National Green Corps

Government Middle School, Nallavadu, Puducherry

Email : gmsnallavadu@yahoo.co.in

Cleaning Campaign

Nallavadu Village Beach was cleaned by the students.

A Rally was conducted with pluck cards containing slogans on Cleanliness

The Beach became clean & beautiful. People were advised not to throw wastes in the sea

SAY NO TO PLASTIC - RALLY

• A rally was organised to create awareness on the Plastic problem. Students raised slogans on the evils of plastic carry bags.

• Students made a pledge to avoid Plastic carry bags.

“Say No to Crackers”• Awareness Programme

was conducted every year before Diwali.

• Students and Teachers delivered speeches and Songs on the evils of crackers

• Students made a Pledge to “Say no to crackers”

“Say no to crackers” – awareness creating sports competition

We planned and conducted sports and drawing competition on Diwali day itself. Many students and some village youths

participated in the competitions.

Prize Distribution by a donorPrizes were distributed by a local NGO (CEAD)

Writing Environmental Quotes on the

visible places at School

Students get everyday

awareness about their duties to Environment

Seminar was conducted on “Role of Women in Environmental Protection”. Mr.V.Velayutham delivered a speech

• Kolam Competition

• Elocution &

• Prize Distribution

World Ozone Day

A Seminar was conducted. School Teachers presented speeches on the Ozone Depletion.

1. Poster Making 2. Group songs3. Prize Distribution

Tree Plantation at village

NGC students planted trees in the Nallavadu village.

Plants grown up well.

World Environment Day

• A Seminar was conducted. School Teachers presented speeches on the World Environment Day.

Global Worming Awareness Programme

• Dramas, Drawing Competition & Elocutions were conducted. Prizes distributed

• Students Pledge

• Writing Condemnation Letter to China, to stop Transport to Mt.Everest

Tree plantation at school

• Tree plantation in the school ground was done in collaboration with M.G.R. Pothunala Peravai (NGO)

• Trees grown well and add beauty to our school

Field Trip

Field Trip to Chunnaambar River bed to visit the dump yard there

Students came to know about the effects of air & water pollution

Visiting dump yard

• Field trip to a waste dump yard was arranged

• Pupil came to know the evils of mismanagement of solid wastes.

Field Trip to a Paper Recycling Center

• We visited a Paper recycling center at Puducherry.

• Pupil got interest in Paper recycling

• They resolved to collect and send the waste papers to waste paper buyers.

Biodiversity – Field Trips

Tissue culture Unit Dairy

Setting Compost Pits

• Pupil collected wastes and prepared compost pits in the school and in the village.

• Pupil learnt the uses and methods of making compost pits.

Poster making Students Prepared

Environmental awareness Posters and Drawings & Placed them for Exhibition at School.

Pupil learn to explore their feelings on degradation and conservation of environment

Paper Bank

• A Paper Bank was opened in the School

• A Pupil level committee was appointed to guide the collection of waste papers daily.

• The Waste paper buyer was called to our school to collect regularly the Waste Papers.

• Our pupils felt practically, the uses of paper recycling.

• The School also gets monitory benefit by this activity.

Documentation of Local Bioresources

• Students were divided into several groups to collect details about Bio-resources in the Nallavadu village. The information are collected by the respective teacher in charges.

• They did this activity with great interest and improved their local knowledge.

Conservation of Biodiversity

Activities

• Preparation of Biodiversity Register, Documentation of Local Bioresources, Initiating Village Biodiversity Council, Field trip to Tissue culture Unit & Dairy, at Kurumbapet, Puducherry.

Biodiversity Council

Coastal Walk

• We went on a Coastal walk to get awareness about the Sand Dunes in Nallavadu Village.

• Students learned the importance of Sand Dunes and coastal plants

Cultural programmes to create awareness

Folk dances Kolattam

VILLUPATTU DRAMA

Cultural programmes created awareness

THANKING YOU

R.Ilanguirane, NGC - Incharge, Government Middle School, Nallavadu, Puducherry,

South India.Email : ilanguirane@yahoo.com