NIDM observed "World Environment Day" on 5th June 2012 with the objective of generating awareness on safeguarding environment for disaster risk reduction.
Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed, Hon'ble Member, National Disaster Management Authority, was the Chief Guest of the function. Other guests who graced the occasion were Prof. V. K. Sharma, Hon'ble Vice-chairman of the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, Sri Prakash Mishra, Director General of the National Disaster Response Force, Dr. Leena Srivastava, Vice-chancellor of TERI University and many other dignitaries, officials & children.
The event was also an occasion of release of three publications of NIDM namely "Ecosystem Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction", "Environmental Extremes and Climate related Disasters & "Disaster Management, for school children".
Slogan & poem writing competition writing - hindi & english were organized for school children at various schools and winners were given prizes by the Chief Guest in the programme.
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To work for a "green economy" we cannot have training in consumer culture. We need green schools now. Well really, we have needed green schools ever since we freed ourselves from the yoke of the British East India Corporation..it is very late now, but better now than never. How to produce, what to produce, to meet all needs wasting no natural resources to stoke consumer appetites and greeds.
In our schools, teachers first, and children taught to ask and learn about all they use, from food to materials : do I really need this, how was this made, who made this, how far was it transported, how was it stored, was it made with zero waste, can it be reused and recycled, were the persons who made this compensated justly, treated fairly, entitled their human rights and dignity?
Excellent Sir,
We should all work for GREEN ECONOMY.Thanks.