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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 1999 |
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This year on World Environment Day we were the first to kick off the
celebrations (source The Afternoon Despatch & Courier – a well-known
newspaper in Bombay) on 31st May which was the World Anti-Smoking Day. The celebrations commenced with our Chief Guest Mr. D. T. Joseph (earlier a high ranking government official and now the Managing Director of SICOM Ltd) planting a sapling on the occasion of World Environment Day. It was a half-day programme which felicitated Kruti Parekh a 13 year old wonder magician who spreads the message of environment through her magic. Next we had Mr. Prashant Mahajan, Senior Education Officer, The Bombay Natural History Society (non-government organisation) give a wonderful and enlightening talk on Bio-diversity This was followed by Oasis & Brainchild (both non-government organisations) who drew our attention towards change at an individual level, highlighting the difference each one of us can make through a delightful story as well focusing on the urgent need to pay heed to our environment. We also planned a surprise item in the form of an environment artist from Australia who completed her Masters in Environment Education in Brisbane at the Griffith University. Her thesis revolved round curating & painting for her project "ECO-DEA" where she combined with indigenous artists as well as non-indigenous artist to spread environemnt education through the arts. The Orchid gave her an opportunity to display her talent in front of a crowd comprising of over 130 people. This was followed by a talk given by Mr. Viren Merchant, he is the pioneer who started lane management in Joshi Lane in Oct 1996. The Bombay Municipal Corporation appreciating his efforts & potential invited Viren Merchant to form a scheme on a micro level. Thus the birth of Advanced Locality Management (ALM) took place as a result of which there are 290 ALM in the city of Mumbai covering a population of over a lakh. The grande finale was the performance of Kruti Parekh who had the audience captivated with her magical tricks based on environment. On 5th June 1999, a series of road shows were held at various locations across Bombay to spread the word the message of environment. The road shows involved enacting of plays through which awareness was created among the general public at large. Out of the two groups performing one group formed the staff of The Orchid while the other group called "Prasad" (a non-government organisation) which comprised of professional actors. Last but not the least on World Environment Day our Corporate Sales and Marketing General Manager, Ms. Delyse Braganza was invited by The British Council for their panel discussion on "Ecotourism in Western India". |
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