Many of the students at different stall had prepared attractive baskets, bottles, pots and origami caps from disposables with the intent to disseminate the message of reusing and recycling. PHOTO: FILE
This was said by Capital Development Authority Chairman Tahir Shahbaz during his address as a chief guest at the Pakistan Nature Carnival in F-9 Park on Sunday.
Indus Motor Company (IMC) and World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) organised the event to help educate citizens on climate change and the importance of aiming for a pollution-free society.
Students from different schools and universities were showing off their craft and presentation skills as they displayed models and pictures relating to pollution.
Sanwal Nasir Gil from Elite International School was standing by a model of biogas station, eagerly explaining how animal dung could be used to produce fuel and electricity.
Many of the students at different stall had prepared attractive baskets, bottles, pots and origami caps from disposables with the intent to disseminate the message of reusing and recycling.
“IMC and WWF-Pakistan is committed to creating awareness about environmental conservation among the youth,” Parvez Ghias added.
The students of Roots Schools Sector G-11/3 had a 12-foot dolphin and other pictorial presentation of marine conservation.
At a stall set up by students of Islamabad College for Girls F-6/2, tablets of malabathrum were being displayed as a useful insect repellent for rice crops.
Many young students were also dressed in animal costumes and participating in question-answer exchanges with visitors.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 25th, 2013.
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We are organizing clean up the world programme for the last sixteen years which is an international programme being organized by clean up the world pvt , Austalia . Through this programme we are propagating environmental ethics in the masses through the involvement of our students . Several students are now doing M.Sc. Environmental science and they want to adopt career in environmental education and protection . This new breed of students should also be assisted by international bodies for the constructive use of their knowledge and energy for the environmental conservation .