Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Gobar Times national and state-level Green Schools Awards for 2013 presented. Ramakant Goswami, Delhi’s minister for transport, election, law and labour, and the popular band Indian Ocean present the awards
About Environment Education Environment education has for long been limited to a narrow focus on nature and wildlife, topics on which a vast amount of literature already exists. The Environment Education Unit (EEU) at CSE was launched to initiate ecological literacy. EEU targets the future inheritors of Earth and tomorrow's planners and administrators. It promotes an understanding of the environment amongst participants to facilitate a push towards a sustainable and equitable future. The unit aims to come up with quality resource material and programmes for educational institutions, students and environmental educators to foster awareness and positive environmental action.
The Green Schools Award were given away at a fun-filled ceremony at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on December 17, 2007. About 344 schools from across the nation participated, out of which 20 schools were short-listed as the top green schools of the country. Professor Krishna Kumar, Director, National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT) presented the awards to the top 20 Green Schools.