For environment: 60 students receive eco-internship certification

The students were educated about their role in protecting the environment.


Our Correspondent September 01, 2014

LAHORE:


Sixty students were certified as eco-interns on Monday at a ceremony at the head office of WWF-Pakistan.


Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited Chief Engineer Farrukh Majeed presided over the event. WWF-Pakistan Corporate Relations Manager Sania Rauf Khan, eco-internship coordinator Hamza Malik and eco-internship officer Nauman Wazir were present.

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children,” Majeed said.

Khan said the WWF-Pakistan’s International Eco-internship Programme aimed at creating awareness and instilling a sense of responsibility in the interns. Everyone should play their role in the conservation and protection of the earth, she said.

The interns were from Kinnaird College for Women University and Beaconhouse School System.

The sessions were conducted at the Kinnaird College and WWF-Pakistan head office.

The students were educated about their role for the protection of environment. Best performing students were awarded letters of appreciation.

The International Eco-Internship Programme is a structured workshop based on six sessions giving students an opportunity to learn more about the pressing environmental challenges.

The sessions cover a wide array of topics on nature conservation and environment such as biodiversity, sustainable development, water conservation, renewable energies, climate change, green journalism, solid waste management and nature photography. Interns are also involved in hands on activities such as documentary making, eco designing, picture story, survival training and project making.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2014.

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