Thursday, May 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
D.A.V.PUBLIC SCHOOL, THERMAL COLONY, PANIPAT GOT GREEN SCHOOL AWARD 2009 FROM SHARMILA TAGORE
Stealing the show from the so-called elite institutions, schools from across the country on Saturday vied for honours to clinch who was the 'greenest of all' at the Green Schools Awards. Emerging as real change-makers, the annual environmental audit of schools under the aegis of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), over 5,000 schools participated in the event.
Of these, 500 were shortlisted for the finals and the chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Diskhit, and chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, Sharmila Tagore, felicitated the winners.
Schools from remote areas like Andaman and Nicobar and Sikkim to places like Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra showed an outstanding commitment to creating a clean and green environment.
According to the coordinator of environment education, CSE, Sumita Dasgupta, "Especially in Delhi, we are pretty disappointed with the elite schools. They seem to be attached to such programmes in a very superficial manner. In the first year, there was a lot of participation but very few made it to the top list, and in the second year, they completely dropped out. Not that it made much of a difference to us since they comprise just about two to three per cent but their students miss out on the real picture on education and interaction."
So who are the winners? The awards are divided into state and national level. At the national level, the top new school award was bagged by DAV Public School (Thermal Colony), Panipat, Haryana, for championing a green environment on their campus while Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh, came second for effective management of natural resources in the school. The third prize went to Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana, Punjab, for conserving water on the campus and for 100% rainwater harvesting.
The top accolades were for those who persisted with their intent to ensure a clean environment over a longer period and have emerged as changemakers. The winner this year has been Anubhuti School, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, which has been successfully using solar energy for 14.8% of its total energy consumption. The runner-up was Woodland Overseas School, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, for its sanitation vigil while Delhi-based St George's School, Alaknanda, took the third spot for its effort in achieving 100% water recycling on the campus.
The second and third toppers from Delhi are Salwan Public School (morning), Old Rajinder Nagar, and Ramjas School,
Pusa Road.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Galactic Suite Limited Plans New Space Hotel To Open In 2012
Galactic Suite has appointed several companies including EQUIPXCL, GBT, CTAE, and 4FC for working upon the Master Plan of GSProject. All our associates are fully dedicated to make our space hotel exist in full glory by 2012.
We are also concerned with the well being of the tourists. They will be provided with brief training before their journey to the space begins. The astronauts will be trained suitably on a tropical island. We aim at being not only the first, but also the biggest chain of the orbital resorts, even if other competitors enter into the field in future.
The space hotel is not only going to be a unique mega project, but also a revolution as far as tourism is concerned - we are talking here of space tourism. It’s like adding wings to your imagination. The company says they understand that stepping into space is no ordinary task for the common man.
Nonetheless, the company says they are fully committed to make the experience not only thrilling, but also safe for their tourists who rely upon them. Besides touring in space, clients will also enjoy the thrill of training prior to reaching the space resort.
According to the company's website, potential travelers who wish to be space tourists, are most welcome to apply for a reservation right now via their website.
The company promises that after a client's training is complete, and you are at their space resort, you will go through large number of thrilling experiences. For instance, these may include gazing at earth, moon, planets, not to mention the surreal sleeping arrangements, weightlessness etc.
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