Project on

Tend the Earth through Tender Hands

VII & VIII Students,

Panchayat Union Middle School,

Veerandan, Aranthangi Union,

Puduvakkottai(P.O), 614616

Pudukkottai Dist

Guided by

A. Stella Parimala, B.T Asst (Maths)

DESIGN for CHANGE - 2014

OUR SCHOOL

FEEL

There are many plants and

trees in our school but we

don’t have a kitchen

garden

There is a heap of waste material like

plastic covers, pet bottles, bags etc are found around the

village.

Due to lack of rain our lands could not be cultivated, we feel hot everywhere

Problem :-

Lack of cleanliness and greenery around the

village and dumping of plastic waste

materials.

Solutions :-

Approaching the Panchayat Office.

Making the villagers aware of the prevailing

problem.

Showing a real model.

IMAGINE

Asking permission to do the project

Collecting information from the newspaper

Collecting information from the website

DOWe collected plastic wastes lying around the village.

From Plastic bottles to newspapers everything is reusable

An area was selected in the school campus for KITCHEN GARDEN. Seed bed was created and vegetable seeds were sown

We selected many pet bottles, broken buckets, mugs and plastic containers, filled them with garden soil and planted some seeds and saplings

KEEP CLEAN & GROW GREEN

A separate Vermiculture pit was created to supply manure for the garden. Thus the vegetable and midday-meal wastes from our kitchen were effectively used

VERMICULTURE

If there is no sufficent place for gardening, we shall keep VERTICAL GARDENING. It is a real joy taking care of the plants.

VERTICAL GARDENING

WASTE MAKES MONEY

We hope to get all the vegetables for our school from our kitchen garden.

Gardening is a creative pastime and a right step towards protecting the environment. It is the connection of the soul to the soil. We are convinced that having a garden is good for us and Mother Earth.

Our Headmistress is examining the project work

PLANNING TO PLANT TREES OUTSIDE

Planting saplings outside the school

Everyone must plant a sapling to mark any celebration.

We invited the villagers and explained them about the importance of having a clean and green environment by showing our own garden. We urged the villagers to segregate bio-degradable and non bio-degradable wastes. Each one was presented a sapling that was grown by us. The villagers and the pupils decided to plant the saplings on both sides of the road to get shade. If everyone takes simple steps like this, we can save our only Home in this Universe.

SHARE

Pupils sharing their ideas with the villagers & parents

Reuse the plastic

Explaining their project to the SMC & VEC members

Grow more trees get more rain

Avoid using Plastic

Website :-www.suseum.comwww.gardening.comwww.best from waste.com

Newspapers :-The Hindu - Young World

dec 10,2013, july 1,2014

Daily Thanthi

SOURCE CODE

We thank BRC Aranthangi for

giving this opportunity to do this

project. We thank our

Headmistress and all the staff

members who helped us to do

this project.

Reduce the use of Plastic.

Reuse that can be used.

Recycle when out of use.

"REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE"

“A tree is known by its fruit, a man

by his deeds.”

“Planting of trees is the planting of

ideas.”

“Everyone should plant and grow atleast

one tree if he wants to be a human

being… My view is that at a younger age

your optimism is more and you have.”

-A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

THANK YOU