TIGblogs TIG | TIGblogs GROUP TIGBLOGS LOGIN SIGNUP
Lost In Time
Lost In Time
Educating Students About Civic Awareness
Translations available in: English (original) | French | Spanish | Italian | German | Portuguese | Swedish | Russian | Dutch | Arabic

A few weeks ago I visited the Sathodi waterfalls. It was a brief stop on my journey home after a local extolled its virtues. The path leading to the falls was littered with plastic bottles, plastic bags, and other stuff even though there was provision to throw waste. There were a lot of young people present there who were very noisy. I spoke to a few and they said they were from a college in Raichur, and all the hundred odd students had travelled by bus all the way for a picnic to the falls. I feel it is very important to educate children and young people and generally everyone about the importance of preserving our environment and also about civic sense. Its futile to have huge signs in kannada all along the protected forest areas that ask you to keep away from smoking or you might create a forest fire or anotehr sign which I remember "vanya pranigalannu rakshisi" which means protect the forest animals, when the importance of this matter isn't inculcated in our population. Firstly, jungle areas need a degree of respect from anyone who travels through these roads. Playing loud music and screaming and trying to hear if your voice echoes in the silence harms the ecosystem in the area. And I do not understand why tourists (int he form of students or otherwise) are allowed to bring food into such areas. Most of the time people eat food near waterfalls and wash their hands, their plates, their faces, use soap.. etc.. And waterfalls are areas where tigers frequent, and it was fascinating to hear a tiger;s cry, but we are encroaching on a terrotory that isn't our own and therefore its important to have some kind of respect. And very vital that all children in schools, all schools, and colleges, are taught the value of our environment, the need to conserve our country's forests and animals.

June 5, 2008 | 1:32 PM Comments  0 comments

Tags:
You must be logged in to add tags.


siddiqua's Profile


Latest Posts
stranger to the world
Keeping Out Rainwater
Documentary on Wild Boars
One Tree
They manage our waste...

Monthly Archive
October 2005
April 2006
April 2007
May 2007
February 2008
March 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
September 2008
October 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009

Change Language


Tags Archive
animals awareness culture earthhour elections identity india inspirational karnataka kingofpop michaeljackson muslim obama obama09 ojeremen pigs school sez wastemanagement westernseacoast


26900 views
Important Disclaimer