Friday, 22 January 2016



CHEVALIER T.THOMAS ELIZABETH COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
ECO CLUB

Eco-club is conducting a Poster & Model making competition on 05/02/2016 to create awareness on the need to protect the environment. One team from each department must register in any one of the competition. The following are the topics in which poster and model are invited.

Topics
1)   Energy conservation
2)   Solid Waste Management
3)   Role of Information Technology in environment protection
4)   Disaster management
5)   Check Dam Construction
6)   Herbs and their importance
7)   E-Waste Management
8)   Carbon Neutrality
9)   Use of Renewable Energy
10)  Water Harvesting

Model Making- Rules
1.    One Team MUST register for the event and a maximum of three teams can participate from a department
2.    Three participants per team
3.    Decision of the judges will be final
4.    The participants should register  on or before 19/01/2015 to their respective faculty co-ordinators of their department
5.    Model can be built using any medium i.e. Paper, Plastic, Thermo col, Metal etc
6.    All models will be put on display on the competition day and best 3 will be selected by the jury members for each category
7.    Judging criteria: Relevance to the theme, Presentation & Overall impact
Venue : Conference Hall

Poster Making- Rules
1. The poster should be motivational and inspire others to promote Environmental Awareness
2. All poster design must depict the chosen theme.
3.Judge will rate each poster on a 100 point scale.
Criteria for judging:
·       Creativity and Presentation - 50%
·       Originality and Resource utilization - 30%
·       Relevance to the theme - 20%
4.The participants should register  on or before 29/01/2015 to their respective faculty co-ordinators of their department.
5. Two participants per team.
6. Related images can be browsed in the net and be brought in pen drive which will be checked and given to them later.
7. Time allotted is one hour. Time will be informed later. 

Venue: Maths Lab

Thursday, 27 August 2015

Chennai faces a unique pollution challenge – pollution levels that appear to be low or moderate, but are not so.

Actual impacts can be much more severe – says CSE analysis
  • Unlike other mega cities, Chennai represents a different pollution challenge. Its annual average pollution levels -- though lower than other mega cities -- still vary between moderate to critical. Without the sea breeze in this coastal city, the peaks could have been worse
  • Analysis by CSE exposes steady and rapid increase in pollution levels, high local impacts and high traces of toxics making its air dangerous to breathe
  • Despite having better multi-modal public transport compared to many other mega cities, motorization rate is high. If two-wheelers are added then its personal motorization rate exceeds that of Western cities
  • CSE’s assessment shows how car-centric infrastructure – flyovers, signal-free roads, foot overbridges – are converting zero emissions walk trips to long motorized trips adding enormously to pollution
  • Over the last two decades, share of bus and train ridership has dropped drastically. The share of personal vehicle trips has increased 
  • Chennai needs to quickly scale up public transport, integrated multi-modal transport options, car restraint policies and walking for clean air

Tuesday, 14 July 2015