education and skills training for sustainable livelihood development among women.
Green Environmental Monitors (GEMS) campaign
GEMS aims to help The Climate Generation grow to be responsible environmental citizens. Building on the success of the pilot project in Kolkata, EDN will widen the program to other cities in India, and students in Asia as well.
Impact: Forming of a wide base of educated and responsible youth.
Youth form 35 per cent of Indias population.
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Major cities in India are over built, with miniscule green spaces. To help cities go green, EDN will organize seminars and hands-on-training programs so that citizens learn how to grow plants in even not- thought-of-before spaces.
EDN will also work with Municipal Corporation officials to ensure that existing public parks and gardens are maintainedY
Impact: Increase Earths green cover Planting trees EDN partnered with Rotary International for Green Magic a program that aims to plant 10 million trees in India EDN now seeks collaborations for additional programsY
Educating local self-government leaders
Workshops are heId for women to become agents of change by learning how to protect and increase natural resources, and understand the need to implement campaigns to move from fossil fuels to cleaner energies.
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Impact: By law 33-50 per cent of elected seats are reserved for women. The term of office is 5 years. Some twenty million village women are already part of decision-making processess. Programs implemented are thus likely to positively impact sustainable development. Environmental Curriculum Development Environmental science has been discontinued as a separate subject taught in schoolsY
To bridge the gap in what is really essential knowledge for students, EDN will hold workshops for teachers who teach Literature, History, Geography, Political Science, Art and Economics with the aim to showcase ways to relate their subject to knowledge about environmental issuesY
Impact: Indias student population focuses on environmental issuesY In conjunction with a retail chain, and a speciality chef, S organizeRprograms in different cities of India. S KStR events where organic food is served, and there lS displays of organic products, farmer-government meets, lyRawareyess built in KS general publicY
The proposal has been pilot-tested and refined for replicationY
Impact: greater demand for organic 322R will translate into healthier choices, and more people producing organic 322R will reduce prices so that the opportunity to choose organic kSYis available to many others Go Organic campaign Bags for Earth
Seamstresses convert old clothes on the spot into cloth bagsY
Events planned for large malls, housing complexes, and educational institutionsY
Impact: Helps reinforce recycling and provides an alternative to plastic bagsY
Investing for a cleaner environment anywhere is investing to safeguard a common heritage. There are no borders that contain Earths air and water.
If she can try in her own little way Why cant we? Contact Information Karuna A. Singh e-mail: singh@earthday.net 9831356476