TERI organises first educators’ conference to enhance environment education

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Gurgaon, November 15: : promote research and development, and other activities, to make Haryana greener.

The first of the Educators’ Conference organised by TERI addressed key issues related to environment -- with a focus on Climate Change -- to enable teachers to play a more proactive role. The drive was an essential process of enhancing environment education knowledge followed by positive action.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Ministry of Environment and Forestry, GTZ, Tetrapak India Pvt Ltd, JSW, UNESCO, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, NCERT and SCERT have supported this initiative undertaken by TERI.

The Educators were also taken around TERI’s Resource Efficient Retreat for Environmental Awareness and Training campus (TERI – RETREAT). One of the teacher’s said, “It has been an enlightening experience of TERI’s exemplary mandate of sustainable development by advocating the concept of green buildings, which register minimal impact on the environment.”

The teachers learnt about the integrated design elements, the solar passive architecture, renewable sources of energy, conventional and non-conventional heating-cooling and energy-saving features of the campus.

During his valedictory speech, the Haryana Chief Minister released the first series of five Knowledge Books on environment for children, published by TERI Press and marketed and distributed by Pearson Education in India. Vivek Govil, CEO, Pearson Education presented the set of books to Mr Hooda.