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Earth Day
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Loreto College, Kolkata celebrates Earth Day

| @indiablooms | Apr 29, 2024, at 08:58 pm

As part of the Earth Day celebrations, the W.E.Nature Society in collaboration with the NSS unit of Loreto College, Kolkata and Tarumitra “ Friends of Trees” jointly celebrated Earth Day on April 18 and19, April 2024.

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The two-day event centred around eco-friendly group activities organized for the college students on Day 1 and for the school students on Day 2.

The inaugural session began with a prayer song and a welcome address by Dr. Sr. A. Nirmala, Sister-in-Charge, Loreto College followed by Planting a Promise in which seeds of Aparajita, Red Lucky Seed, White and Pink Kachnar were sown by Dr. Sr. A. Nirmala, society heads, students and teachers.

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A documentary was shown on the role of Tarumitra in promoting ecological sensitivity among students.

On both days the students actively participated in meaningful eco-friendly group activities like making bird baths,  bird feeders, seed bombs, nest making, eco-friendly Rangoli, best out of waste and Earth meditation.

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The activities were organized to sensitize the students to conserve natural resources and make optimum use of the resources available to promote sustainable practices and to encourage the students to adopt them.

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The activities helped them reflect upon their actions and captured the essence of their thought process towards preserving natural resources and saving planet Earth.  The students then presented their innovative sustainable ideas.

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