This document discusses various community initiatives and movements that promote ecological conservation and restoration in India. It describes eco-clubs formed by students to learn about and improve the environment. It also discusses annual events like Earth Day, World Environment Day, and Van Mahotsava tree plantation festival that create environmental awareness. The document further explains historic grassroots movements like Chipko and Narmada Bachao Andolan that organized local communities to protect forests and rivers from destruction through non-violent civil disobedience.

1. COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION AND
PUBLIC AWARNESS FOR
ECOLOGICAL
RESTORATION AND
CONSERVATION

2. Ecosystem is being
destroyed rapidly…
Therefore ecological
conservation and
restoration is
necessary….

3. Eco-club

4. Eco club is a voluntary group promoting the
participation of students in learning about and
improving the environment.
Three main themes:
*People
*Nature
*culture

5. Earth day

6. April 22 is a special day for
promoting conservation and
creating awareness about the
earth’s resources.
June 5 is celebrated as
World environment day.
Wildlife week is celebrated
between October 1-7.

7. VAN
MAHOTSAVA

8. This is a festival or a
celebration of
plantation of trees. It
is an annual event
where large scale tree
plantation takes place
all over the country.
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9. Exhibitions
Popular means of creating awareness about
environment.

10. GOVERNMENT AND NON GOVERNMENT
ORGANISATIONS
Government undertake programme to create
awareness among people.
Several NGOs are working in India. They can
educate public through audio-visual and other
means.

11. CHIPKO
MOVEMENT

12. In 1970s, an organized resistance to the destruction
of forests spread throughout India. It came to be
known as Chipko Andolan.
“Embrace the trees and
Save them from being felled;
The property of our hills,
Save them from being looted”.

13. Sunderlal Bahuguna undertook a 5000km foot march
to spread the Chipko message.
“Ecology is permanent economy”

14. Chipko Andolan drew worldwide attention . It
inspired environmentalists both in India and abroad.
It made a substantial contribution to eco-
ferminism, deep ecology, community based
conservation and sustainable development.

15. NARMADA
BACHAO
ANDOLAN

16. This was started in 1986under the leadership of
Medha Patkar. It aimed primarily to educate those
directly affected about the social and environmental
impact of large development projects.

17. A day in History_ Chipko Movement.wmv

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