World Environment Day 15.06.2010 Program

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Report of Celebration of World Environment day

Many species, One Planet, One future

Make, Galle Clean & Green Bio Energy City


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Background

The most important significant event of

the Galle city is developing to Clean

and Green Bio Energy City. Since last

few years many organizations andgovernment institutes are implementing

many programs to environment

conservation. HELP-O is a leading

organization that implements newly

things and demonstrate many programs

to world.

The organization expect to implement

new concept that is Make Galle, Clean &

Green Bio Energy City under that concept establish a monitoring committee and haveaction plan to reach to that goal. And 01st June 2010 gather this committee and discuss

about World environment day and related activities that we can jointly implement as a

city level. The committee members discuss about this event and how all stakeholders

can contribute for city level program and what the activities we propose to implement

are. HELP-O was looking the outside support for this program and Sri Lanka Nature

Forum agreed to provide some financial support for the city level program that expect

to implement with the Galle Municipal Council and HELP-O. The 2010 world

environment day theme was many species, One Planet, One future. HELP-O is

dedicated to reach to that theme and protect the environment and working in activelyto reach to that theme.

On 15th June 2010 HELP-O and Galle Municipal Council (GMC) jointly organized a

program to celebrate it. The main stake holders agreed to provide the contribution that

can provide by them for the city level program.

Environment day Activities

Organize a Tree Planting program in identified places of the city Organize a Cleaning Program with involvement of stakeholders to clean the costal

area and the identified places

Conduct awareness programs for the school children


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What is the necessity for tree planting?Great hop of the HELP-O is to Make Galle Clean &

Green Bio Energy City. In 2002 HELP-O implemented

tree planting program with the support of UNDP /SGP/ GEF program and this is a continue step of the

tree planting program. HELP-O introduced a concept

name Make Galle Clean & Green City. We have

developed that concept. On the Tsunami time many

people could able to save their lives because of those

trees and some trees were destroy because of the

Tsunami disaster.

On the meeting many members express their ideas about planting new trees within the

city and got a common decision to plant the trees in identify places. With the activeinvolvement all participants could able to identify the places which suitable for tree

planting.

HELP-O agreed to provide plants and cover to

protect the trees and GMC agreed to provide

the labors and tools for tree planting. Even

Galle Prison and Navy camp Galle agreed to

provide the people to help tree planting

program. SLNF also agreed to provide the

cooperation for this activity too and with thecombination of all stakeholders.

Finally able to plant the trees identified places

with support and active involvement of the all

stakeholders. As a first step we planted the trees in Coastal Road of the city and one

School.

Great Combination for Make Galle Clean and Green


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Effect of the activity

Able to implement integrated sustainableprogram in city level

Reach from one step to Make Galle Clean andGreen Bio Energy City Concept

Able to implement sustain solution for carbondioxide problem

Able to get many organizations and peopleattraction for this work

Citizens agreed to expand this activity to manyplaces

Identified more places to plant the trees Able to give strong message to community about

environment conservation and important of trees

S ignificant step for reach Make Galle Clean & Green Bio Energy City

As one of demonstrate and important activity

planned is Clean the city with involve of the

committee. GMC, Galle prison and Navy

camp was helped to provide the people for

this work and jointly implement this valuable

work. Even they helped to plant the trees.

On that day they clean the Galle city and this

is the beginning step for that this was join

effort to world environment day.


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The all activities conducted in same day in

the city and same time with the chair of the

Hon. Galle Mayor. From this activity could

able to segregate the waste and clean the

roads cut the grasses of the roads. The all

stakeholders were actively participate for

this program and participated people also

were much interest to get chance to

participate for this program.

Even this was huge message for citizen that

could able to give in one day because many places had various programs in one time

with combination of many stakeholders.

Effect of the activity

Integrated step for Make Galle Clean & Green Bio Energy City Citizens also involved to this cleaning program Got huge attention this program Able to give strong message to public that should clean the city Able to give strong demonstration for our concept among the people

New Milestone on Galle City Environment daySchool children are the focal point of

tomorrow world because they will get

responsible tomorrow. HELP-O decided to

conduct many activities in school level with

the great combination of school environment

club. Sangamitta Girls College has been

chosen for this program. Why we select this

school because we already constructed a

biogas unit for that school and on the otherhand they have experience about waste

management and already they involve to our

concept too. The school is dedicating to protect the environment and already

implementing many activities for reach that goal with involvement of the School

Environment Club.


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We have been organized below activities in

school with great combination of school

environment club

Tree Planting program inside of the School Drama about environment conservation and

bad effects of tree cutting and air pollution

Awareness creation program about worldenvironment day importance and its benefits

Exchange the previous environmentactivities which have done by the

Environment Club

The whole program conducted on the same day according to the city program. Through

this could able to give strong message to School children as well as for the school

teachers.

HELP-O sponsored to trees and covers to Sangamitta

School and Mr. Chathura Welivitiya conducted the

awareness program about the importance of the day and

benefits of the environment conservation. Basically he

aware the children about how human activities are been

effect to environment and how its reaction for human

being and environment. Even aware how we can protect

the environment for our tomorrow and its important.

And he aware the participants about global warming,climate change and its bad effects and what we can do

today from our scale to minimize it and bad effects of the

pop gas. Specially he explained about the bad effects of

burning the polythene and plastic and how we can

protect the environment.

Then Environment club present about their

previous activities and experience about their

working area. The drama about environment

conservation was much effective for the school

children to learn about that. The whole program

was success and able to give a strong message

about world environment day. The ceremony

activities are well planned and organized and

able to cover all areas of environment day.


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Effect of the Activity

Give a strong message to children about important of environment day andenvironment conservation

Get involvement of children participation to plant the trees Change the attitudes about burning polythene and plastic Increase the skills of school children Increased the knowledge of Global warming and Climate change and important of

the celebrate of world environment day

Aware about the Air Pollution and bad effects of Tree cutting Integrated approach for environment conservation programs Reach by one step from Make Galle Clean & Green Bio Energy City concept Got requests to conduct this kind of programs to other schools of the city Expand the tree Planting program within the School area Stop the polythene burning of every house and school

This was a good opportunity for the

school children to show their talents

to teachers and for the distinguish

guests who came to the world

environment day ceremony.

This program was effective to

increase their talents as well as for

give strong message to other

students of the school.


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Special moments of City Program

A part of Participated guests Hon. Galle Mayor planting a tree

Mr. Chathura planting a tree

Part of planted trees of city Good effort to protect environment


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About the Environment day program ..

This program is an integrated approach to Make Galle Clean & Green Bio Energy City.

HELP-O and Galle Municipal Council (GMC) jointly organized this program as a city

program for this year. The program was success because many stakeholders were

participated and contributed to this program. This city level program was success

because we got many institutes and organizations contribution for this program.

Under this program we could able to implement many activities in city level and this

was a good example to other cities how celebrate and implement programs with the

coordination and contribution of others. Public and Private sector also participate for

this event. This step was a beginning and we expect to expand this program on few

stages within the City. Our final destination is to develop the Galle City as a Clean and

Green Bio Energy city and we expect to reach that goal with involvement of all citizen

and institutions and organizations of the city.

Teachers involvement to plant trees and protect the environment


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Finally we want to thanks to all participants to contribute their strength to make clean

and green this city. Especially for Central Environment Authority (CEA), Road

Development Authority (RDA), Wild Life Conservation Society, Forest Department,

wild-life department and Chamber of Commerce On the other hand also HELP-O and

GMC would like to thanks to the institutions and organizations who contributed for

this program to success this program. As citizen and organization our wish is

M a k e G a l l e C l e a n & G r e en B io E n e r g y C it y a n d we ar ew o r k in g o n i t a s in t e g r a t e d p r o c e s s ..

HELP-O,No.364/18, Samagi Mawatha, Dangedara,

Galle, Sri Lanka

Email [email protected]

T.P /Fax: + 94 91- 4380121 91- 2226818

Galle Municipal Council,Galle, Sri Lanka

Email - [email protected]

T.P +94 91 - 2234276

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World Environment Day 15.06.2010 Program