Kolkata, 28th July 2023: SwitchON Foundation on the occasion of Nature Conservation Day, initiated its Inter School Clean Air Championship Program through a waste management drive and a virtual meet across the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. This initiative is supported by the Clean Air Toolbox Program of Columbia University, New York. There are multiple organizations supporting the interschool clean air championship program like Earth Day Network, WWF, Garbage free India, National Museum of Natural History, Ministry of Forest Environment and Climate Change.
In line with the theme of Nature Conservation Day, i.e Sustaining People and Planet, the selected schools kicked off the Championship by participating in a Waste Management Drive where the children collected wastes from their home like plastic, cardboards, bottles, e- wastes like earphones, headphones, broken parts of appliances or electronics and collected and segregated it at their schools and handed it over to the recyclers or ragpickers. Through this initiative, the children added to the circular economy by reducing and recycling the waste at their level. Children also took up activities like plantation, awareness sessions and competitions on best from waste. 15 Schools from West Bengal like Birla High School Mukundapur, Chetla Boy’s High School, Shri Shikshayatan School, Sri Sri Academy, Heritage School, Sushila Birla Girls School (Kolkata), Talit Goureswar High School (Purba Bardhaman), Durgapur Rai Rani Devi High School (DURGAPUR), GPS Memorial School (Howrah) participated in the Waste management drive engaging more than 200 children.
Mr. Vinay Jaju, Managing director of SwitchON Foundation said, “SwitchON Foundation believes that children and youth are leaders of tomorrow, it is crucial for them to understand the significance of sustainable living and take concrete steps to address the issue of air pollution. One of the significant ways to sustain the planet is to reduce, reuse and recycle waste.”
A virtual meet was also organized by SwitchON with the selected schools of Inter-School Clean Air Championship Program. The virtual Program brought together the school students, teachers and the eminent government officials from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change department of the states where they provided valuable insights and facilitated meaningful discussions on air pollution and climate change.
Dr. Arabinda Basu, Principal of Baidyapara High School commented, “We are glad that SwitchON Foundation is working on the pressing environmental issues like air pollution and waste management and generating a sense of awareness amongst the children about the concepts of reduce, reuse and recycle. This will generate a positive habit of managing waste at their home and also at school.”
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Contact: Vinay Jaju | M: +91 9331178105 | Email: VJ@SwitchON.org.in
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