Tag: Awareness

  • A school in India charges plastic bottles as fee

    A school in India charges plastic bottles as fee

    A school in India has adopted a unique means of educating underprivileged children while creating awareness about environmental concerns at the same time.

    In a remote village of the Indian state of Assam, plastic bottles are taken from children as fees.

    The school was started by a couple, Mazin Mukhtar and Parmita Sarma, in 2016 to reduce the growing pile of garbage in the village and to provide free quality education to the children.

    While no fee is taken from the students, they have to deposit 25 plastic bottles full of waste to the school every week.

    By recycling these plastic bottles and the waste they contain, roads, bricks and toilets are made.

    Older students earn a living by teaching the younger children.

    Apart from education, children are taught different languages, recycling of plastics, carpentry and gardening.

  • Surprised diners get served burgers by future King of England

    Surprised diners get served burgers by future King of England

    Prince William, the Prince of Wales, caused a stir among customers when he made an unexpected appearance at a food truck, dishing out eco-friendly plant-based burgers.

    The event took place in collaboration with Sorted Food, a renowned British YouTube channel and food community. With an impressive following of 2.7 million subscribers and nearly 1 billion views, Sorted Food joined forces with Prince William to shed light on the Earthshot Prize and its recent winners, individuals tasked with finding sustainable solutions to heal our planet.

    Appearing as a special guest on the YouTube video released on July 30, Prince William showcased the Earthshot Prize and its mission to repair the planet. He surprised the Sorted Food team by arriving in their kitchen with boxes of ingredients for their Earthshot Burgers, playfully teasing one of the hosts about the weight of the vegetable ingredients.

    In the video, Prince William explained that he initiated the Earthshot Prize two years ago, with a goal of addressing some of the world’s most pressing environmental issues. He emphasized that urgency and optimism are key in driving action, reflecting the spirit of the prize.

    The moment of astonishment occurred when Prince William joined the Sorted Food crew on their Earthshot Burger food truck to serve the plant-based delicacies to unsuspecting customers. The patrons were treated to an eco-friendly meal, made possible by last year’s Earthshot Prize winners, whose innovative products included clean and energy-efficient stoves and biodegradable food packaging.

    This was not the first time Prince William raised awareness about the Earthshot Prize initiative. He and Catherine, Princess of Wales, attended The Earthshot Prize ceremony at the MGM Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts the previous year.

  • Sampling campaign to monitor drug addiction among students launched in Lahore

    Sampling campaign to monitor drug addiction among students launched in Lahore

    The District Administration has initiated a campaign of random sampling in the provincial metropolis to monitor drug addiction among students. According to Deputy Commissioner Rafia Haider, a total of 215 samples were collected from public and private schools and sent to the health department for analysis.

    The samples were taken from various educational institutions, with 50 from Tehsil City, 50 from Shalimar, 50 from Raiwind, 52 from Model Town, and 13 from Cantt.

    Haider has directed ADC (G) Zeeshan Ranjha to ensure strict monitoring and better coordination. She also informed that an awareness lecture was conducted during the sampling process, and drug dealers were under surveillance, apart from random sampling. In addition, monitoring of shops around educational institutions was being carried out, and any suspicious activity should be reported immediately.

    DC Lahore expressed that the young generation is the future and should be safeguarded from drug addiction, which poses a threat to both life and the country’s future. Meanwhile, the District Administration Lahore was actively preparing for the seventh digital census in the city. The DC chaired a meeting where it was reported that thousands of tablets were being distributed for the census, with 1271 tablets already distributed in Tehsil City, 168 in Cantt, 253 in Cantonment, 808 in Tehsil Model Town, 725 in Shalimar, and 382 in Raiwind.

    The DC was informed that tablet distribution was completed 100 per cent in Lahore Cantonment, 92 per cent in Raiwind Tehsil, 86 per cent in City, 85 per cent in Walton Cantonment, 71 per cent in Model Town, and 75 per cent in Lahore Cantt and Shalimar, respectively. All necessary steps were being taken to ensure a 100 per cent success rate for the online census, with officers evaluating performance in the field themselves. The concerned officers were directed to speed up the delivery of the remaining modern tablets.