Eco Club In School / SAMAGRA SHIKSHA / इको क्लब काय आहे ? उद्देश काय आहे ?

• Sensitize the students to minimize the use of plastic bags, not to throw them in public places as they choke drains and sewers, cause water logging and provide breeding ground for mosquitoes.
• Organize tree plantation programmes, awareness programmes such as quiz, essay, painting competitions, rallies, nukkad natak etc. regarding various environmental issues and educate children about re-use of waste material & preparation of products out of waste
• Campaign against use of loud speakers, motivate students not to use crackers and fire works, recycling of glass and metals, use of unnecessary horns.
• Field visit to environmentally important sites including polluted and degraded sites, wildlife parks, etc.
• Organise rallies, marches, human chains and street theatre at public places with a view to spread environmental awareness.
• Action based activities like tree plantation, cleanliness drives both within and out side the school campus.
• Grow kitchen gardens, maintain vermin-composting pits, construct water harvesting structures in school, practice paper recycling etc.
• Prepare inventories of polluting sources and forward it to enforcement agencies.
• Maintenance of public places like parks, gardens both within and out side the school campus.
• Mobilise action against environmentally unsound practices like garbage disposal in unauthorised places, unsafe disposal of hospital wastes etc.
• Beautify selected road side area with plants and flowers and put campaign boards to generate awareness.
• Any other innovative programme on environmental issues.