The Environment Week

A week long celebration by way of speeches from children and resource personnel, slide shows marked the commencement of the environment week. A wide range of topics was discussed which was followed by an exciting Question Answer session. The week long celebration was set into motion by a forceful appeal given by Mrs. Srilatha Swaminathan on conserving the most scarce and precious resource of water. Children at the end of the day did come out with a vow not to waste even a drop of water. Water conservation was followed by a talk on water pollution. The disastrous impact of acid rain on plants was performed as a class experiment. The second day saw the students entering the beautiful but gradually depleting forests of Rajasthan through a wonderful slide show presentation. This presentation was backed by a vivid description by Dr Suraj Ziddi, Asst. Conservator of Forest, and a well known wild-life ecologist. The practical impact of dumping or planting trash like polyethylene bags, thermocol cups as well as vegetable and fruit peels and core was also experimented upon by children. They unearthed their own plantation after 20-25 days and saw for themselves the non-biodegradable material and understood their harmful effects.

On Wednesday the students were exposed to the various alarming facts of globe warming, depletion of the ozone layer, a hole arising in the ozone layer and its terrible repercussions. They were also introduced to all forms of pollution. Audio Visual Presentation was given on the after effects of Noise pollution, Solid waste management and traffic pollution.

Recycling of waste paper was given a strong impetus. Students from each class under the guidance of an expert prepared handmade paper from paper pulp.

Members from the school faculty as well as students gave talks on the largest Delta the Sunderbans forest, its Royal Bengal tigers, the harmful effect of growing the ever thirsty Eucalyptus trees and the advantages of growing the fast developing Babool variety which grows from its cut stem.

On the concluding day two volunteers from Delhi Centre for Science and Environment interacted with the students. The Children were taken for a heritage walk into the walled city to see for themselves what needs to be done to get back the lost grandeur of this once beautiful city of ours.

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The Rainbow Day

The Geography Department spread its wings and celebrated the rainbow day at a time when Jaipur was experiencing drought conditions. The geography expert gave a talk on the appearance of a rainbow across the sky and the stories related to it. The students were thrilled to know that if they chased a rainbow they would find a pot of gold at its bottom, Dipti of class V was excited to know this and said, “It was for the first time I have got to know this factual information as to how a rainbow is formed.”

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