World Environment Day was celebrated in our institution on June 5,2018. Prior to this “Eco-Club” was formed with Mr. V.V.Ravi , Administrator, . Mrs. Josephine , Principal Miss. Kavyashree K. as the Convenor , Mr. Mahesh Kumar K as the Co – Convenor, Mrs.Shobha M.K., Computer Science Teacher and Miss Sharanya, Office Staff as “Staff Members” and thirty students from different classes as “Student Members”.
The day began on a bright note Mrs.Anitha , Range Forest Officer , Department of Forest , Government of Karnataka , Pandavapura consented to be the President of the occasion’.
Mrs.Rashmi ,Resource Person ,Organic Mandya ,Mandya
graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Pressmen and lensmen from different newspaper publishing houses covered the events.
In her presidential address, Mrs.Anitha , Range Forest Officer, Pandavapura called upon the gathering to lend a helping hand to the Forest Department in raising trees in agricultural lands and homestead gardens.
Mrs.Rashmi , Resource Person,Organic Mandya , Mandya called upon the students and staff alike to conserve environment for posterity.
We, at Jnana Bandhu Vidyalaya, Celebrated these days along with “World Environment Day” as they are related to environment.
(a) World Forestry Day – March 21
(b) World Water Day – March 22
( c) World Earth Day – April 22
(d) World Bee Day – May 20.
(e) International Bio – Diversity Day – May 22.
because the above days fell during the examination / vacation.
World Environment Day is celebrated to successfully get carbon neutrality , focusing on the forest management , reducing green house effects , promoting bio – fuels production by planting on degraded lands, use of hydro- power to enhance electricity production , encourage common public to use solar water heaters , energy production through solar sources , developing new drainage systems , promoting coral reefs and mangroves restoration in order to prevent flooding and erosion , in addition to other ways of environmental preservation.