environment and chipkoo movement

1. MR. SUNDARLAL BHAUGANA
1) Sunderlal Bahuguna was born in village Maroda
near Tehri, Uttarakhand on 9 January 1927
2) Sunderlal Bahuguna is a noted Garhwali
environmentalist,Chipko movement leader and a
follower of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of Non-
violence and Satyagraha.
3) For years he has been fighting for the
preservation of forests in the Himalayas, first as a
member of the CHIPKO MOVEMENT in the 1970s,
and later the ANTI-TEHRI DAM movement starting
1980s.

2.  Chipko movement was started in 1973 spontaneously in
[Uttar Pradesh], in an effort to save trees and forests
from felling by forest contractors.
 "Chipko" literally means "to stick" and people started
sticking to trees when it was being cut. Chipko
movement later inspired Apikoo movement in Karnataka.
 Sunderlal Bahuguna helped bring the movement to
prominence through about 5,000-kilometer trans-
Himalaya march undertaken from 1981 to 1983,
travelling from village to village, gathering support for the
movement.

3.  Upliftment and empowerment of
the downtrodden
 Dedication towards the cause of
nature and environmental welfare
 Faith in and strict adherence to
gandhian principles
 Quest to spread social awareness
 Preservation of the environment
and maintenance of balance in the
ecology.
 Inclusive aware and equal society.

4.  we realised the strong impact gandhian principles can
make
 we were inspired by this visionary with a cause
 we understood the importance of promotion of
equitable distribution of resources
 we learned what a long way dedication and drive for
his cause took him
 we understood system is lopsided and how we need
more activists like him
 we realised the importance of sustainable
development.
 the environment is irreplaceable and vital. we must
contribute to the safeguarding of for environment.

5.  He is still relevant today because if not for
him there wouldn't be any environmentalists
in the country.
 He showed that you can get things done
through peaceful methods and people still
continue to follow his ideas.
 Even outside of India people follow his
methods.
 We are still fighting against the same issues
he was against all those decades ago.

6. PRESENTED
BY:
AHANA
JOSHUA
SAINA