April 2018

Dear Friends,

This month, we shall talk about Climate Change. This is another Planetary Boundary that we have already crossed. We shall try to understand the consequences as well as the causes behind this phenomenon, and see what can be done by each one of us.

Hand in Hand Inclusive Development and Services, group entity of Hand in Hand India is proud to have received the first prize under the NGO category for its work in Karaikal Municipality, Puduchery State at the ‘Eighth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific’, Indore.

The Forum was organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India, United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD), and Environment Ministry of Japan from 9-12 April, 2018. The four-day seminar witnessed delegates from 45 countries from Asia and Pacific region.

C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre
Chennai
Habitat:
Shrubs stem rounded. Leaves 10-16 x 8-10 cm, smaller in branch-lets; elliptic-ovate to obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, ad-pressed pubescent when young, becoming glabrous on maturity. Flowers pale purple or greenish-white, 3 cm across; pedicels to 3 cm long, stout; calyx lobes to 3 mm long; corolla campanulate, tube short, lobes ovate to oblong, recurved; staminal corona of 5 vertical lobes, 1 cm long. Fruit saccate, to 6 x 3 cm, ovoid; seeds many. (India Biodiversity Portal.com).

Vivekananda Kendra – Nardep distributed seeds to 100 students of Parvathavarthini Amman School for developing Kitchen garden. As a part of our follow up, we did a survey to assess the impact of the 100 seeds packets distributed to the students. Following are our observations:

1. All the students have planted the seeds
2. Around 43 students have successfully grown the plant and enjoyed the yield
3. All the students who have successfully grown the seeds were done it so, with the support of Parents

This month, we are giving the write up appeared in the Indian express on 21st April.

Tracing history, assn takes a green road by replenishing waterbodies

Restoring Water Level

Coordinator of the organisation, Green Rameswaram, V Saraswathi said that her team had found out the site of buried waterbodies by referring history and holy books and their efforts had helped groundwater recharge and rainwater harvesting in the island.

Ms. S. Rajalakshmi, was elected Panchayat President in Alamaruthupatti which is our service area of Swachh Bharat Mission. The total population is 5411 and during 2014-15 23% were without toilet facility. We started working in the area from April 2014 and as president, she felt the need to change the traditional behavior and attitude of the people. We have conducted many motivational programmes, but she has motivated the community individually and explained the importance of toilet facility. We have accepted her request and financially supported her by appointing monitors for motivating people to use the toilets which yielded the desired results.

GREEN NEWSLETTER (Tamil)

SRI PARVATHAVARTHINIAMMAN GIRLS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, RAMESWARAM.

Issue No.6 April 2018