Students take a vow to save Mother Earth

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 5

Several webinars, online painting, poster-making competitions, bird house making activities, bird feeding activities, tree plantation, paper reading, slogan writing and poetry sessions were held on the World Environment Day at various schools and colleges across the city. Though home-bound, students did not refrain from showcasing their enthusiasm during online sessions. Some of them also planted trees in their vicinity and shared the pictures with their teachers. The teachers also apprised them of the importance of this day. All of them pledged to learn their lessons from the pandemic and make efforts for a sustainable living.

Department of Laws, GNDU

The Department of Laws, GNDU regional campus, under the aegis of Vice Chancellor Prof Jaspal Singh Sandhu, and Dean Academic Affairs Prof Hardeep Singh organised a webinar on the occasion of the World Environment Day. The webinar was moderated by Vanita Khanna. Head of the Department Rupam Jagota, on the behalf of the faculty of law, welcomed the keynote speaker Prof Jaspal Singh, Principal, Khalsa College of Law, Amritsar, and former head, Department of Law, GNDU, Amritsar.

Swami Sant Dass Public School

The Phagwara Environment Association organised an online painting competition to celebrate World Environment Day. Students of Swami Sant Dass Public School, Phagwara, gave a glorious performance and won many prizes in the competition. A total number of about 150 students from nearby schools participated in the competition. The students were lauded for their outstanding performance and were awarded with a certificate and a trophy. To observe the day, the participants were also asked to plant a tree anywhere and send a photograph of the same.

Apeejay Institute of Mgmt & Engineering

Students from all courses were asked to read the environment oath written by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Students were also told about the history of this day. This day is being celebrated since 1974 when the United States recognised June 5 as World Environment Day, for the first time with the theme “Only One Earth”. Discussions were held regarding degrading ecosystem. Dr Rajesh Bagga, Director, AIMETC stressed the need to plant more trees and shift to renewable energy sources to save the Earth and the coming generations.

Shiv Jyoti Public School

Teachers of Shiv Jyoti Public School stepped forward to spread awareness among students to conserve environment. “This year, the theme as given by the United Nations was ‘Reimagine, Recreate, Restore,’ Man is the only creature who can be a destroyer or a creator. Playing the role as a creator, humans should play a sincere role to conserve this precious planet. The beautiful Mother Nature will also reciprocate in the form of blissful Environment to all of us”, the teachers told the students. To create awareness among students and make them realise their responsibility towards their environment, students took an initiation to make environment green by planting a saplings and help them grow big by taking care of them.

Hindu Kanya College

In a webinar organised by different clubs of local to mark International Environmental Protection Day, former head of the Zoology Department of the Punjab Agricultural University, .Ludhiana, Dr Swarandeep Singh Hundal appealed to all students of Hindu Kanya College, Kapurthala, to contribute their best to save environment. “We cannot stay passive to environment related issues thinking that my efforts are too little and are not enough as these could not bring a change,” he said adding that, “we should start improving our surroundings only and appeal others to do so also.”

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya

Kanya Maha Vidyalaya celebrated World Environment Day on the theme of Ecosystem Restoration in order to spread awareness about the Environment and Biodiversity conservation. The event was organised jointly by the Department of Student Welfare, Department of Environment Science, NCC Department and PG Department of Commerce and Business Administration. The activity was held online in which more than 150 students of various streams of collegiate school and college participated with full zeal and enthusiasm. Students accentuated many issues like protection of species, save plants, save nature and restoring degraded, damaged or destroyed ecosystem and habitats in the environment by active human intervention and actions etc. through plantation drive and also spread awareness through thought provoking videos. Principal Prof Atima Sharma Dwivedi averred that the time demands that we should all be aware about our responsibility towards environment conservation

Innocent Hearts

World Environment Day was celebrated online under Disha - an initiative being run under the Bowry Memorial Educational and Medical Trust. On this occasion, different activities were organized in the five branches of Innocent Hearts School. Activities were organised according to the age group of the children. The students of K G I participated in plantation activity and shared their photographs with the school while planting saplings. KG 2 students gave the message of save environment by making paper bags. Poetry reading competition was organised for the students of class II in which children used different props related to their poetry. Class III and IV students made houses for birds by reusing waste plastic and also made food feeders to feed them, explaining to the students the importance of taking care of birds in summer, kept food feeders and water feeders on the roofs of the house. Tree Plantation Drive was also organised.

Kamla Nehru College

The Department of Sciences, Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara celebrated ‘World Environment Day’ during which different online competitions were organised. The primary objective of this celebration was to make students aware of the degradation of environment due to different man-made activities and to conserve it by adopting significant remedial measures. More than 70 students participated in different activities like potted plant competition, slogan writing and poster making competition.

IVY World School

IVY World School, under the ageis of the Vasal Education Society, observed the day with great fanfare. Ever since the Covid lockdown began, medical and sanitation staffs have been working round-the-clock for us. The young Ivyians took part in many online activities to show their gratitude to all doctors, sanitation staff and medical teams. Children enjoyed doing activities wherein they planted small saplings and wrote beautiful gratitude quotes and then presented to their surrounding doctors, medical staff. Children also prepared eco-friendly bags with goodies for the warriors who are selflessly doing their duties in corona wards. Our Young ivyians also wrote motivational slogans on the theme ‘Save environment’. S Chauhan, Principal, Ivy World School, appreciated the drive and advised the children to protect the environment.

Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women

World Environment Day was celebrated by the Department of Environment Studies, Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women. Under the guidance of Dr Mukta Chum, HoD, Department of Environment Studies, the students of Kalpavariksh Society participated with great enthusiasm to celebrate the day. Keeping in mind the theme for ecosystem restoration, the students performed various activities such as tree plantation and watered them. Various trees and plants such as basil, money plant, mongra, papaya, guava, snake plant, amla and sunflower were planted to mark the day.

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