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TEAM " LITTLE
ECO-FRIENDS " WINS THE
NATIONAL FINALS OF THE VOLVO YOUNG ENVIRONMENTALISTS AWARD
2002.
The Volvo Young Environmentalists Awards are aimed at
encouraging young people to:
Winners of the first round of the Awards have now been
selected and their projects are on display in the Gallery.
Will go on to compete with teams from 12 countries at the
Global Finals in Sweden
Team Little Eco-Friends comprising students from St.
Joseph's Boys High School and Sindhi High School won the
Indian stage of the Volvo Young Environmentalists Award,
earning them the opportunity to represent the country at the
grand finale to be held at the Volvo headquearters in
Gothenburg, Sweden between 21st and 25th September 2002.
The National Finals of the Volvo Young Environmentalists
Award was held to identify the Indian representative at the
Global Finals. Four teams were short listed to contest the
National Finals and each team was given an opportunity to
make a formal presentation of their environmental project to
an audience that comprised of students and teachers from
schools around Bangalore.
Press Clippings
A few of the press clippings have been listed. (Click on
link to view pictures)
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Events
On August 11, 2002, Sunday - Street March from Vebb
ground (Behind Hotel Tandoor), M.G. Road to Gandhi Square,
M.G.Road, Bangalore.
Programme:
Street March
Little Eco Friends arranged a rally on August 11,2002, a
Sunday at St. Joseph's Boys High School ground , also called
the Vebb Ground (behind Hotel Tandoor), M.G.Road. We had
contacted over 20 schools to have representation from wide
spectrum of society. It was heartening to have 500 children
from 15 schools which included Public Schools, Government
schools and even children from Association of Children with
Physical Disability. Each child received a T-Shirt carrying
eco message of Little Eco Friends which they put on
enthusiastically. This set the tempo for the programme.
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The enthusiasm of children was
palpable. We had prepared over 60 placards with five
different computer graphics, another 25 placards were hand
made with text in English as well as in local Kannada
language. The children from different schools also had
enthusiastically made placards and had brought them. Banners
were made for the occasion from professional artists.
As scheduled, the program started at 10 am. Harshit anchored
the program with support from Vishesh, Safdar, Hari and
Ankush. (Read More..)
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The rally was addressed by prominent environmentalists and
senior government officials for making Bangalore a cleaner
and healthier place to live in. Shri Upendra Tripathy,
Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Shri .T.
Sangliana, Police Commissioner , Suresh Heblikar, a renowned
environmentalist (of Eco Watch, an NGO), Father Micheal
John, Principal St. Josephs' Boys High School, Bangalore,
Shri Ramappa, Director, Oxfam, Shri S.M.H. Kirmani,
international cricketer, Shri B.C. Patil, Cine artist
addressed the children.
For creating mass awareness, the rally was followed by a
street march from the Vebb ground to Gandhi Square on the
Mahatma Gandhi Road, the busiest road of Bangalore.
The Pledge:
I have understood the Eco-friendly
nature of cloth and pledge to spread the message all around
and to stop using polybags
Scheduled Events:
- Visit to schools and superstores of Nepal, our
neighbouring SAARC country.
- Visit to schools and superstores of our
neighbouring city Mysore.
- Visit to hotel Leela Palace to study recycling
of garbage.
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