‘GO GREEN WEEK’celebrated at Harihar- St Aloysius College
“Take a stand for the love of green. Don’t be mean, just go green”
Mangaluru: The slogan “Go Green” is seen and heard everywhere, but so many people don’t understand why go green! In order to give awareness St Aloysius college, Harihar celebrated go green week from 25/7/2019 to 30/7/2019. As a part of the go green week several activities have been conducted during this week to encourage students and spread the awareness to the society.
The first day of the go green week that is on 25/07/2019 at 3:30 pm started with the inauguration by naming the plants (scientific name) of the campus, which was done successfully by the student representatives and management. We had white colour as dress code on that day in order to show purity. At 4:00 pm we conducted a mime competition in the quadrangle and the theme was given as “the relationship between human and trees” To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man, where the art of mime encompasses all the feelings of the soul.
In the competition,the students participated actively.6 teams participated and based on their creativity and presentation the best groups won the prizes. The second day that is 26/07/2019 at 3:30pm we organized drawing competition; the theme was “save water”. as well as Rangoli competition, the theme was “save earth”. On this day the dress code was blue. Students were very happy and enthusiastic to participate in both the competitions. The thoughts of students about how to save water and mother earth was seen through their art. The best art was recognized and appreciated.
Herbalism is based on relationship, relationship between plants and human, plants and planet, human and planet. The third day, 27/07/2019 the dress code was yellow. On that day We bought herbal plants to our garden. The fourth day 28/07/2019 at 3:00 pm students of St Aloysius college along with the lecturers walked into the villages (Jay Bheema Nagar) in order to distribute the saplings. The dress colour code was green. Around 50 students participated in the procession holding placards and slogans representing the importance of mother nature.
Every student was asked to bring saplings from their home in order to distribute it to the villagers. The saplings brought a wide smile on the face of villagers. villagers appreciated the work done by college. We also visited a government school of that village and distributed sapling. The villagers promised that they will take care of the saplings very well. St Aloysius college succeeded in creating awareness about nature to the villagers.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous, one touch of nature makes the whole world kin. On last day,30/07/2019 at 3:00 pm we organized poetry writing competition, the theme was “The Nature”. Nature always wears the colours of spirit. The dress code for the day was pink for girls and red for boys. 15 students participated in this competition and the best poem was awarded with the prize.
The one-week Programme was organised in order to spread the awareness and it was a great success in organizing. By organizing these kinds of awareness programme St Aloysius College is providing service to the society and mother nature.
