Section - E — ENGLISH STD 9 — Question

Celebration of the World Environment Day

June 7,2017

Junagadh

 The world environment day is celebrated on 5^th June every year. It was announced by United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to celebrate this day as world environment day. The name of my school is Smt R J Kaneriya Girls High School, Junagadh and we also celebrated this day with great enthusiasm. A tree plantation drive was organised at our school on the mark of World Environment Day. All the students of Eco Club, NCC Wing and NSS Unit planted saplings on the occasion.  Manjulaben Fuletra, principal of the school, interacted with the students and spoke about threats to the environment. Students raised slogans and displayed posters regarding different environmental issues. Potted plants were added to the school garden and students were encouraged to participate in drawing and poster making competitions with environment-related topics with their parents. Kids also enjoyed pot-making and other activities organised to help students understand the importance of the three P's - Protect, Preserve and Promote 'mother earth'. Students and staff participated in plantation drives to make their surrounding green. The theme resoluted for the World Environment Day 2017 is 'One planet. Consume with care.' To mark the day, the school also organised a 'nature walk' for the students who were exhorted to plant more trees in their surroundings. To add more color to the day 'Best out of Waste activity was also held: students used waste material to showcase their creativity. Shri Mohanbhai Patel, the managing trustee of the school also joined the students in this 'go green' effort. Really we celebrated the day with the go green activities and enjoyed a lot.