ENVIRON CLUB

Environ – the Eco Club of GMSM Mahavidyalaya was established in 2015 to empower students to participate and take up meaningful environmental activities and projects. It is a forum through which students can reach out to influence, engage peers and neighbourhood communities to promote sound environmental behaviour. It aims to empower students to explore environmental concepts and actions beyond the confines of a syllabus or curriculum. While everyone, everywhere, asserts the importance of ‘learning to live sustainably,’ Environ through a range og activities work towards achieving it.

Environ is an institutionally inspired voluntary club which promotes participation of students and teachers in knowing and improving our environment. It aims at conservation, protection and management of the environment, essential for achieving sustainable living and development. Eco Club ensures that it is the time to look closely at nature for greener and safer tomorrow.

The Eco Code of the College is-

OBJECTIVES OF ENVIRON

To create awareness among the students about the need of environmental protection
To prepare and organize student`s participation for preservation and conservation of environment
To make Clean and Green Campus
To use different media such as audio, visual, posters, seminar, workshop, Guest Lecture and competitions for spreading messages concerning environment
To create awareness among Society regarding environmental protection and to create a pollution free environment.
To arouse love and responsibility towards nature by reducing carbon emission.
To create an awakening in the young minds for preserving and conserving natural environment and to make them more sensitive towards surroundings.
To motivate the students to keep their surroundings green and clean by undertaking plantation of trees.
To promote the ethos of conservation of water by minimizing the use of water.
To motivate the students to imbibe habits and life style for minimum waste generation, source separation of waste and disposing the waste at the nearest storage point.
To sensitize the students to minimize the use of plastic bags, not to discard them in public places as they choke drains and sewers, causing water logging and providing breeding ground for mosquitoes.
To involve Eco Club students in open-orientation programmes in schools and public areas and to organize tree plantation programmes, awareness programmes regarding various environmental issues and educating children about re-use of waste material and preparation of products out of waste.
To create awareness of biodiversity conservation and local environmental issues among all.

ACTIVITIES OF ENVIRON

Plantation
Social Forestry
Organic Vegetable Garden
Awareness Campaigns to save water in the neighbouring villages
Say No to Plastic awareness Campaigns
Separation of bio degradablae and non degradable waste
E waste disposal Awareness workshops
Poster Campaigns
Seminars