DESIGN FOR CHANGE

8th standard Students Panchayat Union Middle School

ThoppampattiPollachi – North

Coimbatore-( Dt )Tamil Nadu

IndiaPIN: 642120

E-mail : pumsthoppampatti@gmail.com

Presented by……

SPROUTING TREES In Tender Hands

First of all……

Our planning IN TENDER HANDSWe thought of planting more trees in our

school campus in order to get shadow and to make our school evergreen and beautiful and to make our school to be lively.

To make the awareness among the students to plant more trees in the village where they live.

To know the usage of plants and trees.

To make the students to involve in planting more trees.

To know the role of trees in our daily life.

To understand the importance of trees in saving the living planet the Earth.

OUR OBJECTIVES

WE CAN…we have stepped

into…

Select the proper place for planting trees.

Select the different kinds of saplings and seeds to be planted.

Collect the needed manures and water for its growth.

WE, THE CONFIDENT

PERSONS

Number of students participated is 305 groups of each of six students.

Our garden has,

• Neem tree (margosa tree)• May flower tree• Peepal tree• Tamarind tree • Almond tree

• Guava tree• Portia tree,• Papaya tree • Coconut tree• Pon arali tree• Plantain tree• Vangai tree• Mango tree

Why we have planted these?Over the years, billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are absorbed by the trees.

Cutting of trees and its ill effects ..

Cutting up of trees may leads to great threat to all Living Being on Earth.

If we cut the trees, the carbon dioxide will be released by the, vehicles, factories, by burning plastics, coals, fules,

tyres, etc., will be stored in the atmosphere and increases the temperature of the Earth.

This spreading up of the rate of the global warming will increase,

the draught areas, submerging of low level lands in to the seas, melting of the ice caps, increasing the diseases.

Cutting of more trees may also leads to, deforestation which may cause, loss of genetic diversity loss of food grains loss of biodiversity Earthquakes Tsunami and etc.,

WHY WE….

We need more trees to absorb the amount of additional CO2 in the atmosphere.

However, forests are not being replaced at the rate, at which they are being destroyed. Hence it is our duty to plant more trees . We, students can produce more trees but not a forest in our locality. So each of us stepped into this activity.

Before getting awareness

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1- Students do

not know the uses of trees

2- Students know the uses of trees

Series 1

After getting awareness…

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1- Students do

not know the uses of trees

2- Students know the uses of trees

Measures to reach our GoalWith the help of teachers, Eco club has been formed.

We have collected the seeds and covers for germinating the seeds and to grow the saplings.

We used the recommended manures by getting advises from the formers and agriculturists.

We grouped the students for watering the saplings and plants, manuring, removing the weeds etc.

We also encouraged the students to plant flowering plants and medicinal plants.

Problems faced by usIn collecting best seeds.In selecting the proper places of planting the

saplings.Making the students to get more awareness

regarding the uses trees and medicinal plants .Giving protection to the plants and saplings.

Problems we facedIn our school we do have small students of I

and II standards, they are always have the temptations to pluck the seedlings and saplings and even cut the small branches of the trees.

Some of the higher class students even pluck the saplings to their homes.

The parents of the interested students are not ready to allow them to work in the garden.

After school and during the holidays it is highly difficult to look after the garden.

Steps taken to tackle the problemsWe, one of our group students took care of the small

children not to pluck the plants during the interval times.

Some of the interested students in small classes are given some incharge to take care of the plants.

We have arranged the parents meeting and explained them about the importance of growing medicinal plants and trees in school campus and in their houses.

The importance of separation of bio-degradable and bio-degradable wastes are explained to them. Saplings are given to them to plant in their houses.

Changes produced in students and

parentsNow a days even those kids

are showing much interest in watering the plants and giving protection to the plants and trees.

Even parents are ready give more ideas to the students and help them in growing the trees.

We shared our achievements to many of the public more than 100.