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2017 Half Yearly Report CEE Glimpses of Activities A Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
2017Half Yearly Report
CEEGlimpses of Activities
A Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
Government of India
Cover Page Photo: Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi; Shri Vijay Rupani, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Gujarat;
Mr. Raghvendra Singh, Director General of Archives,National Archives of India; Tridip Suhrud. Director & Chief Editor, Sabarmati Ashram
Preservation and Memorial Trust; and Mr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Director, CEE looking at the 1930 model of the Sabarmati Ashram.
Preface
Centre for Environment Education (CEE), established in 1984 as a Centre of Excellence of the
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, works throughout India
on innovative educational programmes for a range of sectors from children and schools to
communities, governments and senior decision makers. The programmes of CEE cover themes and
key initiatives of the Government of India. Projects are also undertaken in partnership and co-
financed through a number of agencies including State Governments, CSR initiatives and others.
2017 has seen new partnerships with CEE participating in many important and large scale National
programmes. These included our work with the National Clean Ganga Mission in March organising
the Swachhata Pakhwada in over 17 cities in the 5 states through which the Ganga flows, a major
effort that involved forging local level partnerships and overseeing the involvement of large
numbers of people.
Towards the end of March we started working on a major campaign 'Jal Jeevan Hai' for NABARD, a
campaign to reach out to 100,000 villages to promote the efficient use of water for agriculture. CEE
helped develop this campaign and the strategy where we felt that it was important that each
village was approached by a team rather than through media alone. The personal contact as well as
the ability to structure the programme using local resources proved very important. A programme
which involved training nearly 8000 Krishi Jal Doots and 200 Master trainers was undertaken and in
a matter of 3 months, this task was accomplished and they are now in the process of collating the
feedback.
In June, a special event was planned to mark the centenary of the Sabarmati Ashram by launching a
book and curating an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi's years at the Ashram. The National Archives of
India had taken up the responsibility of this exhibition and book. The work was assigned to CEE and
one of the tasks was to relate much of what Gandhi said and stood for, with the current initiatives of
the Government, as a form of Karyanjali to the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi. This was done through
designing innovative exhibits and we were very fortunate to have the Hon'ble Prime Minister of
India, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurate this exhibition.
During this period several major programmes were undertaken. Our work on the interpretation
project in Tilabari, West Bengal was completed. CEE took up the design and installation of the
exhibition at the Kokrebellur Bird Sanctuary in Karnataka as well as several minor ones elsewhere in
the country. Our work on the Swachchhata Abhiyan saw a major thrust through our partnership with
Adani Foundation and the Swachhagraha programme has gone to 11 States from being
implemented in just the state of Gujarat in its first year.
This booklet provides glimpses of the programmes undertaken during the first half of 2017.
Swachagraha ProjectSwachagraha Project
Swacha Shale projectSwacha Shale project
WASH activityWASH activity
Educational material developedEducational material developed
Dhal ni Pol no Varso- cultural walkDhal ni Pol no Varso- cultural walk
Children’s Forest ProgrammeChildren’s Forest Programme
Dolphin Conservation Education Programme activitiesDolphin Conservation Education Programme activities
ICT for quality learning with Teacher’s Training workshop in Orrisa
ICT for quality learning with Teacher’s Training workshop in Orrisa
Paryavaran Mitra Earthian ProjectParyavaran Mitra Earthian Project
Sundarvan - A nature discovery centreSundarvan - A nature discovery centre
Prakriti Bus Prakriti Bus
Nature Camps across various ecosystemsNature Camps across various ecosystems
Biodiversity Management Plan for Goa
Biodiversity Management Plan for Goa
Pune Bicycle PlanPune Bicycle Plan
Consultation for textile industries in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat
Consultation for textile industries in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat
CHAMP, GulbargaCHAMP, GulbargaHRM workshop with GPCB and NEERI HRM workshop with GPCB and NEERI
Clean Ganga initiativesClean Ganga initiatives
CVCA asssessment in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
CVCA asssessment in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Jalsetu projectJalsetu project
Implementation of EMFImplementation of EMF
VIRASAT projectVIRASAT project
Bir Talab interpretation CentreBir Talab interpretation Centre
SFRI, Jabalpur SFRI, Jabalpur
Hennur lake Biodiversity Park inaugurationHennur lake Biodiversity Park inauguration
Rebuilding Faith Programme Rebuilding Faith Programme
Mari Shala project activities in Halvad, MorbiMari Shala project activities in Halvad, Morbi
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Children’s Forest ProgrammeChildren’s Forest Programme
Dolphin Conservation Education Programme activitiesDolphin Conservation Education Programme activities
Teacher’s Training under Paryavaran Mitra programmeTeacher’s Training under Paryavaran Mitra programme
ICT for quality learning with Teacher’s Training workshop in Orrisa
ICT for quality learning with Teacher’s Training workshop in Orrisa
Green Campus initiativesGreen Campus initiatives
Climate Change course for SECAS communicatorsClimate Change course for SECAS communicators
Exchange programme with CQU, AustraliaExchange programme with CQU, Australia
Wetskills 2017Wetskills 2017
Conference of Youth (COY) 12 IndiaConference of Youth (COY) 12 India
Young Reporters for the Environment(YRE) Programme Young Reporters for the Environment(YRE) Programme
Internship opportunities with SAYENInternship opportunities with SAYEN
Consultation for textile industries in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat
Consultation for textile industries in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat
Earth Care AwardsEarth Care Awards
CVCA asssessment in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
CVCA asssessment in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
Gramshiksha project with ESSARGramshiksha project with ESSAR
CEE declared as KRC for SBM in North EastCEE declared as KRC for SBM in North East
Climate Action DatabaseClimate Action Database
Educational exchange in JapanEducational exchange in Japan
International Conference on ESD for Children and YouthInternational Conference on ESD for Children and Youth
Co-lab workshop in London, UKCo-lab workshop in London, UK
Training programme with ‘Engineers Without Borders’, Australia
Training programme with ‘Engineers Without Borders’, Australia
SOW 2016 edition launch in Gujarat and BhopalSOW 2016 edition launch in Gujarat and Bhopal
Awarded for DHaAL projectAwarded for DHaAL project
Gorumara interpretation centreGorumara interpretation centre
Bio fuel production unitvisit in Manipur and ImphalBio fuel production unitvisit in Manipur and Imphal
ENVIS newsletterENVIS newsletter
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This year the Sabarmati Ashram marked a hundred years since its establishment by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917. The National Archives of India worked closely with CEE to develop and design an innovative exhibition as well as a commemorative volume on the Ashram which was launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi himself at a special event in June 2017.
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CEE developed an exhibition, badges and a commemorative volume: Sabarmati Shatabdi: Ek Karyanjali and more on the occasion of completion of 100 years of the Sabarmati Ashram. The exhibition was inaugurated and the volume was launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi at a formal event. The exhibition is on display for visitors for a month – June 2017.
Sabarmati Ashram Centenary Celebration Event
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Environment Education in Schools
Training Teachers for Sanitation & Hygiene: CEE, as the implementing agency, has trained over 650 teachers from 500 schools to facilitate positive attitudes among school students towards sanitation, hygiene and cleanliness under the Swachhagraha project supported by the Adani Foundation in Gujarat from July to September 2016. The felicitation ceremony of the Swachhagraha project took place in Bhuj, Mundra with 623 participants in attendance in March, 2017. Under Swachhagraha's National Programme for 2017-18, teachers from North, East and North-East were trained at Guwahati in May 2017.
Developing Educational Material: CEE developed educational material with Lok Bharati, Sanosara (Knowledge Partner) and Ravi Krupa Trust on the themes of Science, Maths, Language and Environment for 50,000 elementary students across Gujarat, through 14 mobile exhibitions facilitated by a team of 35 representatives from local NGOs who were trained by CEE during 2016-17.
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As one of the ENVIS centres of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), CEE has been engaged in environmental information collection, collation, storage, retrieval and dissemination. CEE published e-newsletters and 1500 queries were generated.
CEE ENVIS was a part of the National Evaluation Meet at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.Mr. Ajay Narayan Jha (IAS), Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India, addressed the workshop during the evaluation. The officials also visited the CEE ENVIS stall at the exhibition in March 2017.
Environment Education in Schools
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Winning Accolades for DHaAL: CEE exhibited its project DHaAL (Daily Handwashing for an Ailment free Life) in partnership with UNICEF and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Assam at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Bangalore and won an award at the National Contest for Social Innovation in January 2017.
CEE put up an exhibition in Faridabad, Haryana in February 2017 as it was one of the finalists for the South Asian Manthan Award 2016.
Planting trees for a green future: As part of the Children's Forest Programme Phase II, a programme of Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and supported by JICA, 50 schools in Uttar Pradesh participated in campus plantations (more than 1500 saplings were planted), nature tours and Green Festival campaigns - January 2017.
Helpline for Teachers:Over 451 environment related queries from more than 150 schools were received through Paryavaran Saathi, a toll-free helpline (1800-3000-0996) on ESD.
Providing Training on Digital Payment: CEE provided a hands-on training to the teachers on digital payments and cashless transactions under the Project E-Guruji supported by the Essar Foundation in Hazira, Gujarat.
A demonstration of the Gyansetu Advance Phase-II system was also conducted in January 2017.
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School Eco Club Action (SECA) : programme at the Ecopark in Kolkata with training for the Eco Club Teachers In charge at Jajpur district of Odisha. The Power Count Challenge poster for the same was also launched. The SECA Project is a joint collaboration between the United States Consulate, Kolkata and CEE Kolkata, being implemented by CEE Kolkata and CEE North in 15 schools of Kolkata and five schools of Patna, Bihar, respectively - January 2017.
Young Leaders Conference (YLC): A two day YLC was conducted at the Lincoln Room at the US Consulate, Kolkata, being carried out in collaboration with the United State Consulate in March 2017. Young leaders from the schools of Kolkata and Hooghly were guided in the development of their ideas into projects that could be implemented in their school/ home. They were also trained to make upcycled planters with waste PET bottles. A SECA Mentoring workshop was conducted for schools in Patna in April 2017. It was attended and addressed by Mr. Greg Pardo, Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate, Kolkata and Mr. Nand Kishor (IFS), Director, Patna Zoo.
An exposure visit as well as a release event was held as part of SECA
Learning Non-violence: CEE, in partnership with Sabarmati Ashram and Asha Kiran Trust, has designed and is implementing a pilot programme called 'Learning Non Violence' in 4 schools of Ahmedabad. It explores pedagogical issues and approaches to reducing violence in society – January 2017.
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Mari Shala at the Maker Fest and Republic Day Parade: Mari Shala project is a joint initiative of CEE and Reach To Teach (R2T) in 60 government primary schools in Halvad, Morbi, Gujarat. The primary focus is to promote high-quality teaching and learning processes in Standards 1 to 5. A part of the Mari Shala project also focuses on personal health and hygiene. The state education department also showcased the Mari Shala project at the Republic Day parade in Morbi district, Gujarat.
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Release of the Ecomap for Uttar Pradesh: CEE developed Pradesh for the World Environment Day celebration with support from UP State Biodiversity Board. The map was released by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath in June 2017.
an Ecomap for the state of Uttar
Release of Posters to begin the 'Forests for Water' Campaign: Hon'ble Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah; and Shri Ramanath Rai, Minister, Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, Government of Karnataka released four posters, developed by CEE with Karnataka Forest Department for the state government to mark the beginning of the 'Forests for Water' campaign in Karnataka - June 2017.
Annual Conference for Young Environmentalists: CEE was invited by the National Bal Bhavan (Non-formal Learning Centres located across the country) to organise their annual Young Environmentalist's Conference on Smart Cities—Sustainable Cities at CEE's Ahmedabad campus, March 2017.
Collaborating with the Netherlands: CEE organised the Wetskills, an international student exchange programme on water pollution and sustainability in collaboration with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Wetskills Foundation – January 2017.
International Sustainability Exchange: CEE organised a two weeks sustainability exchange programme for 23 students and faculty of Environment Studies and Education streams of Central Queensland University, Australia – January 2017.
Professor Scott Bowman, Vice-Chancellor and President, CQU along with his team visited CEE in June 2017 to discuss the upcoming Sustainability Exchange Programmes at CEE, Ahmedabad as well as other partnership opportunities.
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Engagement with Higher Education and Youth
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Hosting Interns at CEE: Through SAYEN, CEE provided internships to 160 students including 5 international students from the Netherlands and Germany.
Speaking on Sustainability:Mr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Director CEE, delivered the key note address at the 3rd Symposium on 'Gandhian Pathways to Sustainability' at the Development Management Institute, Patna in February 2017.
Making the Campus Sustainable: CEE developed modules on 'Creating Green Campuses' and 'Green Fest' for colleges and shared them with premier institutes - IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, BITS Goa - January 2017.
Biodiversity Conservation and Experiencing Nature
Turtle & Tortoise Conservation: CEE was part of rdthe 3 Indian Freshwater Turtle and Tortoise
Conservation Action Planning and Red List Assessment Workshop held at New Delhi, by Turtle Survival Alliance to review the conservation status and develop a conservation plan for freshwater turtles and tortoises – February 2017.
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Discovering Nature: About 75000 people visited Sundarvan, a nature discovery centre of CEE, and participated in programmes such as reptile awareness, nature trail, bird watching, wildlife photography, green birthdays and quizzes and other summer programmes.
Camping to Experience Nature: Five batches of students from UP, Haryana, Goa and Assam participated in camps as part of the National Nature Camping Programme of MoEF&CC, with about 50 students in each batch between January and March 2017.
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Working towards Urban Sustainability
Partnering for Resilience: CEE along with the Mahila Housing SEWA Trust is a partner to the Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) programme on "Devising local coping mechanisms and adaptation technologies to build climate-resilience capacities of urban poor in South Asia", which is being implemented in 4 cities in India and one each in Bangladesh and Nepal - January 2017.
This initiative is spearheaded by USAID, Rockefeller Foundation and SIDA. The project focuses on building the capacities of poor urban women across seven cities of South Asia (Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Ranchi, Dhaka and Kathmandu). CEE is guiding the development of communication approaches, assisting in the preparation of training manuals and developing training modules for conducting community based resilience plans. CEE participated in and supported training and assessment in Ahmedabad. CEE is involved in monitoring and evaluation of project activities in the city implemented by two local NGO partners. March 2017.
Cool Auto technology introduced in Bhubaneswar as a part of the Global Resilience Partnership Programme.
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Awarded for Participatory Budgeting: Avinash Madhale of CEE was invited with Mr. Kunal Kumar, Pune Municipal Commissioner to receive the 'V Ramachandran Award for Excellence in Urban Decentralisation' Citizenship and Democracy for 'Pune's Participatory Budgeting'. Pune, Maharashtra is the only city consistently implementing participatory budgeting – March 2017.
CEE is facilitating participatory budgeting in Pune since 2007.
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Waste Management
Educating Students on Energy Conservation: Urja Chetana, a project in collaboration with CESC Ltd. builds the capacity of students in energy conservation and related areas through action projects leading to the improvement of the schools' micro-environment. A workshop on rainwater harvesting was conducted with eco club students at Kolkata and Hooghly – April 2017.
Managing Biomedical Waste: About 240 health care personnel, students and nursing staff were trained in biomedical waste management using the CHAMP facility set up by CEE in Gulbarga, during 2016-17.
Students studying for a Masters' Degree in Environment Science and the faculty of Gulbarga University were trained in the working principles of Autoclave in April 2017.
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Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue for Improved Compliance: A workshop on Measures for improved compliance for Environmental regulation and Sustainable Industrial Production was organised at GIDC in Pandesara, Surat by CEE's Industrial Pollution Prevention (IPP) group – February 2017.
National Workshop on Waste Management Rules and Innovations: To improve awareness and effective compliance with all six waste management rules notified by the MoEF&CC in 2016, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and CEE jointly organised a national workshop with the theme: 'Increase your Handprint (Positive actions towards sustainability) and Reduce your Footprint' at Gandhinagar, Gujarat – April 2017.
Cleanliness and Waste Segregation Campaign: A cleanup and polythene bag usage reduction (segregation of plastics and polythenes from other waste) campaign was conducted by CEE along with a rally by students of Titagarh Arya Vidhyalaya at Gandhi Ghat, Barackpore, Kolkata - January 2017.
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Pakhwada Locations Map
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Uttarakhand
Bihar
West Bengal
Rishikesh
Haridwar
Anupshahr
Narora
Garhmukteshwar
Bijnore
Vrindavan
Kanpur
Allahabad
Varanasi PatnaBhagalpur Sahibganj
Kolkata
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Nabadwip
Uttar Pradesh
Locations of Pakhwada execution
Route of river Ganga
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Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Honourable Minister of State,Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation at the event
Shri U.P. Singh, Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga with other dignitaries at Haridwar
As part of the Namami Gange initiative, Ganga Swachhata Pakhwada was observed by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India. The Pakhwada was conducted as an awareness campaign to get citizens to come together and contribute towards keeping the river Ganga clean. CEE was designated the Nodal Agency by the NMCG for the campaign in 17 cities across 5 states along the Ganga. The campaign was launched in Allahabad and concluded in Haridwar. At each location, various events on different ghats were organised with support from the District Administration, Nagar Nigam, Jal Nigam, Pollution Control Board, Nagar Panchayat, local NGOs, universities, schools and individuals – March 2017.
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Ganga Swachhta Pakhwada CEE
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Sustainable Rural Development
Building Capacity of PRI Women Members: The Jalsetu project in collaboration with the Hans Seidel Foundation, India was launched with the training of elected women representatives of the Gram panchayat at Adalaj, Gujarat - April 2017. A water budgeting training workshop for panchayat and Self Help Group (SHG) representatives was held at Jasdan, Gujarat - June 2017.
Preparing Biodiversity Registers: Under its Virasat project with support from the Gujarat Biodiversity Board, CEE helped form Biodiversity Management Committees and built the capacity of 105 committee members to prepare People's Biodiversity Registers in 15 villages of Jasdan, Gujarat, and educated 2000 people on biodiversity conservation - March 2017.
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Popularisation of Digital Methods: Taking the digital payments awareness initiative of the MoEF&CC forward, CEE teams at various state offices including at Ahmedabad, Jasdan, Halvad, Surat in Gujarat as well as Chhattisgarh, Gulbarga, Guwahati, Odisha, Uttarkashi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar conducted one day workshops and live demonstration on using the BHIM application. No. of participants: 2620 - January 2017.
Teacher training programme with Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT): A teachers training programme in social science was organised for a total of 1162 teachers in various geographical areas of Gujarat. This programme was conducted in two phases, namely, Face-to Face and Cascade, concluding in February 2017.
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Teacher Training for Project Based Learning: Under the Rastriya Madhaymik Shikshan Abhiyan (RMSA) -Secondary Science Teacher Training, CEE trained more than 250 teachers on science to facilitate better understanding through experiments, demonstration, questionnaires, problem solving methods and project based learning. Training has been provided in 5 districts of Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajpipal, Amreli and Rajkot, Gujarat – May 2017.
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Jal Jeevan Hai
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Timeframe : 163 days March 22 to August 31, 2017
Proposal Finalization (March end)
Material Development Workshop (3-4 April)
Primary Trainer's Training (13 April)
Master Trainer Trainings (19-20 April)
Krishi Jal Doot Trainings (April- May)
A Day in a Village Activities (May - June)
De-briefing Sessions (27 June-21 July)
Compilation of Learnings (30 August)
A Cascading Strategy March 22 to August 31, 2017
Primary Trainers: 14
Master Trainers: 200
Krishi Jal Doots: 8000
Villages: 1,00,000 +
Jal Sahayaks: 5,00,000 +
Day in a Village (Reach): 1,00,00,000
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Water Campaign with NABARD CEE
NABARD in collaboration with CEE launched a massive nation wide water campaign, 'Jal Jeevan Hai' on the occasion of World Water Day. The campaign focuses on improving public awareness and information to promote the adoption of best practices in water conservation in rain fed, water scarce and vulnerable areas of India. The campaign reached over 100,000 villages across 200 districts in the country through 8000 Krishi Jal Doots, trained by over 200 master trainers (trained by CEE). The communication design and campaign strategy developed by CEE involved the preparation of water resource maps and needs assessment for water conservation by the Krishi Jal Doot teams in discussion with farmers groups, SHGs, and youth. The post campaign strategy is bringing together line government departments, banks, NGOs and citizens to develop the action plans - March 2017.
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Jal Jeevan Hai
Interpretation
Setting up Interpretation Centres across the Country: CEE developed and installed interpretation centres at SFRI, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; Gorumara National Park, West Bengal; and Bir Talab, Bhatinda, Punjab, and Kokrebellur Bird Sanctuary in Karnataka - March 2017.
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Facilitating NGOs and Community Initiatives
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Facilitating Workshops in the North East: A two day workshop on 'Resource Mobilisation and Grant Making' was facilitated by CEE and organised by Caritas Denmark and North East Diocesan Social Service Society (NEDSSS), Guwahati. CEE participated in the Millennium Alliance Consultation Workshop held at Imphal, Manipur - January – February 2017.
Earth Day Campaign: : In collaboration with CEE, a two month Earth Day Campaign (EDC), under the theme 'Environmental and Climate Literacy', was launched by the North East Diocesan Social Service Society (NEDSSS) and its regional umbrella of 16 NGOs with the support of the Earth Day Network India. Various activities such as round table discussions (Environment Education), sessions (Handprint Actions), rallies, school level competitions and orientation seminars were also conducted in Guwahati and Imphal from March to April 2017.
Capacity Building and Training Programmes: : CEE North East facilitated staff training on Project Cycle Management & Institution Building at Imphal, organised by ZICORD (NGO Partner) at the Institute of Co-Cooperative Management (ICM), as part of the CEE- UNDP-GEF-Small Grants Programme. A capacity building programme for Energy Producer Groups (EPGs) was held at Imphal in May 2017.
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme, in partnership with the Government of India and CEE, organised a knowledge fair with the theme 'Mainstreaming Grassroots Innovations' in an effort to highlight the work of communities and civil society organisations supported by the SGP in India - March 15-17, 2017.
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Pan India SGP Meet
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CEEMainstreaming Grassroots Innovations
International Collaborations
Sharing Learnings: CEE shared Indian experiences on the management of biomedical waste at a co-lab workshop conducted by the Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London. CEE was also acknowledged for its contributions in the workshop publication in February 2017.
Working with the Indo-German Solar Partnership: CEE organised a Stakeholder Consultation in Halvad with support from the Heinrich Böll Foundation, along with knowledge partners GERMI and IWMI, to seek inputs on challenges, gaps and learnings from experiences in fostering the use of solar energy in the region in January 2017. The final consultation was held in Delhi in March 2017.
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Participation at YRE National Operators Meet: CEE participated in the YRE National Operators Meet (NOM) in Portugal to discuss present and next year's activities. The YRE NOM successfully lobbied to increase the age limit of members from 21 to 25. YRE was so far offered only in schools but will be available in colleges starting next year - February 2017.
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Seeds of Hope: This exhibition created by Soka Gakkai International (SGI), Japan, in partnership with Earth Charter International, is a resource created for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD). CEE is showcasing the exhibition at schools in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Delhi, with a view to measuring its impact as an educational intervention – January 2017.
Planning and Training Meeting: Mr. Mubashir Sultan Zargar, Project Officer, CEE participated in the first Asian Regional Planning and Training Meeting at Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, as part of the project 'Reorienting Education and Training Systems to Improve the Lives of the Indigenous and the Marginalised' - January 2017.
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Participating in 'UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development': Dr. Pramod Sharma of CEE participated in the weeklong conference on teacher training, and highlighted best practices in the fields of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED). CEE had a display on its programme 'Learning Non-Violence' (in collaboration with Sabarmati Ashram) at the conference. Dr. Sharma also attended the Review Forum for the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD in March 2017.
Research, Publication & Communication
The State of the World (SoW) series of books has been published annually since 1984 by the WorldWatch Institute. The series aims to identify the most significant environmental challenges faced globally. This year's edition focuses on Sustainable Cities. The India edition of the book was introduced at a launch event followed by a panel discussion arranged by CEE in Ahmedabad, Gujarat and Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in January 2017.
A panel discussion, chaired by Mr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai, Director, CEE along with Shri Ajoy Mehta, Mumbai Commissioner; Mr. Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, Jindal Steel Works; Shri V. Suresh, Chairperson, IGBC- Advocacy & Policy Committee, and representatives from INI Design Studio in Mumbai, Maharashtra was held in June 2017.
INI Design Studio sponsored the events.
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Celebrations of Environmental Days
Sustainable and Eco-friendly Celebrations: CEE has been promoting public awareness on environment and biodiversity conservation by celebrating the National Science Day, World Water Day, International Biodiversity Day, Earth Day and World Environment Day. CEE also holds Summer Programmes and related activities, at all CEE offices across India - June 2017.
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CEE Maharashtra
1 & 2 Pinewood Apartment, S. No. 233/1/2, Vidhate Colony, Ambedkar Chowk, Near Aundh Telephone Exchange,Dnyaneshwar Murkute Path, Aundh, Pune 411 067
Tel: 020 27298860/1/2
Telefax: 020 27298860
CEE Himalaya
House No. 83, Bal Vihar, Faridi Nagar
Lucknow 226 015
Uttar Pradesh
Telefax: +91 522 2356911 Mobile: +919415104125
CEE Gujarat: Rural Knowledge Centre
Halvad
Kidi-Ingorala Village Road
Near Khetavav Water Supply Scheme
Nava Ghanshyamgadh 363 330
Taluka: Halvad, District: Surendranagar
Gujarat
Tel: 02758 291336
CEE Rajasthan
73/86, Paramhans Marg, Near K.V. No. 5, Mansarovar,Jaipur 302 020
Rajasthan
Tel: 0141 2781989
CEE West Bengal
Flat No: C-2, II Floor, “TILOTTAMA”
Premises No: P- 21, Senhati Co-Operative Colony, Behala Kolkata 700 034
West Bengal
Telefax: 033 24033842
Sundarvan
S.M. Road, Jodhpur Tekra
Ahmedabad 380 015
Gujarat
Tel: 079 26923148/26921838
Mobile: 09408872745
Sundarvan Bakore
Taluka : Bakore, District: Mahisagar
Gujarat
Mobile : 09974839900 & 09426487261
Sundarvan Beyt Dwarka
Via Okha Port,
District: Jamnagar 361 330
Gujarat
Mobile: 09426487261
Nature Discovery & Campsite Offices
CEE
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Note:
Centre for Environment Education (CEE) was established in 1984 as a Centre of Excellence in Environmental Education of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India.
CEE's primary objective is to improve public awareness and understanding of environmental and developmental issues with a view to promoting action for the conservation and sustainable use of nature and natural resources. To this end, CEE develops innovative programmes and educational material, and builds capacity in the field of environmental education and education for sustainable development. It undertakes demonstration projects in education, communication and development that endorse environmentally sustainable attitudes, strategies and technologies. CEE is committed to ensuring that due recognition is given to the role of education in the promotion of sustainable development.
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