GREEN

TECHNOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTIONEnvironmental protection is a practice of protecting the natural

environment on individual, organization controlled or governmental levels, for

the benefit of both the environment and humans. Due to the pressures of over

consumption, population and technology, the biophysical environment is being

degraded, sometimes permanently. This has been recognized, and governments

have begun placing restraints on activities that cause environmental degradation.

Since the 1960s, activity of environmental movements has created awareness of

the various environmental issues.

INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Earth System Governance Project(ESGP)

• Global Environment Facility (GEF)

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

• United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP)

• World Nature Organization (WNO)

NATIONAL LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS• AKASH GANGA - RWH: RAIN CENTRE -

• ALTERNATIVE HYDRO ENERGY CENTER (AHEC), INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ROORKEE -

• CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (CEL), WWF-INDIA -CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

RESEARCH & EDUCATION (CERE)

• THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE (TERI)

• FRESHWATER ACTION NETWORK SOUTH ASIA (FANSA)

• INDIA TIGER WELFARE SOCIETY (ITWS)

• INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

(INSEDA) -

• SHAKTI SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOUNDATION SNOW LEOPARD TRUST – INDIA - SOCIETY FOR

PROMOTING PARTICIPATIVE ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT (SOPPECOM)

• WATERSHED ORGANISATION TRUST (WOTR)

• WE FOR YAMUNA

• WEST BENGAL AND BANGLADESH ARSENIC CRISIS INFORMATION CENTRE (ACIC)

• WILDLIFE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF INDIA (WPSI)

• WILDLIFE SOS, INDIA -WILDLIFE TRUST OF INDIA (WTI)

VARIOUS GREEN PRACTICES

1.Water Conservation

2. Energy Conservation

3. Solid Waste Reduction

4. Habitat Restoration

5. Building Structures for Learning about

the Environment

6. Responsible Transportation

7. Healthy School/Center

WATER SHORTAGE AREAS

IN INDIA

•The worst-hit city is Jamshedpur, where the gap between

demand and supply is a yawning 70%.

•The crisis is acute in Kanpur, Asansol, Dhanbad, Meerut,

Faridabad, Visakhapatnam, Madurai and Hyderabad — where

supply fails to meet almost 30% of the demand — according to

data provided by states which was placed in the Lok Sabha

during the recently-concluded Parliament session by the urban

development ministry.

•308 districts in India facing shortage of potable water

Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have reported the most

number of districts, 50 and 46 respectively, affected due to

water shortage

Water conservation

Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation

and deposition of rainwater for reuse on-site,

rather than allowing it to run off. Rainwater

can be collected from rivers or roofs, and in

many places the water collected is redirected

to a deep pit (well, shaft, or borehole), a

reservoir with percolation,

India faced an energy shortage of 2.1 per cent, or 24,077 million

units (MUs) and a peak shortage of 2.6 per cent, of 4,208 Mw in

2015-16.

In the last financial year, the energy shortage was 3.6 per cent

(28,138 MUs) and peak shortage was 4.7 per cent (7,006 Mw)..

ENERGY CRISIS

ENERGY CONSERVATION

•The scope: Reduce the energy use of the school by

changing facilities and user behavior.

•Examples: Made reminders to turn off the lights and

devices

•Student energy monitoring,

•the school’s carbon footprint, sources of energy,

actions to reduce that footprint,

•Conducting an energy audit, phantom energy loss,

•Reporting energy savings.

ENERGY CONSERVATION

WAYS• Turn saving electricity into a group project.• At the end of each school day, turn off all

computers and screens.• Replace all traditional light bulbs with energy-

saving ones.• Maximize natural lighting by controlling the blinds

and lights.• Switch off before the holidays, weekends and mid-

term breaks.• Make it a student project to keep records of meter

readings.

ENERGY AUDIT IN

SCHOOLS

• you can simply take stock of where and how you're using energy, by assessing where in the classroom energy is going (and being wasted).

• A simple energy audit can help out. How many lights are on?

• Is there heat or A/C? • Do the computers get left on at night? • Determine where you can cut back, then create a

checklist kids can follow every day.• Adjusting computer monitor settings, turning the

lights off before recess, have a "lights-off" hour once per week, and so on can help raise awareness

USE THE RIGHT LIGHTBULBS:

•This goes over the right “green” light bulbs, including compact

fluorescent light bulbs and Energy Star bulbs.

SOLAR PANELS IN

SCHOOLS• Solar panels are now used in most commercial buildings to save electricity

and not without a reason.

• More affordable: There are so many classes in school, in addition to labs,libraries and sports areas and all of them need electricity in huge amount.Hence, to opt for a renewable source of energy like solar energy can cutthe electricity bills by half at the end of the month.

• Perfect for All Weathers: The school might be located in any region andit might have any kind of weather, but it is almost always sure to getsunlight and so almost all kinds of schools can afford it and be benefitedby it. A few precautions for areas that rain frequently would be needed butotherwise almost every school can install solar panels to run their schools.

• Roofing: School buildings have various kinds of roofing but almost all ofthem can be adjusted to accommodate the solar panels.

SOLID WASTE REDUCTION IN

SCHOOLS

Amount Of Waste generated in

schools

3 ‘R’ APPROACH

REDUCE WASTE•Try to stop producing waste in the first place!

•Best way to manage our waste is not to produce it in the first

place!

•Cutting down on throw-away products and buying only what

we need prevents unnecessary waste.

•Reducing your waste is much better option environmentally

and financially than recycling or any other waste disposal.

•Your rubbish is collected by your local council your school

may be charged according to the amount collected (though you

should not be charged for disposal).

•You reduce the amount of waste your school produces, you will

reduce its costs too.

REUSE•Reuse – think before you throw things away• Reusing, refilling, repairing or refurbishing things will extend their life and reduce the need to buy new ones. • Encourage pupils to use reusable bottles and flasks for drinks. This can easily be done by installing water fountains around the school and encouraging pupils to drink tap water. • Printer cartridges: you can get your old cartridges refilled and use them again (it may take 1000 years for cartridges to decompose in landfill, and it is often cheaper to refill them than buy new. • Reuse old paper or plastic folders.

RECYCLE•Find out from your waste services provider what recycling services

they offer – some of these might be free. The services offered may

either be co-mingled (all items in one container) or collected in

separate streams.

•You might want to start with the biggest or most popular streams

like paper, cardboard, cans, glass containers, plastics bottles and

cartons.

•can also set up schemes for smaller, more specialised streams like

ink cartridges, light bulbs, batteries and CDs.

•• Make it easy to recycle by placing recycling bins in sensible areas,

such as next to printers and photocopiers, classrooms, and in the

staff room! These areas can be identified from a waste audit. • Use

clear posters and signs to encourage everyone to use recycling bins,

and use them correctly, so this becomes second

Recycle Competitionyou can start a competition with your

hall to see which class can save the

most newspapers, soda cans, water

bottles or any other recyclable item.

SWAP OR GIVE IT

AWAY!•Why not donate them to a local charity shop, advertise on Free cycle, or exchange them in ‘swap shops’ or ‘give and take’ days. • Set up a scheme to collect old ink cartridges and mobile phones from the local community – some charities are keen to accept these to help raise funds.•Make it easy for pupils and their families to swap, donate and exchange second hand uniforms. Run a ‘reuse fashion show’, a ‘swap shop’, or a ‘give and take’ day to make it easy for parents and pupils to do this.• Contact your local charity shops or Freecycle to find a new home for other unwanted items such as furniture, books etc.• Old books and computers can be sent abroad though donation schemes, but check there are procedures in place for maintaining the equipment and disposing of it correctly at end of life

START A GARDEN

Use the compost to fertilize a class garden. You can grow vegetables or flowers, and let the students sample what you grow.

VERMICOMPOSTING

• Vermicomposting (also called as worm

compost,vermicast,worm castings, worm manure)is the process

of making vermicompost which is end product of the

breakdown of organic matter by some species of Earthworm.

Vermicompost is a nutrient rich ,organic fertilizer and soil

conditioner.

MATERIALS FOR PREAPARATION

OF VERMICOMPOST

• BIODEGRADABLE WASTES:

• Crop Residues

• Vegetable Waste

• Leaf Litter

• School Refuse

• Farm Yard Manure

• Earthworm

Plan an end-of-the-day

room check: During the last few minutes of the day, make sure all the

water faucets are completely turned off, blinds are closed,

lights are off and windows are closed.

Open windows:

If the temperature is nice outside, regulate your inside temperature by opening up the windows. Fresh air will also rejuvenate students.

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY. ENVIRONMENT DAY

CELEBRATING VAN

MAHOTSAWA

HABITAT

RESTORATION:

• The scope: Construct, install or enhance the

school site with habitat restoration projects,

planting a Schoolyard Habitat, with education on

the benefits to the local ecosystem and watershed.

• Other options are to raise native species in the

classroom, build oyster reef balls, etc.

• Examples: Native plant gardens,trees, butterfly

gardens, wetlands.

RESPONSIBLE

TRANSPORTATION:

The Scope: Examine the transportation options used by

students, parents and staff. Design and promote

responsible and healthy options.

Examples: Carpooling programs, no-idle zones, walking,

biking, ―walking school busses‖, use of public

transportation

COMPETITIONS FOR

PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT

BUILDING BIRD HOUSES IN

SCHOOLS

RALLIES TO PROTECT

ENVIRONMENT

VISITS

SET UP A GREEN STUDENT

CLUB.

A student club can take real action on campus issues. Your club

may create a campus-wide recycling or composting program;

learn about growing your own food with a school garden;

organize cleanup and planting days; raise funds for green

initiatives; and even take part in statewide and national green

schools competitions. Through all this, students will learn

leadership, teamwork,