Call for 'Green Hour' in Schools

Green Hour for Schools to accomplish the dream Clean and Green Tiruvalla

Teachers from Aanganvadi to Medical College joining hands to ensure Tiruvalla, a Clean and Green City. The awareness program organized by Tiruvalla Municipality and MACFAST College under the banner of Clean and Green Tiruvalla brings an apparent shift in the obsolete concept of waste management. Participants unanimously accepted the need of a decentralized waste management mechanism to find an everlasting solution to the dreadful menace of waste. While delivering key note address, Rev. Dr. Aabraham Mulamoottil (Project Director, CGT and Chairman of Pushpagiri Group of Institutions) reiterated the aim of Clean and Green City Project – NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) Syndrome to INMBY (In My Back Yard) Habit that looks for a paradigm shift in the attitude of community towards waste management.  Addition to this, he put forward an idea of 'Green Hour' which provides a creative platform for students and staffs to raise their environmental consciousness.  Citing the successful implementation of Green Hour in MACFAST, he explained this novel practice. 'Green Hour' comprises of three sections. It starts with 'Tip of the day', followed by the 'brain storming' on the tip it concludes with an 'internal/self reflection'.  This can make more colorful by incorporating innovative activities and themes of students and teachers. “Duty bestowed up on is the preservation of our nature and conservation of resources for the coming generations. It is hard to think when our future generations to be a victim of our haphazard interventions and to blame our evildoings. It is our duty to bring the message of ‘GO GREEN. SAVE EARTH’ to our growing generation for a sustainable future”. He said. 
"Schools are effective platform for awareness and it will be the most fruitful effort that we can deliver.  Our commitment to impart the vision of 'Green Earth' has a pivotal role in this scenario. I ensure all the supports of our project team for inculcating this mission in education institutions. We are now in full swing to step in to schools with the vision of sustainable world." Rev. Fr. Pradeep Vazhatharamalayil (Principal, MACFAST) said. 

It not requires one day to making the city clean and green but it needs years to reach the target. But it can augment, if we realize the truth – ‘Nature is for human beings and Human beings are not for Nature’. We are creating waste and we are responsible to manage it too. It is folly to think, waste management is the task of Municipality or Government. If we have a mind to consider things in positive direction, nothing can hinder us from move in direction. Meeting concluded with a message, "All depend up on our decisons and our attitude determines our actions. A sustainable world is possible if we join hands together for a common cause”  

Mr.Sudheer (Municipal Secretary) delivered Welcome note. Municipal Chairperson Smt. Linda Thomas presided over the meeting. Rev. Fr. Pradeep Vazatharamalayil (Principal, MACFAST), Smt. Sheela Varghese (Municipal Health Standing committee Chairperson), Mr. Prakash (Health Supervisor),  Paul V Mathew(Project Officer) Dr. Thomas Mathew, Smt. Annie and Smt.Saramma spoke in this occasion. 

For more information, please contact:  Paul V Mathew (Project Officer, Clean and Green Tiruvalla) - 09745482028