Aadi Perukku leaves Cauvery river polluted

TRICHY: Aadi Perukku is an auspicious festival when people throng river banks wishing for prosperity, but not many realise the damage such congregations cause to the environment. Heaps of garbage in the form of garlands, used pieces of cloth and plastic bags were floating on the Cauvery river after they were offered by devotees as part of the traditional practice. Newly-wed couples preserve their wedding garlands for this occasion and drop them into the river on Aadi Perukku. Besides, many devotees leave their clothes on the river bank and return wearing new clothes. Such practices affect the quality of the water and pollute the river bed. 

."Unless priests are educated on instructing the public to safely dispose their cloths instead of throwing them in the river, fruitful change would only be a distant dream," 

A lion-tailed macaque and its newborn at Vandalur Zoo

Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur has set a new record by achieving captive breeding of two lion-tailed macaques in the last one month.

According to zoo officials, one macaque born to Anjali (7) and Ashok (9), and another born to Raghavi (7) and Ravi (9) were an attraction for visitors to the zoo now. At present, the zoo has 23 lion-tailed macaques, including the newborns.

The Zoo has a long-standing record of successfully breeding the species, as a result of which the Central Zoo Authority of India has declared Vandalur Zoo a coordinating zoo for the Lion-Tailed Macaque Conservation Breeding programme.

Time is short. Right now, the number of wild tiger is at its lowest ever!

We have lost 97% of all wild tigers in a bit over 100 years. Instead of 100,000, as few as 3000 live in the wild today, last year it was 3200! A number of Tiger Species  have already been extinct.

Tigers may be one of the most admired animals, but they are also vulnerable to extinction.

The following are prize winners in Poster Designing Competition conducted by Eco club

First Place go to Team PD9 of B.Com (A & F). The winners are A.Umamageshwari and E.Mohanapriya

Second Place go to Team PD19 of  IIB.Com (CS). The winners are H.Keerthana and T.Preethi

Third Place go to Team PD1 of B.Sc(Comp.Sci). The winners are B.Supriya and G.Ramya

The following are the winners for the Model Making Competition conducted by ECO Club

I PRIZE WINNING MODEL BY II B.Sc Mathematics on Carbon Neutrality

II PRIZE WINNING MODEL BY II BA ENGLISH ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

III PRIZE WINNING MODEL BY I B.Sc Physics on RAIN WATER HARVESTING

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

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