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October-2017– March-2018 Issue 1
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Connecting People To Nature
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INTRODUCTION
National Green Corps is a major initiative of MoEF & CC launched in 2001.The objective of
the programme is to establish “National Green Army" in schools all over the state to create aware-
ness on environment and carry out action based programmes for protection and improvement of
environment. EMPRI is serving as Nodal Agency for NGC in Karnataka, since Jan, 2009.
Sl.No Category of School No. of Eco-clubs
formed
1 Government High School 4423
2 Government Aided High
School 2546
3 Government Higher Primary
School 1531
Total 8,500
Eco-Clubs each year undertake various activities at three levels. The first level of activity
namely awareness based activity eg. Rally/jathas, expert talks, educative film shows/seminars,
the second level activity is more about action and observation like survey outings, data collec-
tion, record keeping and the third level activity is more action oriented which entails activities
like Plantations, vermicomposting, water/energy conservation and sanitation. The Eco-Club pro-
gramme grant-in-aid has been increased from Rs-2500/- to Rs-5000/- per Eco-Club for carrying
environment awareness programme from the year 2017-18. The NGC team is involved in provid-
ing continuous support and assistance to implement and strengthen the progamme by conduct-
ing regular school visits and also conducting training/ workshops for eco-club teacher in-charge
and the district level officers.
“Where there is Green, there is Prosperity”
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Environmental Protection Day - Rashtriya Ikyatha Sapthaha
Environmental Protection Day of Rastriya Ikyatha Sapthaha was celebrated on 25.11.17 at
Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute as per the orders of Karnataka Govern-
ment order. The programme was held in the Chairmanship of Director of EMPRI. On the occasion
of this programme Dayananda Kannada High School which is an Eco-club school was invited.
Essay Competition as well as Quiz Competition was conducted for the School Children. Books and
Brochure on 23 Environmental Days was distributed for the prize winners. Rastriya Ikyatha
Sapthaha Pledge was also taken on this occasion.
Rashtriya Ikyatha Sapthaha pledge taken from EMPRI staff and School Students
Drawing Competition and Prize Distribution
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Prakriti Khoj-Online Environment Quiz
Prakriti Khoj-Online Environment Quiz is a National level Online Quiz Programme which
had been launched by MoEF & CC under NGC Programme. Prakriti Khoj quiz programme consists
of 5 Rounds. Schools have sent the list of nominations of students to EMPRI. EMPRI consolidated
the list of students further sent to MoEF & CC for the generation of Password and User Id. The stu-
dents who had received the Password and User Id were eligible for participation in the quiz. A to-
tal of 2931 students had registered from Karnataka state. The first round of quiz was held be-
tween 25.09.17 till 27.10.17 and 908 students had been qualified for second round which was
held on 06.11.17 till 14.11.17. A total of 279 students had been qualified for third round quiz and
had been held on 20.11.17 till 24.11.17. As per the schedule the fourth round quiz 4.12.17 till
06.12.17 in which 43 students from Karnataka were qualified and the fifth round which was to be
held on 18.12.17 till 20.12.17 was not conducted as the fourth round was declared as the final
round and the winners list would be sent from MoEF & CC. All participants would get the e-
certificate and the winners would get cash prize & e-certificate.
Age group and Prize Distribution.
PRIZES
S.No Age Group 1st prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize Consolation Prize Total
1 8-12 Rs 50,000/-(1) Rs 40,000/-(2) Rs 25,000/-(5) Rs 10,000/-(10) 18 prizes
2 13-15 Rs 50,000/-(1) Rs 40,000/-(2) Rs 25,000/-(5) Rs 10,000/-(10) 18 prizes
3 16-18 Rs 50,000/-(1) Rs 40,000/-(2) Rs 25,000/-(5) Rs 10,000/-(10) 18 prizes
Total 54 prizes
“Today's children are the global citizens of tomorrow. They influence their families and shape their attitudes, and thereby the society. So, children, during their formative years (5 to 14), when they are most receptive to messages and information, need to be educated about the environment and the long-term impact of our present actions. This will have a cascading effect on society”
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World Ozone Day Prize Distribution
On the Occasion of World Ozone Day 2017 MoEF & CC conducted Painting and Slogan Writing Competition in the Eco-club schools .10 students from Karnataka got prizes EMPRI ar-ranged prize distribution ceremony on 21-02-2018, at the office of Hon’ble Minister of Forest, En-vironment and Ecology at Vidhana Soudha, Ambedkar Veedhi Bengaluru-1. Smt. Vandita Sharma, IAS Addl. Chief Secretary, Dept. of Forests, Ecology & Environment gave away the prizes to all the Prize winners.
World Ozone Day Prize Distribution
Sl No.
Students Name
Name of the School
Com-petitio
n
Prize No
Prize Amou
nt
1 Akshatha B P
GHS, Chikkamaga-luru
Paint-ing
I 10,000
2 Darshan Vidyayinee HS, Dakshina Kannada
Paint-ing
II 7,000
3 Mrunalini N Kul-karni
Divine Providence HS, Belagavi
Paint-ing
III
5,000
4 Sachin GPUC, Belthanga-dy, Dakshina Kan-nada
Paint-ing
IV 2,000
5 Bharath M G
Sri Ramakrishna HS, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada
Paint-ing
V 2,000
Sl No.
Students Name
Name of the School
Com-petitio
n
Prize No
Prize Amou
nt
6 Bha-gyashree
GHS, Baikampady, Dakshina Kannada
Slogan Writ-ing
I 10,000
7 Vittala K GHS, Maliikatte, mangalore
Slogan Writ-ing
II 7,000
8 Keerthana GHS, Gundmi, Udupi
Slogan Writ-ing
III 5,000
9 Suhas A Sri Ramakrishna HS, Puttur, Dakshina Kannada
Slogan Writ-ing
IV 2,000
10 Namratha N Mukri
Gibbs Girls HS, Kumta, Uttara Kannada
Slogan Writ-ing
V 2,000
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World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day was celebrated on 02.02.18 to commemorate the signing of interna-tional treaty “’Ramsar Convention on Wetlands” in 1971 for conservation of wetland at the global level. This day was celebrated at Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute as per the orders of MoEF and CC. On that occasion Sarakki Government High School which was an Eco-club school was invited. Students were taken to a nearby wetland visit to Puttenahalli Lake for bringing awareness on the day. Importance of wetlands was explained to students. Bird identifi-cation activity was taken up by naturalists like Sri. T. S.Srinivasa and Sri.Prasad. Painting Competi-tion and Quiz Competition was conducted for the Children. Prizes in the form of Books and Certifi-cates were distributed for the winners.
Rally Conducted during World Wetland Day
Importance of Wetlands & Birds Identification was taken up by Naturalists Sri,
T S Srinivas & Sri Prasad during World Wetland Day
The Convention’s mission is “the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and na-tional actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable de-velopment throughout the world”.
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NGC Team’s Visit to Schools
NGC team was supposed to conduct school visits as suggested and approved by the chair-man of State Steering Committee.
In order to disseminate information about NGC Programme and review the activities taken up by the Eco-clubs, NGC team of EMPRI visited a total of 44 schools as against the 40 schools tar-get fixed in State Steering Committee. During the school visit, the format of eco club report, utili-zation certificate and basic information in detail was explained to the in charge teachers. NGC team also addressed the eco club members in each school visited and noted the problems faced by the teachers while conducting the eco club activities and suggested easy methodology to imple-ment the same.
Govt. High School, Gojanur, Gadag District Govt. High School, Hosalingapura Koppal District
Govt. High School, Belawadi, Mysore District
Govt. Higher Primary School, Lakshmeshwara Gadag District
Govt. Higher Primary School, Lakshmeshwara Gadag District
Govt. Higher Primary School, Doddamalthe Ko-dagu District
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Details of School visited by NGC team during 2017-18
Sl
No District
Block
/Taluk Name of the School Date of visit
1
Koppal
GMHPS, TBP Munirabad
14.03.18
Koppal
2 Govt High School Hosalingapura
3 GMHPS, Hulagi
4 GMHPS, Agalakere
5 Gangavathi
Govt High School Anegundi
6 GMHPS Anegundi
7
Gadag
Gadag Rural
KMPS Asundi
15.03.18
8 Govt Girls High School, Hulakoti
9 SKVP Govt High School Anthur Benthur
10 Shirahatti Govt High School Gojanur
11 Lakshmishwar GHPS Lakshmeshwara
12
Dharwad
Navalgund NGB Govt High School, Shirur
16.03.18 &
17.03.18
13
Dharwad
Rural
Nehru composite PU college and Govt High School, Hebballi
14 Morarji Desai School, Hebballi
15 Govt High School, Maradagi
16 Sri. NAMM Police children’s Residential School, Dharwad
17 Dharwad
Urban Presentation Girls High School, Dharwad Town
18 Kalagatagi
Govt High School Kuruvinakoppa
19 Govt High School Chalamatti
20 Hubli Hubli Rural Govt High School Anchatagiri 17.03.18
21
Mysore
Mysore
Govt High School Devalapura
22.03.18
22 Govt High School Belawadi
23 Govt High School Ilawala
24 Govt High School Hootagalli
25 Govt High School Koppala
26 Govt High School Metagalli
27
Kodagu
Somwarpete
Govt Higher Primary School Doddamalathe
23.03.18
28 Govt Higher Primary School Gonimarooru
29 Govt High School Gonimarooru
30 Govt Higher Primary School Somwarpete
31
Madikeri
Govt High School kadagadalu 24.03.18
32 Govt Higher Primary School Chettalli
33 Govt High School Abyatmangala
34
Kolar
Araleri Govt Higher Primary School Araleri 26.03.18
35 Huralagere Govt Higher Primary School Huralagere
36 Malur
GMHPS, Malur
37 Govt Higher Primary School Habbenahalli
38
Rama-
nagara
Bidadi Shri Basaveswara Swamy Rural high School
27.03.18
29
Ramanagara
GKMPS, Ramanagara Town
40 Govt High School Bilagumba
41 Govt High School Kailancha
42 Govt Higher Primary School Kailancha
43 Girls Govt Junior College,
44 Boys Govt Junior College, Ramanagara Town
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Training Programmes conducted under the NGC programme during 2017-2018
State Level Training
This training was conducted at EMPRI in 4 phases for the selected Head Masters and In charge teachers who are also part of the DIMC committees. It was a two days training which concluded with 72 participants from 34 districts of Karnataka. School annual report which has been prescribed by MoEF&CC was discussed in detail. There were question and answer sessions and also feedback was collected from the partici-pants. The participants were also given participa-tion certificates. Apart from this resource materi-als mentioned below were also given during the workshop.
Sl.
No. Date No. of Districts
No. of
partici-
1 29-01-2018 15 36
2 30-01-2018 19 36
Total 34 72
Taluk Level Training
SATCOM (Satellite Communication) tele-conference training was conducted on 28th Feb-ruary 2018 at DSERT (Department of State Edu-cational Research & Training) in which 3598 participants had participated from 34 Educa-tional districts.
Sl No. Districts No. of par-
ticipants
1 Bagalkote 59
2 Bangalore Rural 150
3 Bangalore South 46
4 Belgaum 248
5 Bellary 20
6 Bidar 40
7 Bijapur 16
8 Chamarajnagar 35
9 Chikballapur 119
10 Chikmagalur 233
11 Chikkodi 72
12 Chitradurga 56
13 Dakshina Kannada 92
14 Davanagere 195
15 Dharwad 26
16 Gadag 60
17 Gulbarga 143
18 Hassan 110
19 Haveri 285
20 Kodagu 157
21 Kolar 164
22 Koppal 50
23 Madhugiri 47
24 Mandya 86
25 Mysore 142
26 Raichur 42
26 Shimoga 57
27 Sirsi 250
28 Tumkur 105
29 Udupi 217
30 Uttara Kannada 239
31 Yadgiri 37
Total 3598
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That anta Heli Television Quiz programme for Eco-Club School children
Under the new Scheme on climate change (sub category – awareness creation for school children) a quiz programme – PARVA, for school children on climate change was conducted in collaboration with Doordarshan. At the outset list of 450 students studying in the 10th standard from the Education Department i.e. Bangalore North & South Talukas of Bangalore Urban District were obtained and subsequently the written examination was conducted on 07.08.2016. Further, out of 450 students 210 students attended the written exam and among 210 students 36 top scorers were selected from the written ex-am and the selected students were taken to the Doordarshan for the Climate Change Quiz programme and thereafter the recording of the quiz programme was started from 18.08.016 and ended on 24.08.2016
The same recorded programmes were telecasted in 22 episodes in the Doordar-shan Chandana TV channel in a programme titled, “Thatt Antha Heli” during the month of September, 2016. In the quiz programme environmental related books were given to the participator for the each right answer and also T-shirts, mementos and participation certificates were given to the participators. In the final round two cash prizes were kept for the winner and runner-up i.e. Rs. 5,000/- and 3,000/- respectively. EMPRI has planned to organize such more awareness programme in other social media in next finan-cial year.
Eco-clubs spread awareness about “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs.”
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Snap Shots of the Climate Change Quiz Programme at DD Chandana
NGC is to provide opportunities for school children to redirect their consciousness and actions to create a more sustainable planet. Through novel educational approaches and experiences, students are taught to
go into issues in-depth.
“Where there is Green, there is Prosperity”
NATIONAL GREEN CORPS, KARNATAKA
Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute Department of Forest, Ecology & Environment, Government of Karnataka
“Hasiru Bhavan”, Doresanipalya Forest Campus, Vinayakanagara Circle,
5 th Phase, J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru -560076
Tel; 080-26490746/47 l Fax; 080-26490745
Website: www.karnataka.gov.in/EMPRI
Editorial Team :
Concept and Supervision: Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS, Director General, EMPRI.
Review and Editing: Smt. Ritu Kakkar, IFS, Director General, EMPRI; Dr. KH Vinaya Kumar, IFS, Director &
ENVIS Coordinator, EMPRI; Sri. Ramesha C, Project Development Officer, EMPRI; Kum. Nandini K R,
Programme Co-Ordinator, NGC., Sri. Mallesh E, Data Entry Operator, NGC.
Layout and Designing: Kum. Nandini K R, Programme Co-Ordinator, NGC., Sri. Mallesh E, Data Entry
Operator, NGC.