HT-PACE And EPCO - Going the Green Way

HT-PACE has been associated with spreading awareness for a cause. After addressing various issues pertaining to education, freedom through education, etc, HT-PACE later decided to venture in its drive to protect greenery. In its pursuit, we managed to associate with EPCO - Environment Planning Coordination Organisation. Sadhna Tiwari, a senior official from EPCO, Bhopal had been forthcoming enough to associate with HT-PACE in its pursuits.

HT PACE along with EPCO, initiated a Inter-School Power Point Presentation Competition for which the topic was Preserving Bhopal - The City of Lakes. An overwhelming response by the students, was applauded among all circles, as it had initiated a Movement. Conservation of lakes and natural resources in Bhopal had been of major concern. The students handled the topic so well, that the suggestions and visuals used by the students for their presentations formed a basis of a Survey.

This competition paved way for an ongoing bond between the EPCO and HT-PACE as both kept moving in one direction. The objective was addressing the concerns arising out of growing industrialization.

The other initiatives undertaken by HT-PACE in this series were an Inter-School Garden Competition and Inter-School Group Discussion Competition. Both competitions had been conceptualised by Alpana Mishra in association with EPCO and Samarthan, an NGO.

The Inter-School Group Discussion Competition had been organised on the topic "Impact of the development projects undertaken under the purview of JNNURM in Bhopal. The youngsters, media and the student community were sensitized through this series of group discussions which had been organised in almost thirty schools across Bhopal. This series culminated into a Talk Show on the same subject, which was presided over by State Minister Jayant Mallaiah.

The Inter School Garden Competition had become an absolute hit as it had revolutionized the often overlooked school gardens. A few months time had been given to the schools to prepare for the same. It was indeed heartening to know that the schools had taken that extra step to beautify their gardens and look into their landscaping. The Competition was also appreciated, as steps had been undertaken to train the gardeners of the schools for the competitions with regard to parameters of the same.