Nature Club students enjoy the Greenline Mela

Don Bosco High School,

Matunga, Mumbai

5 March, 2016

 -Ms Ashwini Gupte

The Greenline Mela, organized on the Don Bosco, Matunga campus on 5th March, 2016 was attended by Nature Club enthusiasts Chaitanya, Akarsh, Suraj, Jenil and Devansh, along with Ms. Barkha. This was followed by the awards ceremony of the Green Schools Campaign. The students benefitted from a number of workshops on butterfly gardening, origami, creative expression,  clay modelling, digital photography, etc. in which they participated and got first hand experience. The students also enjoyed a workshop conducted by environment cartoonist Mr. Rohan Chakravarty, who taught them how to draw wildlife cartoons highlighting environmental issues. The teachers too had an interesting session on mushroom cultivation.

A Nature Club activity

Visit to the Pramod Mahajan Udyan 

Don Bosco High School,

Matunga, Mumbai

22 August 2015

 A group of five students belonging to the school’s nature club, along with their teacher, Mrs. Lakshmi Krishna, visited the Udyan at Tulsi Pipe Road for a full day's programme, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., organized by Fr. Savio and his GreenLine team.

The students observed a number of organisms such as the garden lizards, many species of butterflies, caterpillars, slugs and millipedes. The trip is a part of the ongoing GreenLine project on local fauna.

Rashtriya's Harit Sena's initiative - Nature club

The Rashtriya Harit Sena’s initiative extends to become a Nature Club project

-Mrs. Arti Dodti

Don Bosco High School,

Matunga -Mumbai,

JULY 20, 2015

Teachers of the Mumbai south zone schools attended a seminar on July 15, at the Dharavi Nature Park themed ‘GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE.’ Two lectures, ‘River March’ by Mr. Gopal Zaveri, and ‘The Climate Reality Project’ by Mrs.Nandini Deshmukh (Ex H.O.D of Kirti College) provided information on impending global crises and the means to avert them.

The first, a documentary, gave information about the abysmal condition of rivers in Mumbai, with suggestions for students to work on projects, in order to raise awareness. You are welcome to look up the Facebook page ‘River March For India’ for related information.

The second lecture focused on creating climate leaders who would ‘Think globally, act locally and change personally’ to reduce their carbon footprint. Do visitwww.eelab.info for further information.

The programme concluded with a sharing of the success story of the Harit Sena.

A step towards going green - 'greenline' teachers orientation program

Another academic year, another step towards going green - The Nature Club takes on yet another challenge

-Ms. Ashwini Gupte

Don Bosco High School,

Matunga

8^th July 2015

GreenLine, the Environmental Forum of the Don Bosco Development Society, as part of its ‘Green Schools Campaign,’ held their first orientation programme of the year yesterday, for teachers of the participating schools. The event was held at the GreenLine Office in Don Bosco, Matunga. This is the sixth edition of the campaign that aims at creating ‘greener people’ who in turn will create a ‘greener world.’ The teachers from Don Bosco High School, Matunga who attended the same were Ms. Barkha Shah, Ms. Neelam Yadav and Ms. Alareen Fernandes. The Nature Club of Don Bosco High School, Matunga will be directly involved in taking forward the activities on the theme ‘Fauna Watch’ during this academic year.

A talk by Mr. Laxmikant Deshpande on ‘Environment education and sustainable development,’ followed by a session on ‘Conserving Mumbai’s biodiversity - The role of the Urban Youth,’ brought the theme for the year into focus. Rev. Fr. Savio Silveira gave the theme of ‘Fauna Watch’ for the year to the 500 schools participating in the Green School Campaign this year.

Rev. Fr. Savio quoted Mother Teresa when he reminded the teachers that “The world today does not listen to preachers but it listens to witnesses,” and urged the teachers along with their students to be proactive in their campaign of spreading awareness about, as well as helping protect urban fauna.