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Government of India

Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC)

Environmental Planning and Coordination Organization (EPCO)

Government of Madhya Pradesh, Department Of Environment

Paryavaran Parisar, E-5, Arera Colony,

Bhopal- 462016

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About Science Express Climate Action Special

In the year 2015, it was declared to run the Science Express on special theme of "Climate

Change". Science Express Climate Action Special train is a mobile science exhibition

mounted on 16 coach AC train which travels across the country to make people aware of

the implications of global warming and the measures which may be taken at individual,

community, local and national levels to tackle the threat of climate change.

The Science Express –Climate Action Special train in its ninth phase was scheduled from 17

Feb to 8 Sept 2017 during which it was exhibited at 68 railway stations across India, covering

19000 km. In Madhya Pradesh, the halt of the science express was at Amla, Betul,

Habibganj, Bina & Khajuraho railway stations from 04 Aug to 14 Aug 2017. The aim of the

exhibition was to create awareness among various sections of society, especially students,

as to how Climate Change can be combated through mitigation and adaptation measures

and also to provide opportunity to generate dialogue and discussion.

The Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change advised State Knowledge

Management Centre on Climate Change (SKMCCC), Environmental Planning and

Coordination Organization (EPCO), to coordinate the event at state level for greater

publicity through advertisements in electronic and print media for the wider participation of

the students and other stakeholders in the event. Besides this, it was also advised to

organise various events at respective stations.

Schedule of Science Express Climate Action Special in Madhya Pradesh

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Strategy Adopted for the promotion of the Science Express Train in Madhya Pradesh

The event was widely

publicized in leading

newspapers of Madhya

Pradesh so as to ensure

greater participation of

general masses.

E-mail and letters from EPCO were sent to all the Divisional Comissioners, District Collectors and the District Education Officers of the four districts viz. Betul, Bhopal, Sagar & Chhatarpur informing them about the aim and objective of the Science Express train. They were further requested to widely publicise the event in local media so that interested persons may visit the train. Nodal officers were also nominated to coordinate locally for mobilising the audience to visit the train.

Activities at Platform

Venue : Amla Railway Station (4 Aug.2017); Betul Railway Station (5 Aug.2017); Habibganj

Railway Station (8-9 Aug. 2017); Bina Railway Station (11-12 Aug. 2017) & Khajuraho Railway Station (13-14 Aug.2017) of Madhya Pradesh.

Participants: School Students (groups of 50-100 students participated in the event)

Following Activities were planned and executed at all the five railway stations:

Understanding The Basics of Climate Change : The activity was carried out using a Terrarium and the exhibition panels on Climate Science. Students were explained about the Greenhouse effect and its importance to sustain life, the impact of increased emissions of GHG on the planet and specifically the sources of GHG in MP. The inter linkage of activities leading to increased emissions and ultimately contributing to climate change from local to global level was explained to students through various activities. Students were organised into four groups. Each group was given the task to trace the lifecycle of

1. Electricity at home 2. Waste 3. Water 4. Transportation

Calculating the Carbon Footprint : In this activity, students calculated their carbon

footprint. A quiz was developed with each question having alternatives to choose

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from. Based on the score, students were able to calculate their footprint. This

exercise helped the students to know how much material and energy they utilize to

maintain their lifestyle and what measures they can take to reduce their footprint.

Climate Action Activities with the students : Students were made aware of the

activities they have been doing on daily basis that contribute to GHG emissions.

Activities that require fossil fuel use are some such activities. Also they were

informed about the activities that do not contribute to emissions of GHG which must

be incorporated in their lifestyles.

Quiz on Climate Change : The basic purpose of the quiz was to create a general

understanding about environment, climate change and sustainable development

issues amoung students. The questions were based on general facts on Environment,

Climate Change and information gained from Science Express Train.

Feedback of the Students : The feedback on the various activities conducted as well

as on science express was collected from students using a very detailed feedback

form as well as other tools like Mood Barometer, illustrations of which have been

provided below.

Enthusiasm at Amla

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Inquistiveness at Betul

Display of Exuberance at Habibganj

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Young & High Spirits at Bina

Show of Liveliness at Khajuraho

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Climate Science

Waste

Energy Transpor

tation

Water Lifestyle

Distribution of Knowledge Material:

Resource materials have been developed in Hindi on the causes and impacts of climate change and citizens’ actions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The main themes are

Science of Climate Change

Energy

Water

Waste

Transportation and

Lifestyles

The materials include a flyer, brochure, set of posters, standees and a yearly planner in both Hindi and English.

Total Visitors : Overwhelming response from school children, general public, academicians including

educational institutions were seen at Amla, Betul, Habibganj, Bina & Khajuraho railway

stations. As per the information given on the website of the Science Express

[http://www.sciencexpress.in/] the SECAS established a record number of visitors. Approx.

number of visitors are as follow:

Amla 11,285

Betul 20,059

Habibganj 14,394

Bina 31,438

Khajuraho 7,997

Total 85,173

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Media Coverage

All leading local daily newspapers and media widely covered the event.

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Annexure I

Climate Caravan ‘Sab Sath Chalen’ Campaign by CEE and MP CDMA

Interactive Sessions on ‘Climate Change Mitigation in Madhya Pradesh’ for the school

students visiting the Science Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) train at Habibgunj

Railway Station, Bhopal, MP

8th and 9th August 2017

Introduction

Centre for Environment Education (CEE) has been commissioned by Madhya Pradesh Clean

Development Mechanism Agency (MP CDMA) for the development of knowledge products

on climate change science and mitigation of greenhouse gages (GHGs) by individual

activities and carrying out the education and awareness campaign among various target

groups including school and college students and teachers, women and general public, etc.

Various knowledge projects including posters, standees, brochure and leaflets, etc were

developed by CEE on Climate Change and its mitigation in English and Hindi languages. CEE

also developed a branding for this campaign called ‘Climate Caravan Sab Sath Chalen.’ The

objective of this campaign is to make people aware about the science of climate change,

human action responsible for the climate change and the need for actions to mitigate and

reduce the emissions of the GHGs responsible for the climate change. The campaign invited

specific groups to participate by improving their understanding and taking actions at their

personal and professional levels to mitigate the climate change.

A series of knowledge events, sessions and workshops were organized with the target

groups like the school and college students, teachers, women groups, urban poor

community, etc under this campaign. The knowledge events were focused on different

themes according to the target groups, like:

Science of Climate Change – greenhouse gases, relationship between human actions and

climate change, measures to mitigate GHGs

Energy access, efficiency and urban poor community in slums

Energy – renewable energy and access to energy in the rural areas

Urban planning and design and sustainable urban transportation

Environmental audits with students at school campus for energy, waste and water, etc

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The knowledge materials developed for the campaign are broadly focused on the causes

and impacts of climate change and citizens’ actions for reducing GHGs emissions. The sub-

themes covered are:

Science of Climate Change

Energy

Water

Waste

Transportation

The materials include a flyer, brochure, set of posters, standees and a pamphlet with

handprint and footprint actions.

Climate Caravan Sessions with the school students visiting SECAS train

As part of the Climate Caravan Sab Sath Chalen campaign CEE conducted sessions for the

school students at the Habibgunj railway station. The students were visiting the Science

Express Climate Action Special (SECAS) train which is running across the country to create

awareness on the theme of climate action focusing at the national issues and initiatives. This

was taken as an opportunity to engage students in awareness on:

Climate Caravan initiative of MP CDMA to engage people take actions on GHG

reduction through their own actions

How and in what measure do human activities and lifestyle choices contribute to

GHG emissions

Our role in minimizing the GHGs emission through behaviour and lifestyle changes

The school students were engaged through interactive platform activities and discussions

around the sub-themes. MP CDMA with the help of the Education dept. arranged for the

visit of schools.

List of schools participated in sessions of Climate Caravan Campaign at Habibganj railway station

Sr No School Name Students Teachers Dates

1. Subhash Excellence Government School 43 2 8th Aug 17

2. Naveen Girls Government High School 99 3 8th Aug 17

3. Saraswati Shishu Mandir School 57 4 9th Aug 17

4. Government Higher Secondary School 68 2 9th Aug 17

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Session Schedule

Sl No Session Plan Time

1. Introduction of the session

About the Climate Caravan - Sab Sath Chalen campaign of MP CDMA

15 min

2. Science of Climate Change

- Weather and Climate of a place or region - Greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases (GHGs) and global warming - Activities responsible for emission of GHGs, with respect to

themes like energy, waste, transportation, water - Climate change and its impacts in the local context – local climate,

global impacts, agriculture, biodiversity, health, etc.

60 min

3. Climate Caravan - Sab Sath Chalen exhibition

- Viewing and discussion

- Discussion of footprint and handprint activities

10 min

4. Climate Action activity with the students

- Group activities on the themes of waste, water, energy and transportation

- Group presentations – on mapping the activities, source of GHG emissions, ways to reduce the GHG emissions

45 min

5. Quiz – on climate change with respect to Madhya Pradesh state 10 min

6. Feedback of students on learnings from the session 10 min

Session plan with interactive discussions, group activity and Climate Caravan exhibition was

planned for a batch of 40-50 students ranging between 2:30 to 3 hours.

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Date: 8th Aug 17

Time: 11 am to 2.00 pm and 12 pm to 3 pm

Target Group: Students from two schools

Introduction and Science of Climate Change, Its Cause and Impacts

The session started with a brief introduction of the session and about the initiative of MP

CDMA to create awareness about the climate change in the local context through the

campaign of Climate Caravan – Sab

Sath Chalen and its purpose to build a

public understanding about the

climate change and actions for

mitigation of greenhouse gases. It is

followed by an interactive discussion

describing the basic science of climate

change like the difference between

climate and weather of a place or a

region, greenhouse effect and global

warming, greenhouse gases and the natural and anthropogenic sources of greenhouse

gases. Also discussed with the students the activities responsible for the emissions of

greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide with respect to the production and use of energy,

waste generation and production of methane, use of fossil fuel formed over a longer period

of time as petroleum for transportation and emission of carbon dioxide. Make them

understood that water is going to be impact in many ways with respect to its availability for

human consumption, agriculture, etc due to the effect of climate change altering the

precipitation patterns, increasing temperature and increasing demand for water.

Also discussed with the students the

impact of climate change in the local

context like how it is going to affect

the local climatic context in the city of

Bhopal interms of increasing

temperature, shorten winters,

changing rainfall patterns. They were

made understand the connection

between the effects of climate

change with the health and vector

borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya, malaria, etc due to increasingly favourable

conditions for the breading of mosquitos.

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Students were also explained about the state level impacts of climate change. The

agriculture, biodiversity, plants, animals and pollinators which will get impacted or affected

due to the climate change in Madhya Pradesh which is a forested state.

Students were quite interactive and were asking many questions and responding to the

questions being posed to them during this discussion.

Climate Caravan – Sab Sath Chalen Exhibition

An exhibition of Climate Caravan – Sab

Sath Chalen campaign was also put up

for the students at the Habibganj

railway station. Students were divided

into groups and given different

themes energy, waste, transportation

and water. They were asked to go

through the exhibition standees on

science of climate change and sources

of greenhouse gases and the activities responsible for the emission of GHGs. They were

asked to identify the activities which are increasing our carbon footprint and the activities

which can increase out handprint towards reducing the GHGs emissions under each sub-

theme. The resource person discussed and explained the concept of carbon footprint and

handprint connecting them with our day to day activities and the lifestyle choices we make

especially as a student and as an individual.

Climate Action Activity – Group work

The students were divided into groups

of 6-8 students depending on the

strength of the schools, adhering to

the 4 themes under the programme,

namely, water, electricity, waste and

transportation.

Each group was asked to discuss in their group about the theme given to them. They were

told to discuss and identify any product or process under their theme and map the steps of

its production using lifecycle analysis approach of that product or process from its source to

final disposal or start of the process to the end of the process throughout its lifecycle.

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They were asked to draw the same on

a cart paper sowing all the stages of

the product manufacturing or the

process. They then identified all the

stages where any type of GHG is

emitted and also identify which GHG is

this from the commonly known GHGs

(CO2, CH4, N2O, CFC). They then

discussed the alternative or solution

that can be adopted to mitigate or

minimize the emission of that GHG in the production of that product or process. It was again

drawn on the chart paper to show or represent the solution or alternative handprint option.

Leading questions for the discussion

1. Electricity - What are the sources of electricity, how it is produced, use of fossil fuel

like coal, uses of electricity, alternative sources like renewables, etc?

2. Waste - Trace the lifecycle of 1-2 items in your garbage from where it was produced

to where it goes after you use it (Tetrapak/batteries/plastic bag, vegetable peels,

notebook, etc).

3. Water - Sources of water, how does it reach our homes (treatment, supply), different

types of uses, impact of groundwater depletion due to borewells, pipelines/vehicles

to transport water, pumping, disposal of sewage after uses of water, etc.

4. Transportation - How do you travel? What forms of fuel it uses? Where does fuel

come from? The material used in manufacturing, mining for extraction of raw

material, etc.

Students again made a presentation in group to the other students and explained on the

following points under their give themes.

The product or process selected

and how the product is made or

process of implemented.

What are the stages where GHG is

emitted? Which GHGs are emitted?

How the emission of the GHG in

that process of product making can

be reduced?

This was with reference to the themes

given to them, that is, water, electricity, waste and transportation. Briefly it was discussed

to relate these activities with the lifestyle of the students and the things they do in their day

to day life. They were able to relate the solutions they suggested with their own activities

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and choices they make and making suggestions which they can take up like using natural

light or use of bicycle and buses for travelling to schools, etc.

Quiz – on Climate Change with respect to Madhya Pradesh

A short quiz on climate change was conducted by MPCDMA with the students to understand

what they gathered from the session. Small token prizes were also distributed to those who

gave correct answers for the quiz questions. These questions were on the science of climate

change, climate change and its relevance to the state and personal actions towards GHGs

reductions.

Material Distribution

Each student was given a kit of the Climate Caravan – Sab Sath Chalen exhibition containing

a set of the six posters to carry with them and read later.

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Date: 9th Aug 17

Time: 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and 10.30 am to 1.30 pm

Target Group: Students from two schools

Students from Saraswati Shishu Mandir School and Government Higher Secondary school

visited the SECAS train at Habibganj station. Sessions on Climate Caravan – Sab Sath Chalen

campaign were conducted with them. The students were quite enthusiastic about the

session and participated in all the activities. They also made very nice presentations as part

of the group activities divided under different sub-themes. Their feedbacks were recorded

structurally to get the learning output of the session.

Feedback from students on learnings from the session

Feedbacks from the students were taken on the overall session and to map their

understanding gained from the session. The major feedbacks came were as follows:

They liked the session very much. They like the information provided in the session

and the exhibition on display.

They liked the group activity

the most, especially, the

discussion in the groups and

with the facilitators while

exploring the themes and the

products to identity the GHGs

emissions in the product

lifecycle.

They suggested organizing more of such interactive sessions and events.

They also liked the quiz. Though they felt there could be more questions so more of

the students could win the prizes.

They liked the idea of Handprint as a measure of positive actions for combating and

mitigating climate change.