Summary of Seminar on Environmental Awareness and Education
By Miss Sadia Shaukat
Formally the seminar started with the verses of Holy Quran at 9.00 am and Miss Sadia Shaukat (peli Alumni 2008) introduced the theme of seminar and highlighted the importance of Environmental Awareness and education. She explained, what is environment and environmental education?
Environmental education is permanent process in which individuals gain awareness of their environment and acquire knowledge, skills and experiences, and also the determination which will enable them to act individually and collectively to solve present and future problems.
What is environment?
• The environment is a place
• The environment is a place which contains living things
• The environment is a place which contains living things and people
• The environment does something for people.
• People are the part of environment and responsible for it.
• And people and environment are in a mutually sustaining relationship.
• Factors which are containminating the environment
• Overcoming strategies.
She also described her ambitions for the environmental protection and how she got inspired from this theme.
Aim
The ultimate aim of this platform is to make possible efforts for clean and green environment because green is a survival need.
Objectives
• To get people aware about the preservation of clean and green environment through awareness campaign.
• To introduce the proper waste management strategies
• To make sure the community mobilization in the protection of clean and green environment
Background
Miss Sadia shaukat (PELI 2008) got inspire the theme of environmental stewardship in Plymouth state university. She visited there from June 2008 to July 2008.She made her action plan on environmental awareness and education. Her action plan was under these intervention strategies.
• Awareness Campaign
• Lectures by environmentalists“`
• Waste management strategies
• Environmental day
• Plantation campaign
• Waste material exhibition
• Field trips
• Community mobilization
After Miss Sadia Shaukat (Peli Alumni 2008) session Mr. M.Waseem was invited as a main resource
person in this seminar.
He discussed in detail about …
What is environment, and its components?
What is ecosystem, and its components?
Relationship of various component of environment
Laws of Nature
Major environmental issue of Pakistan
& Teacher possible role in environmental conservation
During Tea break session prospective teachers and faculty members of University of education talked with Mr.Waseem and got more information about the environmental issues faced by Pakistan.
Second Phase.
39 posters on different themes of environment were exhibited and three panelists were requested to select top three posters .After the evaluation three position holders were awarded with certificates.Mr. Waseem was given a certificate as a resource person by Vice Chancellor.
Vice Chancellor Speech
At the end,VC of UE was requested to address with prospective teachers .Firstly she appreciated the efforts of Chief organizer Miss Sadia Shaukat (Peli Alumni 2008) for arranging this event for the purpose of raising awareness about environment among students. VC drew attention on sustainable development with its three components, environment, culture and economic situation. She pointed out the neglected areas of campus UE Township which needed attention for their sustainable development.VC suggested to Miss Sadia to collaborate with WWf and ITA for the development of a center on Environmental Awareness and Education. She also encouraged the representatives of UE, ITA (madam Beena and Saima Hasrat) and WWF (M.Waseem) for the development of Green school strategy. She said if we want to save our nature and environment, we have to do collaborative efforts because the future of our generation is in our hands.
The seminar and poster competition ended with desirable outcomes.
