The document outlines the concept of sustainability, emphasizing eco-friendly initiatives and the importance of reducing carbon footprints through small lifestyle changes. It highlights key environmental programs in India, such as the Nagar Van Scheme, which aims to create urban forests, and profiles notable environmentalists like Jadav Payeng and Udit Singhal, who have made significant contributions to environmental protection. Overall, it showcases the collective efforts to improve environmental quality and advocate for sustainable practices.

2. Sustainability means meeting our own needs
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
Gradual eco-friendly changes for the many
rather than extreme habits for the few

3. The Green Initiative focuses on three
areas of critical importance:
• Advance research
• Bold policy
• Strategic partnerships.

6. 1.National Clean Air Programme

7. 2. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

8. 3. Green Skill Development
Programme (GSDP)

10. 5. Nagar Van Scheme
• Nagar Van Scheme was launched on the
occasion of World Environment Day in 2020. It
aims to develop 200 Urban Forests across the
country in the next five years.

11. What is a carbon footprint?
• A carbon footprint is the total amount of
greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide
and methane) that are generated by our
actions.

12. How to limit your carbon footprint?
• Understanding your carbon footprint can help
limit the impact of your consumption on the
environment.
• Small changes can make a big difference in the
long run, for example when it comes to
transportation, food, clothing, waste, etc.

15. • Environmentalists in India have contributed
significantly to bringing about certain changes
that have facilitated the process of
environmental protection, enhanced the
quality of the environment, and culminated in
the improvement of human-nature
relations. In this paper, I will identify ten
environmentalists of India and their significant
contributions.

16. 1. Jadav Payeng
• Also known as
the ‘forest man of
India,’ Jadav Payeng
comes from the state of
Assam. His contribution
as an environmentalist
entails creating a 550
hectare long man-made
forest all by himself.

17. 2.Marimuthu Yoganathan
• ‘Tree man of India,’
Yoganathan is a
Coimbatore bus driver
• planted around three
lakh saplings over the
past 30 years.
• “Eco-Warrior.”

18. 3. Rajendra Singh
• WATERMAN OF INDIA

19. 5.Sunderlal bahuguna

20. 6.Udit Singhal
• Udit Singhal, an 18-year-old boy from
India has been named by the United
Nations to the 2020 cohort of young
leaders for the Sustainable
Development Goals, the highest
profile recognition opportunity at the
world body for youngsters who are
leading efforts to combat the world’s
most pressing issues.
• Through the initiative, empty glass
bottles are prevented from being
dumped into landfills, where they
won’t decompose for a million years,
and are crushed into commercially
valuable sand, Singhal’s initiative has
stopped over 8,000 bottles from
being dumped in landfills and
produced 4,815 kilograms of high-
grade silica sand so far.

21. 7. Garvita Gulhati
• She founded Why
Waste?, which has
worked with over 5 lakh
restaurants, 10 million
people and prevented
over 6 million litres of
water from being
wasted.