WORKSHOP WITH SCHOOL LEADERS FOR PLASTIC FREE ZONE
School representative (left) and journalist Donatella Lorch & Rato Bangala School Principal Santa Dixit (right).
On June 29th 2014, Plastic Free Himalaya at Rato Bangala School participated at the workshop with School Leaders to develop “Environment Friendly School” organized by Ministry of Urban Development, Solid Waste Management Technical Support Centre, Executive Director Dr. Sumitra Amatya and co- organizer Rato Bangala School. There were more than hundreds of school’s representative participation including some NGOS and concerned Government Bodies. It was a successful workshop that created a great opportunity to exchange the ideas of the best practices for Eco- friendly environment at school. In the discussion of action plan it was mention and agreed to make their school a ”plastic bag and bottle free zone” and also agreed not to allow any students to bring packaged dry food items to eat in their lunch.
Before starting the workshop we had a field trip lead by Donatella Lorch to observe what have we done to our Bagmati river.
As the purpose of the workshop is to develop the strategy in coordination with various school representative of Kathmandu Valley for waste management as well as waste free zone school and the one who successfully achieve the motto will be rewarded by a symbolic Flag which is not as easy to get as concluded by Dr. Sumitra Amatya.
Flag design presented by Dr. Sumitra Amatya
It is a beginning and we hope we all together in collaboration can bring drastic change into ‘clean and green’ nation. As the current scene of Bagmati river above shown in the picture is alarming us towards the waste Tsunami, so it’s time to act now though we are already late. ******************************************************************************************************
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