Vidyanagar Nature Club Sheltered in a nondescript bylane of one of Gujarat’s many small towns is an organisation that has started a revolution of sorts in the towns bordering it, and slowly but resolutely spreading its message to cities far beyond it, across the length and breadth of India. Vidyanagar Nature Club (VNC) one of the country’s most active NGOs, is deeply involved in the areas of environment education, awareness and protection. Established in 1988, the organisation is based in the flourishing Anand district. VNC is a registered public charitable trust and an accredited NGO by Global Environment Facility (GEF) Washington DC, USA. The organisation is a member of SAYEN (South Asia Youth & Environment Network) which is supported by UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) and a special NGO member with Global Environmental Action’s Virtual Globe, Japan. Vidyanagar Nature Club is registered with Japan’s Environmental Educational Forum (JEEF) and Environmental Grant Maker’s Association (EGA).

1. VNC
Conserving Environment
thru
Education & Awareness
101, Radha Darshan
Behind Union Bank,
Vallabh Vidyanagar 388120.
www.vncindia.org

2. Aims & Objectives of VNC
• To create an environmentally sensitive
society.
• To conserve our ever depleting natural
heritage.

3. VNC‟s scope of activities is wide
ranging, and includes the following;
• Anti-pollution campaign • Reptile Education Program
• Anti-polythene bag campaign • Reuse, Recycle & Reduce: Happy
• Anubhav: Outdoor Experiential Faces & Content Hearts.
Educational Program • Save the vultures campaign
• Burn Fat not Oil (Cyclathon) • Save the whale shark campaign
• GEM : Games for Environmental • Screenings of documentaries
Manners • Tree conservation and plantation
• Green Run (marathon) • Various Competitions
• Lectures • Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation
• Nature Education Camps • Research & Promotion of
• OOSM : Observational Outing on Technologies for sustainable
Sunday Mornings Development:
• Organic Kitchen Gardening for • Enzyme Treated Mud Bricks
Urban • In Line Digestion of Waste Water

4. Most commonly found
Spectacle Cobra
Touch them and lose fear, most of killing is due to Fear.
Once you know them, it is easy to conserve them.
Less than 2% snakes are
harmful to human beings
REP: Reptile Education
Program benefiting
more than 1,50,000 students.

5. Air filled life size model of whale shark, creating
curiosity
Different schools, different places Whale Shark- world’s largest fish
“Save whale shark”, the message spread to more than 21,000
students of Anand & Kheda Districts

6. OOSM : Observational Outings on Sunday Morning

7. Indoor: Lectures, Screening,
Competitions, Seminars.

8. Outdoor Camps
“ANUBHAV”
 To promote environmental
awareness among the youth.
 To promote values required for
Community Living (i.e. living in
harmony with others & nature).
 To develop an appreciation for
Adaptive Living (i.e. adapting a
lifestyle suited to the environment
rather than the other way More than 5,000 students
around). grow along with us every year.

10. Jambughoda Camp Little Rann of Kutch Camp
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Marine Camp- Mithapur Hingolgadh Camp

11. Preservation & Awareness
activities
We Love Trees
Identification Labels on Trees
Let our Voice be heard
Know them to Save them
Tree identification & nature trails activities 1

12. Reaching out to masses with our „Environment Education Bus‟.
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13. Animal rehabilitation
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Snake, Birds & animal rescue missions

14. Saving Owls from „Tantrics” Abandoned Baby Birds are adopted,
raised and rehabilitated.
Artificial shelters & nesting
materials provided. Evading human wildlife conflict
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15. Campaign against Pollution
Campaign to reduce Plastic waste We discourage open garbage dumps
VNC spearheaded a public agitation against a company
which was polluting „Air‟. More than 3,500 families
supported by signing a petition. The company installed
proper Air filtration plants before restarting its
operations.

16. Campaign against Tree cutting
VNC led a public agitation against
extensiveTree cutting and filed a Public
Interest Litigation in High Court, More
than 8,500 people supported by
signing this petition.
More than 500 trees were saved after 9 year long Battle.

17. GEM: Games for Environmental Manners
Creating awareness and instilling good manners and
etiquettes for Environment is very crucial in young minds.
Utilizing Games for instilling such values is very effective.

18. Green Run (marathon)&
Burn Fat not Oil (cyclathon)
Running for conservation of Greenery has received great
response from all segments of society and has become
regular activity of VNC year after year.
Cycling is not only healthy but also Environment friendly
option for transportation.

19. Greening Charotar

20. Green School program
 Launched in collaboration with Centre for
Science and Environment, Delhi.
 Teams of students carried out their school‟s
green audit for the following:
Land, Water, Energy, Air and Waste.
 Top 3 schools were awarded and encouraged to
participate in the national level competition.
 This program instills sensitivity for the
conservation of resources and leads to
sustainable development on a larger scale.

21. Happy Faces = Content Hearts
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle

22. Enzyme Stabilized Mud Blocks
 With technical development by
„Dhara Biotech‟ we are promoting
Enzyme Stabilized Mud Blocks as an
alternative to conventional bricks.
Their features are:
 Low cost, use of local resources,
easy to make.
 Low impact on environment.
 Will reduce carbon footprint
involved in construction process.
 Will exploit invasive species for
raw material.
 Will eliminate need for wood
used to bake conventional
bricks.
 Project is being researched and
implemented with support from
NABARD.

23. Forthcoming Projects
• Setting up a Butterfly Garden, where children and
masses can learn and enjoy.
• Developing a Environment Education Centre in ravines
of Mahi river.
• Conservation project Muggers(crocodiles) in Charotar.
• Conservation project of Gangetic Turtles present in
Gomti pond, Dakor.
• Edifying Organic Kitchen Gardening as habit, even
without open space and Compost making form kitchen
waste.
• Bi-Cycle sharing project for Anand & Vidyanagar.

24. Publications
Stickers
Pictorial Posters
for
Identification
Various Pamphlets

25. INTERNATIONAL…. Associates & Recognitions
 VNC IS A SPECIAL NGO OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION‟S(GEA)
VIRTUAL GLOBE, AND HAS BEEN INVITED FIVE TIMES TO JAPAN FOR
SEMINARS AND SUMMITS.
 IT IS ALSO A MEMBER OF SAYEN (SOUTH ASIA YOUTH & ENVIRONMENT
NETWORK) WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY UNEP (UNITED NATION‟S
ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM)
 VNC IS ACCREDITED AS NGO BY THE GEF, (GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
FACILITY) WASHINGTON DC USA, GEF IS AN IMPORTANT SUPPORT
AGENCY OF THE UN IN AREA OF ENVIRONMENT.
 VNC IS REGISTERED WITH JEEF (JAPAN‟S ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCA-
TION FORUM)
 VNC IS A REGISTERED NGO IN THE DIRECTORY OF EGA
(ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT MAKER‟S ASSOCIATION).
ALL THESE RECOGNITIONS ARE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING OUR
ACTIVITES AND BOOSTING OUR MORALE.

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27. Supporting Personalities
Dr.Amrita Patel, is the Chair Person
of the “Foundation for Ecological
Security,
Also of National Dairy Development
Board, India. She is recipient of
many national and international
awards and honors, she supports our
activities in her individual capacity.
Mr. Duleep Matthai, founder trustee
of WWF for nature India, Ex.member
Indian national committee IUCN [The
World Conservation Union]
Ex.Vice Chairman of National
wastelands development board and
Indian institute of Forest
Management.
He supports and provides guidance,
encouragement to our activities

28. •Volunteers (National & International) are
instrumental for carrying out all activities directed
and inspired by Trustees and Advisory committee.

29. Volunteers from across the world
• In Vidyanagar Nature Club are
participating volunteers from all over
the world whose only goal is to spread
environmental consciences.
• At the moment there are 12 volunteers
from different countries like Russia,
Poland, Austria, China, Kazakhstan,
Germany, Egypt, Serbia.

31. How can you Join/ Support us.
• You can join VNC as a member (Annual / Life) by
simply filling up a form along with nominal fees.
• Become a Volunteer for our various projects.
• Join us on our facebook group
www.facebook.com/groups/vncindia
• Help us spread the word, we need resources we
need your skills.
• We have successfully carried out all our
activities with very limited resources , your help
will allow us to reach out to many more.

33. T h a n k you….
We re ly on you r s u pport to sa ve
ou r fra gile e nvi ron m e nt.
www.vncindia.org | info@vncindia.org | Cell: 9898142170.