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Plastic Pollution Has a Solution!

This college campus in India has found the solution to plastic pollution. Waste to wealth. Building with eco-bricks. Beautifying the campus. Gainfully utilising the student's time on the college campus. Many Solutions to One Pollution. Read More

Even Vice Chancellors walk the talk

The Vice Chancellors from this university walk the talk along the river demonstrating the river clean-up to boost biodiversity and reduce flood risks by clearing the fast-spreading weed in riverbanks and restoring the river's natural shape. Read Here

Bamboos help Wind to Produce Energy

Researchers from this university are attempting to develop compostable, environmentally compatible wind turbine blades using bamboo and mycelium to replace the composite blades that make recycling difficult in terms of laborious and expensive. Read Here

From Farm to Fork : Follow the Food

The researchers from this university are awarded a contract to measure the loss and waste of all imported or domestically produced food and drink throughout the food supply chain. The group is further interested in finding out where food waste has ended up. Read Here

Youth Are in Court to Sue Spoilers

The 16 young residents sue the state for failing to live up to its constitutional mandate to “maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment" as an effort to increase pressure on policymakers to take more urgent action on emissions. Read Here

Final Words.... by Chairman

-Dr Rajendra Shende, Former Director, UNEP

20^th June and 21^st June 2023

Refugees and Yoga

Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror. They are displaced within their own countries or in other countries, mostly neighbouring.

World Refugee Day falls every year on the 20^th June. It is an international day declared by the United Nations to respect, honour and care for refugees around the globe. World Refugee Day is an occasion to build empathy and understanding for the plight of our global colleagues.

In 2022 there were 110 million refugees displaced due to conflicts, wars, violence and disruptions. This population of refugees is more than the population of Portugal, the country of origin of Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General who interestingly was also a member of the socialist party in his country and curiously was United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before becoming United Nations Secretary general in 2017. Read More

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Project Coordinator, SCCN-Green TERRE Foundation

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