Youth & Echo Club

ECO-CLUB ACTIVITY CALENDER

DATE	EVENTS
12 January	National Youth Day The Birthday of Swami Vivekananda, India’s great thinker and patron of youth, is observed as National Youth Day. It seeks to encourage the young to work for national integration and communal harmony and to engage in acts of courage and adventure, realizing their potential for constructive contributions to society. The National Youth Day is observed all over India at schools and colleges, with processions, speeches, recitations, music, youth conventions, seminars,Yogasanas, presentations, competitions in essay-writing, recitations and sports evnets
30 January	National Cleanliness Day ‘Cleanliness’ is an inevitable part of everyone’s life. Cleanliness is the absence of dirt, including dust, stains, bad smells and garbage. Most public places in India, be it street, a lane, a government office, a railway station, a bus station, a hospital, or a public park, look filthy. The offensive sites of littered garbage, overflowing sewage, defaced walls, people in hordes easing out in the public and water logged areas dot our city and country. Events- Debates, painting, essay and quiz competitions can be organized for the school children under the campaign. Students and educational institutions can play a major role in generating mass awareness
2 February	World Wetland Day On 2nd February 1971, at Ramsar in Iran, an intergovernmental treaty was signed to promote country-level actions and international cooperation in protecting wetlands. This day is celebrated to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar convention and to raise public awareness of the ecological value and benefits of wetlands. Wetlands are a very important part of our biodiversity and it is essential to see that they are well protected.
28 February	National Science Day National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 every year to mark the discovery of Raman effect by C.V. Raman. The event is commemorated in honour of Sir C.V. Raman for his legacy and discovery of the Raman effect on February 28, 1928, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930. It is necessary to highlight the role of science in the protection of the environment. This day should be taken as a platform to put forward the message.
21 March	World Forestry Day In 1971, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), declared March 21st as World Forestry Day. It is an opportunity for people to learn and reflect on the importance of forests in their day-to-day lives. This is important because forestry is often seen as being far removed from everyday life. Celebrated the world over on what is the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, this day serves to remind us of the important contributions of forests and forestry to the health of the global environment and to maintaining the quality of human life. Activities such as the planting of trees and highlighting the urgency to increase the green cover.
7 April	World Health Day The World Health Organization (WHO) was constituted on this day in 1948. In the changing environment around us, health is becoming an important issue. In 1948, the World Health Organization held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day. The World Health Day is celebrated to create “awareness of a specific health theme to highlight a priority area of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO)”.
23 March	World Meteorological Day On 23 March 1950, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) was formed for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences. Everyone has to be reminded that weather is an integral part of the environment.
18 April	World Heritage Day The International Day for Monuments and Sites (informally known as the World Heritage Day) was created on 18th April, 1982, by ICOMOS and later approved at the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983. This special day offers an opportunity to raise public’s awareness concerning the diversity of the world’s heritage and the efforts that are required to protect and conserve it, as well as to draw attention to its vulnerability. Environment includes not just the natural surroundings but also the man-made ones.
22 April	Earth Day This day was first observed in the USA in 1970 to draw attention to increasing environmental degradation due to human actions. It is now celebrated worldwide by concerned citizens, with activities aim at protecting plants and animals and cleaning the environment
22 May	Anti Tobacco Day - The world is now aware of the problems faced by not only the smokers but also the people who inhale the smoke. You can take up an anti smoking campaign in your family or the neighbourhood
5 June	World Environment Day This day seeks to focus on the state of the global environment. It commemorates the start of UN conference on the human environment, Stockholm, held in 1972. A unique theme and slogan is selected each year.
15 June	State Green Mission Day This day is observed to launch the new planting season
15 June to 30 June	Paryavaran Mahotsav
25 June	10 Minutes to Earth Day This day is observed as an annual ritual by the people by dedicating their ten minutes of life to the mother earth by mass plantation drive
11 July	World Population Day In 2011, the global population reached the 7 billion mark, it stands at almost 7.9 billion in 2021, and it's expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 the human population exerts tremendous pressures on the earth’s resources. This threatens our basic needs of clean air, water, food, shelter, education and health. To highlight this concern, the United Nations, in 1998, designated 11th July as world population day. Population has to be given special attention, as it is an ever-increasing problem especially in India. The current population of India is 1,418,496,422 as of Sunday, May 7, 2023,(1,418,496,422) One billion four hundred eighteen million four hundred ninety-six thousand four hundred twenty-two.
15 August	Independence Day India Independence day is celebrated on August 15 to commemorate our independence from British rule and birth as a sovereign nation on that day in 1947. According to Article 58 A it is mandatory that the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country and as per Article 51 A (g), it is fundamental duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, and wildlife, and to have compassion for living creatures
16 September	World Ozone Day Ozone is a gas occurring naturally, forming a layer in the upper atmosphere that protects life on earth from the Sun’s ultra-violet rays. This layer is threatened with destruction by man-made chemicals released into the air. World Ozone Day, declared by the UN in 1995, seeks to promote awareness of the damage and ways to reverse it by urgent action.
28 September	Green Consumer Day The problems of consumerism and its impact on the environment is an area of major concern in today’s world. Awareness building on the importance of recycling-reusing-reducing should be taken up seriously.
1-7 October	World Wildlife Week. Celebrate this week by building awareness on the importance of preservation of our wildlife.
3 October	World Habitat Day The earth is the habitat of not only human beings but also all living creatures. Increasing human activities is threatening the habitat of other living things.
4 October	Animal Welfare Day This day is observed to heighten awareness about the issues of animals especially; those associated with humans with regard to protect them and ensuring their freedom from thirst and hunger; from discomfort; from pain, injury and disease; from fear and distress; and to express normal behaviour.
13 October	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction Due to a change in the environment there has been an increase in the number of natural disasters. Efforts have to be taken to reduce these disasters.Due to a change in the environment there has been an increase in the number of natural disasters. Efforts have to be taken to reduce these disasters.
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of Environment In War and Armed Conflicts The UN General Assembly declared this day in 2001 to promote awareness and concern about wartime damage to the environment impairing ecosystems and natural resources long after the end of warfare, transcending space beyond the area of conflict and time beyond the generations immediately involved or affected.
14 November	Children’s Day In India Children can work together for a better tomorrow by improving the environment around them.
2 December	National Pollution Prevention Day The Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984 killed thousands and seriously damaged the health of at least 50000 more people. Remembering that disaster serves to remind us how negligence or inattention in risky tasks can lead to catastrophic results, and how each individual must be aware and alert to the hazards inherent in such occurrences.

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