Green School Project starts at Marthoma Residential Schol

Anto Antony, MP, inaugurating the Green School Project as part of the Green and Clean City project at a function held at Mar Thoma Residential School auditorium in Kutappuzha near Thiruvalla.

 

The Project Green School   starts at Marthoma Residential School Tiruvalla, a project jointly initiated by MACFAST and Tiruvalla Municipality. Anto Antony (Member of the Parliament) inaugurated the project. Mentioning on 'carbon credit', he reiterated the significance of tree plantation and its need in the present scenario which the environment is highly disturbed by the over exploitation of natural resources.   Indiscriminate dumping of waste at public places had been posing serious health risk even in rural Kerala and it was better to keep diseases away by maintaining a healthy environment, he added. He said children have a significant role in making people aware of the importance of conservation and the duty bestowed up on is to extend the lights green message.

Delivering the keynote address, Fr. Abraham Mulamoottil, chairman of the Pushpagiri Medical Society, said the very mission of the project is to make Thiruvalla a model, waste-free, green, clean, and healthy city by effectively implementing a viable, cost-effective and financially sustainable waste management system with active people's participation.

“What is needed is a paradigm shift in the attitude of the community from the ‘not in my backyard' (Nimby) syndrome to an ‘in my backyard (IMBY) habit by enabling the local community to segregate and dispose of the waste at source itself,” he said

Mathew Chacko, municipal vice-chairman, presided over the function. He said the Clean and Green City project was targeted at management of waste at source itself.

“This is a Project which aims for Developing Green Habits among Students for a Sustainable World.  Make Students Ambassadors of Sustainable World, Make Our Schools and its Premises as Natural as Possible, ‘Live Nature’ as the way of life, Promote Eco Friendly Practices and Products are the key objectives of the projiect. M.M. Mathew, school Principal said.

 Fr Pradeep Vazhatharamalayil, MACFAST Principal, Paul V.Mathew, Project co-coordinator, and George Mathew, Radio MACFAST Director, spoke.