Online World Environment Day 2021
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World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5. World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly. For the first time in the year 1973, World Environment Day was celebrated with the aim of taking positive steps to protect the environment from polluting the earth and to inspire people around the world in this direction.
In 2010 Nalanda took an initiative of forming a Green Club to create awareness on environment and it was named 'Vasundhara' in 2020. Nalanda celebrated World Environment Day, 2021 by urging students to plant Tulsi Saplings between 5.6.2021 to 14.6.2021 as it has many medicinal properties. As tulsi plant helps in purifying the air by absorbing toxic gases and helps in eliminating stress. Knowing all these benefits of Tulsi Plant the students of Nalanda enthusiastically participated in this activity with zest and hope all over India in their hometowns while battling the pandemic and staying positive and hopeful for the future yet to unfold by respecting Mother Nature.
Abijith Nair planted a sapling from Kerala. Varaluxmi Munisamy spoke on importance of planting a sapling from her hometown in Mauritius. Juhi Joshi planted a sapling in a traditional way showcasing Indian culture in her hometown silvassa with Vaishnavi Pillai from Vadodara, narrating a poem by Henry Cuyler Bunner on the advantages of planting a tree. Rutuja Durgavale threw light on the caring and loving side of mother earth. Mahima Savji from Mumbai planted a sapling with Saurabh Tripathi from Varanasi beautifully reciting Kabir's doha. Kavya Varma and Arya Sant planted saplings from Mumbai and Krutika Sontakke offered an ode to nature in Marathi from her hometown Nagpur. Lakshmi priya Nair from Mumbai planted the sapling and expressed her thoughts on planting a tulasi.
Gautami Joshi from Pune, planted a sapling discussing the importance of environment and nature. Kavya Pujara planted a sapling in her hometown Ahmedabad.
Edited by: Vighnesh Mahajan.
Teacher Co-ordinators: Smt. Madhuri Deshmukh and Ms. Vaidehi Lal.
Student Co-ordinators: Saurabh Tripathi, Shefali Barguru, Vaishnavi Pillai, Samiksha Shah, Juhi Joshi.
