Project Name: ECO-PAAVITRYA
Objective: To maintained the paavitrya of environment in festival days
Project guide: Anushka Shembekar
ECO-PAAVITRYA 2010
Scope:
- To reach out people and make them aware about the current unpleasant situation of environment.
- To share information gathered to help people to contribute in saving environment.
- To make people think about their day to day activities which generates waste and which cannot be recycled.
- To promote everyone, to use degradable things wherever possible so that environment will not be harmed.
- To celebrate “eco-friendly” festivals. To spread knowledge about ways to dispose off Nirmalya generated after Worship.
Avoidable items – Plastic Bags and plastic items, Thermocol, Non degradable items, Use of LED to save electricity.
Useful items – Clothes, Natural colors, Waste Papers, De-gradable items, Eco friendly items.
ECO-PAAVITRYA 2010
Project Team members:
1. Vijay Natekar
2. Paresh Gonjare
3. Hrishikesh Gharpure
4. Pankaj Kulkarni
5. Manoj Patankar
6. Roopal Khodade
7. Laxman Suryawanshi
Information Gathering:
For gathering information we had attended seminars and met some proficient persons who shared a lot of information with us. The information given by them helped us in many aspects of our project. Laxman, Roopal, Manoj have taken great efforts for the same. Good work by all of them. Anushka also helped us a lot in information gathering process.
Member awareness about the projects:
In the ‘Project Managers meet’ we all discussed a lot on the scope and the object of this project. We had prepared presentation of our project “Eco-Paavitrya” to make aware all the members who were going to pass on the information to the people. All our members have given us good response.
Theme:
The theme was, to generate awareness among, and consequently casting responsibility towards environment on, each individual.
Description:
To avoid destruction of environment with the help of easy ways as discussed above.
Thanks To: Ms.Padhye, Oikos , Ms.Ketaki Ghate,Amol Kulkarni For Presentation
Duration: 14th August 2010 – 12th September
Activity I: Awareness Activity at New friends’ colony.
Project managers: Vijay and Paresh
Date: 22nd August 2010
Ground Work:
- Colony Permission - Vijay
- Preparation of Script - Vijay and Paresh
-Posters and banner content – Hrishikesh Pandkar and Gandhar
- Designing of Posters – Pankaj.K,Hrishikesh.G
- Designing of Banners - Pankaj.K,Hrishikesh.G
- Arrangements of Bags - Paresh
Theme: Awareness at mass level..
Description: Almost 250 flats (600 person approx) were targeted in just 2 hours. Pamphlets and eco-friendly bags were distributed throughout the colony
Thanks To: New friends society members who gave a positive response to the activity .
Activity II: SKIT
Project managers: Pankaj.K, Hrishikesh.G, Manoj
Date: 29th August 2010
Ground Work: Taking permission at Tathavde udyan to perform SKIT, SKIT concept, theme, dialogs, script, costume, characters deciding, drepary.
Theme: To make aware people about Nirmalya (water Pollution), Sound Pollution, Air pollution happening during festival seasons.
Description:
Thanks To: Mr.Bhate for guidance, Saurabh Chitale for helping in music, Pooja for drepary and all actor actress (Harshada, Roopal, Amey.J, Neha.P, Pritesh, Vijay, Manoj, Amey.K, Bhagyada) of SKIT
Activity III : ECO-friendly decoration competition in different organization
Project managers: Roopal, Laxman
Date:5th September 2010
Ground Work: Group making for decoration team, Taking theme from all the groups, at the time of activity dividing the group for 4 different organizations
Theme: ECO-friendly decoration (without using thermocol,paper,halogen lights,plastic etc)
Description:4 Themes were received from 4 different group, based on which the group have decorated the place.
Group1: Pooja, Hrishikesh.P, Rucha, Ishwari ,Saurabh.D (Winning team)
Group2: Dhanashree, Bhagyada, Ganesh, Tanmayee
Group3: Amey.J, Amol, Avanti, Soha, Gandhar
Group4: Roopal, Chinmay, Anushka, Pankaj ,Rohit
Thanks To: Organizations (Matoshree,Apala Ghar,Manavya,Khelghar), all participants
Activity IV : ECO-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration
Project managers: All project managers
Date: 12th September 2010
Ground Work: Preparation of Prasad, arrangements for musical instruments for aarti.
Description: Discussion on ECO-paavityra project, Prize distribution for winning team of decoration competition
ECO-PAAVITRYA 2011
Project Team members:
- Ishwari Wagle
- Akash Pathak
- Manoj Patankar
- Abhijeet Jagtap
- Shalaka Chitale
Period : August 2011 –October 2011
Activity I: Awareness Activity at Sarita Vaibhav ,Sinhgad Road
Project managers: Ishwari and Akash
Date: 21st August 2011
Objectives:
- · To aware the people about Environmental conditions.
- · To convince them to use eco-friendly products.
- · To increase the interaction and confidence between the members.
It was the similar Eco-Paavitrya activity we had conducted last year. We went in groups of 3-4 to all the flats in 9 buildings of Sarita Vaibhav and appeal them to celebrate upcoming festivals in Eco-friendly way. We not only gave them the pamphlet describing how one can celebrate in eco-friendly manner but also we stamped a note on their calendars which will remind them about eco-friendly celebration. This indeed was very innovative addition to last year’s activity. We got very positive response from all the flat members.
Activity II: Awareness Activity for Children at Treasure Park Society.
Project managers: Manoj
Date: 28th August 2011
Objectives:
- · To conduct treasure hunt type games including two tasks
- · Tasks include decoration and Conservation related messages
- · Members must encourage children in their team to take active part.
- · To send the message of celebrating festivals in eco-friendly manner by distributing eco-paavitrya pamphlet.
It was raining; still 32 DCT members gathered at the venue and were surprised to see overwhelming response from children. Expected children count was 25 to 30 & actual count was around 70. This made the life of the PM very difficult. With sheer presence of mind, he could make this act successful. 8 groups were made and two games were conducted. First clue brought the children to game 1 and second to game 2. 1st game was necessary for the children to understand difference between luxury and needs, what one actually requires and what extra things are.
Children were correct to gather the moral of the activity. Second game was to make children aware about what ecofriendly ways to celebrate Festivals are and what can be avoided during decorations in different festival. Finally with the help of clues gathered after both games, 8 teams were able to find 8 posters showing our invaluable natural resources, animals, birds etc. This concept of teaching children was perfect.
After the games, every team was gifted with a plant, which will be planted at Treasure Park itself. DCT reached children, on whom we all depend. This is really a step towards building a great nation. These children will definitely guide their parents if the parents act in contradiction to the ecofriendly ways, and they will check on optimum utilization of available resources.
Activity III: Awareness Activity at Kanchan Heights, Sinhgad road.
Project managers: Abhijeet and Shalaka
Date: 4th September 2011
Objectives:
- To distribute eco-friendly “Nirmalya Bags”
- To Interact with people with the help of questionnaire to give the message of celebrating festivals in eco-friendly manner
- To improve communication skills of members
- To get some new ideas, knowledge about natural colors, eco-friendly ways to celebrate festival..
We conducted the survey in society. We visited each flat of the society in the groups of 4-5 requesting them to answer very simple questions in Yes/No. Through the questions we asked them if they celebrate festivals in eco-friendly way. The questionnaire was really short and sweet, it hardly took two minutes to get filled.
We also gifted disposable plastic bags which they can use to collect Nirmalya from their house so that it can be further used for fertilization.
Thanks To: Sarita-Vaibhav Society members ,Treasure Park society members,Kanchan Heights Society members. Special thanks to Monika for designing attractive posters for children at Treasure park.
Thanks To: All Deepastambha Charitable Trust members.
ECO-PAAVITRYA 2012
Duration: 1st September to 15th October
Objectives:
- To maintain paavitrya of the environment during festival celebrations.
- To initiate activities with schools.
- To reach school going children below 7th standard.
- To develop rapport with schools and children.
- To promote using eco-friendly decoration material for any type of decoration.
- To minimize plastic usage & non-degradable material.
- To educate the students on pollution & its ill-effects on human health, animals & the environment because of not celebrating the festivals in eco-friendly way.
- To spread the message of eco-friendly festival celebration amongst maximum people and to motivate children and parents to interact on such topics with the help of essay competition.
- To improve the presentation skills of DCT members
No. of Schools Involved: 7
Total No. of Students Approached: 2000+
- Project Guide - Anushka Shembekar
- Project Co-ordinators - Neha Pandkar, Sucheta Mahajan, Kedar Hirve
- Essay Co-ordinators - Mahesh Sane
- Support Team for Essay Co-ordination - Kedar Hirve, Pankaj Kulkarni and Anushka Shembekar
- Essay School Co-ordinators - Pallavi Awate, Anurag Deshmukh, Manoj Patankar
- Shortlisting of Essays- Judging Team - Hrishikesh Pandkar, Mahesh Sane, Pallavi Awate, Pratik Langarkande
- Eco-friendly Decoration Kit Preparation Team - Sayli Patil, Shweta Khedekar, Pratik Langarkande, Pallavi Awate, Tejas Bhagawat, Anurag Deshmukh, Bhagyesh Ranbhor,Manoj Patankar,Sandeep Kumar,Shalaka Chitale
- Social Network Co-ordinators - Kedar Hirve, Sucheta Mahajan
- Stories - Shalaka Chitale, Shradha Ronghe, Anushka Shembekar
- Videos - Shradha Ronghe, Anushka Shembekar, Pratik Langarkande, Pallavi Awate
- Presentation - Anurag Deshmukh, Raju Yadav, Pratik Lamgarkande, Sucheta Mahajan,Neha Pandkar
- Banners -Pallavi Awate, Pratik Langarkande
Information:
ACTIVITIES
Activity I
Date: 1st September
Name of the School: N.M.V. Marathi Shala
No. of Students: 150
Std: 3rd
Project Managers: Shradha Ronghe, Shalaka Chitale
Ground Work:
• Taking permission from school officials for the activity
• Gathering information & videos
• Preparation of craft kits
Activity included:
- Coloring Picture
- Presentation on Pollution, its increase during festivals & ways to avoid/reduce it
- Ways to use eco-friendly decoration, Hands-on training for children on making craft decoration material
Activity II
Date: 8th September
Name of the School: N.M.V. Marathi Shala
No. of Students: 150
Std: 3rd
Project Managers: Sayli Patil, Shweta Khedekar
Ground Work:
• Taking permission from school officials for the activity
• Gathering information & videos
• Preparation of craft kits
Activity included:
• Coloring Picture
• Ways to use eco-friendly decoration, Hands-on training for children on making craft decoration
material
Activity III
Date: 8th September
Name of the School: New English School
No. of Students: 80
Std: 5th to 10th
Project Managers: Sandeep Kumar, Raju Yadav
Ground Work:
• Taking permission from school officials for the activity
• Gathering information & videos
• PowerPoint Presentation Preparation
Activity included:
• Presentation on Pollution , its increase during festivals & ways to avoid/reduce it
Activity IV
Date: 15th September
Name of the School: Abhinav Marathi Medium High School
No. of Students: 180
Std: 5th
Project Managers: Anurag Deshmukh, Pratik Langarkande
Ground Work:
• Taking permission from school officials for the activity
• Gathering information & videos
• PowerPoint Presentation Preparation
Activity included:
• Presentation on Pollution , its increase during festivals & ways to avoid/reduce it
Activity V
Date: 15th September
Name of the School: Abhinav High School
No. of Students: 180
Std: 5th& 6th
Project Managers: Anurag Deshmukh, Pratik Langarkande
Ground Work:
• Taking permission from school officials for the activity
• Gathering information & videos
• PowerPoint Presentation Preparation
Activity included:
•Presentation on Pollution , its increase during festivals & ways to avoid/reduce it
Activity VI
Date: 16th September
Name of the School: Sharada Math
No. of Students: 85
Std: 3rd to 6th
Project Manager: Pooja Kulkarni
Ground Work:
• Communication with coordinators at Sharada Math
• Gathering information & videos
Activity included:
• Video on Pollution , its increase during festivals & ways to avoid/reduce it
• Taken Quiz on pollution, ways to avoid it, eco-friendly decoration
• Coloring Picture
ESSAY COMPETITION (For 5th to 7th Students)
- Dnyanganga English Medium School
- Silver Crest English Medium School
- Abhinav Marathi Medium High School
- N.C.L. School
Some ground rules for Essay competition
- One essay per student varying from 300-400 words is accepted.
- Writing language- Marathi / English, Ink of writing– Blue/Black.
- Numeric figures and pictures can be part of essay.
- The papers were provided by DCT.
- The essays will be collected by DCT during 1st October-5th October.
- The results will be declared by 15th October, which will be sent respective school.
NAME OF THE SCHOOL
• Students have to select any one topic from below 3.
For Marathi Language
1. मीआपलेसंण eco-friendly साजरे करते/करतो .
2. मीदुर्दैवी निसर्ग .
3. संण आणि प्रदूषण .
For English Language
1. I Celebrate Our Festivals in Eco-Friendly Way.
2. Confession of Unfortunate Nature.
3. Festivals and Pollution.
ECO-PAAVITRYA TEAM MEMBERS
- Anushka Shembekar
- Ameya Joshi
- Kedar Hirve
- Sucheta Mahajan
- Mahesh Sane
- Sayli Patil
- Shweta Khedekar
- Shradha Ronghe
- Shalaka Chitale
- Raju Yadav
- Sandeep Kumar
- Anurag Deshmukh
- Pratik Langarkande
- Manoj Patankar
- Pallavi Awate
- Tejas Bhagawat
- Bhagyesh Ranbhor
- Neha Pandkar
- Pankaj Kulkarni
- Pooja Kulkarni
- Chinmay Joshi
- Ishwari Wagle
VOTE OF THANKS
N.M.V. Marathi School: Mrs. Nanda Mane, Mrs. Usha Pawar, Mrs. Mishra
New English School: Mrs. Joshi, Mrs. Potdar
Abhinav Marathi Medium High School: Mrs. Chaphekar, Mr. Rajput, Mrs. Kale, Mr. Gayke
Sharda Math: Jayashree,
Dnyanganga English Medium School: Mrs. Rachana Taware, Mrs. Anuja Datar
Silver Crest English Medium School: Mrs. Ghosh, Mrs. Nutan
N.C.L. School: Mrs. Alka Padhye
Thanks To: All Project managers / coordinators and Deepastambha Charitable Trust members participated in different eco-paavitrya activities.
