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Travelling Film Festival : Queen’s Mary School, Model Town, Delhi
By: Toxics LInk, Source: Toxics Link, Date: , 2013
As a part of
the Earth Day celebrations “Quotes from
the Earth” an environment film
festival,
travelled to Queens Mary School, Delhi on 22nd April 2013. The festival formed an
integral
part of the myriad of educational activities the school had undertaken on the
eve.
The festival
aimed to provide a visual understanding and generate awareness on some of
the
contemporary ecological challenges confronting us today.
Over 7 films
were screened in fifteen different sessions. The students included diverse
groups
ranging from class fifth to class twelfth. The films shown included: ‘Mangroves‐
Guardian of
the Coast, The
Earth Story, The Jungle Gang (Bear), My Home is Green, On the
Right Track
and Deluge’.
The festival
saw an overwhelming response from the students. More than 400 students
attended the
day long Film Festival. Some very pertinent questions were raised by the
students on
Endosulfan. The students also shared what they can do to save the
environment
like planting of trees, putting water bowls for small birds in school campus,
using paper
bags, avoid littering plastic bags & bottles, using chemicals &
pesticides safely
at home.
Toxics Link
shared about the organization and its engagement on different themes
specifically
on issues related to lead in paints, bio‐medical waste, mercury and e‐waste.
Along with
it, we distributed some of the IEC materials published by Toxics Link, which
included posters and booklets
on lead in paints, e‐waste, and mercury.
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