eco-clubs spread awareness about “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to

meet their own needs.”

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Snap Shots of the Climate Change Quiz Programme at DD Chandana

NGC is to provide opportunities for school children to redirect their consciousness and actions to create a more sustainable planet. Through novel educational approaches and experiences, students are taught to

go into issues in-depth.

“Where there is Green, there is Prosperity”

NATIONAL GREEN CORPS, KARNATAKA

Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute Department of Forest, Ecology & Environment, Government of Karnataka

“Hasiru Bhavan”, Doresanipalya Forest Campus, Vinayakanagara Circle,

5 th Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru -560076

Tel; 080-26490746/47 l Fax; 080-26490745

Website: www.karnataka.gov.in/EMPRI

Editorial Team :

Concept and Supervision: Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS, Director General, EMPRI.

Review and Editing: Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS, Director General, EMPRI; Dr. KH Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Director &

ENVIS Coordinator, EMPRI; Sri. Ramesha C, Project Development Officer, EMPRI; Kum. Nandini K R,

Programme Co-Ordinator, NGC., Sri. Mallesh E, Data Entry Operator, NGC.

Layout and Designing: Kum. Nandini K R, Programme Co-Ordinator, NGC., Sri. Mallesh E, Data Entry

Operator, NGC.