affected by slight changes. Standees containing some questions on environment were also used to stimulate discussion among students and to impart knowledge on the same. Students were given opportunities to display their thoughts through drawings, slogans, debates, speech and so on. Some basic concepts of Science and Mathematics were also imparted using puzzles, experiments and board games. POST TRAIN ACTIVITIES IN JAMMU, J&K AND SHIMLA, HP 1. Workshop for Equipping Educators on Climate Change and Orientation for Media on Climate Change Report i n g : - I n collaboration with the Centre for Environment Education and Training, Jammu and Kashmir, and the Press Club of Jammu, the two day- long workshops were held on 14 December (for educators) and 15 December (for the media) in Jammu. 100 teachers and 25 media persons were addressed through the two workshops. The events were also graced by the presence of State Minister of Education, Shrimati Priya Sethi, Shri Bali Bhagat, State Minister for Social Welfare, Forest, Ecology and Environment, OP Sharma, IFS and Director of the Department of Environment, Ecology and Remote Sensing and other eminent personalities from the administration, thus conveying the message not only to the teachers but also to the administrators directly responsible for formulating and implementing policies related climate change, adaptation and mitigation. 2. Science Exhibition at State Level Children’s Science Congress at Rampur, Shimla from 14th-17th December 2015:- HP State Council for Science, Technology and Environment invited CEE Himalaya to display our standees, science kit and other IEC material on climate change at the exhibition. Therefore CEE Himalaya participated in the event and took the opportunity to aware students and teachers on the issues of climate change globally as well as specific to Indian Himalayan Region. 3,367 students and 73 teachers were addressed through the event. Information on Globe, North Pole & South Pole, Equators, Jet Wave, Equinox Line, Earth Rotation and Revolution, Earth’s Axis & Tilt, Seasons change, Climate change and its Impact on Earth, Information on Science Laws like- Bernoulli’s Law, Centre of Mass, Centre of Gravity and so on was imparted to students using science kits and display of standees. The exhibition stall of CEE Himalaya was one of the best stalls at the Children’s Science Congress and it was deeply appreciated by Hon. Chief Secretary Mr. P.C. Dhiman. IMPACT OF THE PROJECT The project had a strong impact in the Indian Himalayan Region. The activities conducted in the cities before and during the arrival of the SECAS motivated the students, teachers and general public to visit the SECAS in large numbers. In many areas Science Express had visited before but still the majority of the people had no idea about the train and the train was not visited by many people earlier. Because of the activities conducted in and around cities and in the schools and colleges, the turn over at the respective stations was huge. Students, teachers and general public now have developed insights into the issue of climate change and the necessity to address it. They have learned about the 100 handprint actions through which they can reduce their foot print and increase their hand print in daily lives by lowering the consumption of water, switching off lights while moving out of the room, not using plastics, use of bicycle and so on. The project also addressed other stakeholders which are mostly left untouched. The issue of climate change was also seen Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 341 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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