LETS ALL PLEDGE TO SAVE MOTHER EARTH …

                            IT’S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE!

On the occasion of International Plantation Day

(22nd December, 2001)    : Eco-club was formed .

We are the members of the following NGO’s

n      Development Alternatives

n      CHINTAN

n      WWF

n      KIDS for TIGER

n      National Bal Bhawan

n      TECCA

n      Navdanya

n      Center for Science and Environment

 The Students of the ECO CLUB are divided into five groups –

Taking care of our  Tomorrow …

Anti Crackers Campaign-Rallying in the neighbourhood , signature campaigns and Nukkad nataks to spread awareness about pollution free Diwali.

Natural Holi Colours-Children are encouraged to use natural Colours made from Haldi, Mahendi, Besan, Gulmohar Flower, Jammun, Chandan etc.

No to Poly bags-In order to minimize use of Poly bags, we have banned the use of poly bags inside the school and instead they are encouraged to use cloth bags, paper bags etc.

Eco Tours Students are regularly taken for Eco tours. They have visited places like Jim Corbett Park, Dehradun, Mussoorie etc. outside Delhi. Whereas in Delhi they visited Aravalli Biodiversity Park, Agrasen Ki Baoli, Natural Museum for Natural History.

Waste Management drive In this campaign students go to public places like Delhi Ridge, Buddha Jayanti Park, clean the place and  encourage people to develop Bin culture by raising slogans on waste management. Salwan is also a part of SEARCH Project (Sensitization, Education and Awareness on Recycling for a cleaner Habitat), ,A Tetra pack-TERI initiative.

Air Monitoring  Our school students also take part in rally against Air pollution, they have participated in pollution check up camps, ‘walk do not drive’ campaigns etc. to motivate and sensitize general public about the issue.

Water Harvesting -We also do rain water harvesting in our school. A recharge well is dug up at the huge play ground, where water logging was a common problem during rainy season. Now with the help of this recharge well, we have not only solved the issue of water logging but it has also increased our ground water table, which is benefitting near by localities too.

Ridge Project-In 2003 when we started working on this project, the ridge area at Vande Mataram Marg was all dumped with lots and lots of malba  and concrete generated out of construction waste. Shri Sushil Dutt Salwan, our Trustee, is an ardent lover of environment and a visionary. It was his idea to adopt the ridge area and work on it to get the glory of the place back. We have cleared and done the plantation for 6 km stretch. The best part of the project is that teachers along-with the students and parents are involved in this project.

Video conferencing & Pen –Pals  – Video conferencing with UK schools with the NGO-Global ground waters initiatives with a view to exchange all environmental issues in  both the countries.  Students communicate regularly with the students of other countries through E-mails.