GREEN SCHOOLS AWARD
November 27, 2006
 

And the winners are…

Government Senior Secondary School, Boormajra, Ropar district, Punjab, has been rated the top green school based on the self-assessment done through the Green Schools Manual.

Some environment-friendly policies implemented by this school:

Village school uses futuristic techniques for water management

Stress on resources like energy and water is less

Although it does not have a rainwater harvesting system, the school harvests water spilling from taps

In this way, it reuses around 60 per cent of the wastewater it generates

Data on the number of staff/students walking or bicycling to school is maintained

Sholai School, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, has been rated second. The school is located on a hillside and has just 51 students

Sholai School is an environment lover’s haven because:

It derives most of its energy from micro-hydel, solar and biogas sources

Precise information about energy consumption on campus has been collated

Most of the waste produced is reused within the campus

Students of Evergreen Public School marking trees

Evergreen Public School, Vasundhara Enclave, New Delhi, stands third in the top Green Schools list.

The school has been implementing environment-friendly practices over the years:

It is one of the few schools in Delhi to have implemented proper rainwater harvesting, including rooftop, paved and unpaved

Water that spills from certain locations is directed to recharge pits

An audit of flora and fauna on campus was done: the total number of trees were counted and numbered

Once, students used a spring balance to weigh the various kinds of waste produced by the school

Students' audit team of Pinnacle School weighing waste

Best Students’ Audit Team Award
Pinnacle School, Panchsheel Enclave, New Delhi, has bagged the ‘Best Students’ Audit Team Award’.

Students did all calculations on the data and also coordinated with the administrative staff

They stayed back after school hours and did a waste audit with the help of a spring balance

Best Teachers’ Team Award
Evergreen Public School, Vasundhara Enclave, New Delhi, can celebrate twice over. Besides, standing third, it has also won the ‘Best Teachers’ Team Award’.

A group of five teachers handled each chapter of the programme: water, air, land, energy and waste

Each person was professional and coordinated with the others

The teachers designed special data sheets for the students

The team came up with the idea of numbering and counting trees