National Pollution Control Day Celebration Activity Keep Clean Go Green

On 2nd December 2022 an expert talk was organized on the topic “Keep Clean Go Green” by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution’s Innovation Council in association with Civil Engineering Department. The speaker for the program was Dr.G.Ginni, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli. First year civil engineering students attended the session. The session was coordinated by Mrs. P.Raja Priya, EDC coordinator, Department of civil engineering. 40 students and 2 staff members participated in the program.

The resource person explained the need for keeping the environment clean and green. She highlighted the effects of deforestation, depleting the non renewable sources etc., She stated that the climate change, green-house emissions, ozone layer depletion and global warming are the need for green technology. The speaker explained in detail about the green house effect and the gases responsible for it through a pictorial representation. Global warming was referred as the average increase in the earth’s temperature which in turn changes the climate. The speaker then gave a note on the ozone layer, the earth’s sunscreen which absorbs about 98% of the UV radiation. She explained that reducing pollution, consumption and waste, conserving resources and energy, protecting the earth’s ecological balance are the basic principles of going green. The speaker gave a note on the three R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle). Finally the session ended with a discussion regarding the initiatives to make the campus green. The students shared their views to make a green campus like energy conservation, planting trees, avoiding plastics inside the campus, effective consumption of water, reducing the usage of paper and so on. After the lecture session the students were given a slogan writing activity based on the theme “Keep Clean Go Green”. The students gave their active participation and the best slogans were rewarded with small prizes.