IYCN Karnataka Core Team:
*State coordinator - Brinda gourav (brinda@iycn.in)
*Climate leadership coordinator - 1.Ravi Theja (ravi@iycn.in)
2.Sowmya Reddy (sowmyareddyr@gmail.com)
*Funding coordinators- 1.Arun Patre (arunpatre@indianyouthclimatenetwork.org)
2.Nitin Saboo (nitinsaboo@gmail.com)
*Volunteer coordinators- 1.Varshita Jha (varshijha@gmail.com)
2.Gunajit Brahma (gunajit.b@gmail.com)
*Partnerships(Eco groups and N.G.O's)- 1.Hita Unnikrishnan (hit_green2015@yahoo.co.in)
2.Pranav Pai (pranavpai14@gmail.com)
*Media and Outreach- Supreet (hallidude@gmail.com)
*IYCN Mangalore coordinators- 1.Gautham Krishnadas (me.gautham@gmail.com)
2.Francis Suresh Balan (francisenergy@gmail.com)
*IYCN Mysore coordinator- Bhargava Prasad (bhargava.prasad@gmail.com)
On the 16th 17th and 18th of October, the students of Sree Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College of Engineering are planning for various public engagement activities. Eco brigade, the college eco club and Techosapiens the college technical forum have come forward to organize events in the college and in the schools and colleges in the villages nearby. About 80 people have already registered as volunteers for the event. The activities planned are as follows:
1. Teach-ins on MDG’s to all the students of SBMJCE and to students of the students of schools and colleges in a nearby village called Harohalli which is on the outskirts of Bangalore(40km from the city on Kanakapura road).
2. A campaign to mobilize people to plant and protect trees.
3. The campus will be plastic-free during these three days.
4. A signature campaign
5. A CFL drive in Harohalli police station and Panchayat office
Apart from this we will be spreading the message on MDG’s to several other people by displaying banners and distributing leaflets, fliers and pamphlets.
Contact
Ravi Teja Muthu
91-9632822143/9550135579
ravi@iycn.in
• Flash mob run from Bangalore Central to M.G Road, in Bangalore
• Biking Rally by Critical Mass Biking Group which will eventually team up with the flash mob run.
• Sapling plantation drive by faculty and students of Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, where 350 saplings of medicinal plants will be planted in the campus and 350 additional saplings will be planted in the neighboring village.
• Providing CFLs, cloth bags and medicinal plant saplings to 250 students of th Rajendranagar slum supported by Christ College, Bangalore.
• Mime performances through central locations in the city by performers from United Games, India which will culminate in the Flash mob.
• Participants to gather in the evening at Bangalore Central for a performance by a rock band and mime performance.
Contact
Brinda gourav
+91 9886484315
brinda@iycn.in
Bangalore
9:30 am Human Formation of 5 at Jain University, Kanakpura campus
Pinky Chandran – 9845888686
Ravi Theja - 9632822143
10:00 am - Sapling plantation at Bio Park, Jain University, Kanakpura campus and
Chinmaya Vidya Mandir, HSR Layout by DIYA
Pinky Chandran – 9845888686
Anurag-9880591977
Launch of Family Green report card at Adugodi Government school Ravi Agnihotri – 9972468844
Rang De Basanti 09 – Painting competition at Surana College Levine Lawrence – 9845535573 (http://bit.ly/2gwpji)
10:40 am Sapling plantation and CFL distribution by Jain University in Sommanahalli, Tharalu,
Thotkuppa
Pinky Chandran – 9845888686
Ravi Theja-9632822143
2 pm Sapling plantation, CFL distribution and cloth bags at Rajendranagar slum, in association with Christ University
Hita Unnikrishnan - 9480088243
3 pm Recycled art at Bangalore central mall
Ridhi - 9611896021 (http://bit.ly/2D5MZs)
4 pm Biking rally starting from Bangalore Press Club to Bangalore Central
Supreeth - 9986186292(http://bit.ly/4lI20p)
5:00 pm Human Formation 350 at Jain University, Palace Road, Bangalore
Pinky Chandran – 9845888686
Marvan AbuBaker-9945686274
5:15 pm Screening of documentary - Meat the Truth at Center for Education and Documentation
Sowmya Reddy - 98447 47771 (http://bit.ly/2JREFA)
6:00 pm Flash mob run from Bangalore Press Club to Bangalore Central mall
Gunajit – 9980972288
Ravi Theja-9632822143
6: 15 pm Rally of Reva cars from Palace road to Bangalore central Arun Patre - 9880891675
6:15 pm Music concert at Bangalore Central mall Viva - 9845189383
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17th September 2009, this bright sunny day marked the celebration of the Environment Awareness day at the Government School of Adugodi, Bangalore. Organized by the Lion’s Club, Bangalore, the event saw active participation by the young school students as well as the youth representing the adjacent Government Intermediate College within the same premises. Which meant a crowd of over 800 enthusiastic people gathered to understand what the phenomenon of climate change is and to learn simple steps they could undertake at their individual levels to help fight it.
The day kicked off with an invocation followed by the Principal’s Address. Mrs. Chamundeshwari Ramalinga Reddy, from the Lion’s Club delivered an inspiring talk to the gathered youngsters enlightening them on the facts of pollution and global warming. She ended her talk on a note encouraging students to preserve nature and respect the natural surroundings.
The stage was thus set for the very inspiring and motivating talk provided by Ms. Varshitha Jha, International Climate Champion 2009 and member of the Indian Youth Climate Network, Karnataka Chapter. Her talk introduced the listeners to the various principles underlying the Global Climate Change phenomenon and presented in an interactive manner the various activities undertaken by IYCN, Bangalore. She motivated the students to join up with current activities or to be climate leaders in their own rights. She then introduced the concept of Green Commandos, the social networking based climate revolution mentored by IYCN that has currently got an anti plastic campaign going. She introduced the concept of a green family report card that Green Commandoes has developed which gives points to a student based on how ‘green’ his family is in their daily lifestyles. Varshitha listed out the various alternatives to the use of a plastic bag and urged the students to take up the cause of cloth bags within their individual households. Ms. Hita Unnikrishnan the meet as well on behalf of IYCN, Karnataka.
This session was followed by an interactive session by Mr. Nagaraj, District Governor, Lion’s Club. The hallmark of this session was a display of the cloth bags to the eager students some of whom were also lucky enough to be gifted with one!! The talk concluded by subjecting the participants to a pledge committing them to reduce the use of plastics in their homes.
The talk was succeeded by a short and sweet session delivered by Dr. Chandrashekar Balakrishnan from Center for Social Market, Bangalore and a presentation on the benefits of cycling by Mayank Rungta from Ride a Cycle Foundation. His presentation attracted the crowd because of the display of a unique foldable bicycle that can be carried about anywhere.
The events of the day concluded with a tree planting session. Close to 25 saplings of various timber and flowering plants were planted in the campus making the day a very action oriented one in terms of generating environmental awareness. In all the participants carried home a very strong message of individual environmental responsibility and a hope to carry the message further and be ideals for the world to model them upon.
The second edition of the Sunfeast 10K Bangalore, claimed to be the richest 10k run in the world, will be held in the Bangalore on May 31st. The run is scheduled to commence at 6.45 a.m. and the event will have six races — World 10K, Nation’s Challenge 10K, Open 10K, Majja Run 10K, Sr. Citizens’ Run 4K and Wheelchair Event 4K – and a large number of participants are expected take part in the event. The money generated from the event would be donated to Bangalore Care, a non-governmental organization working in Bangalore.
Saahas along with IYCN and other N.G.O's is taking up the responsibility of making this a zero waste event by reducing and recycling the waste generated during this event.