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CMS Lower Primary School, Ennooraamvayal, the premier educational institution established in the eight hundredth Mission Field of the Church Missionary Society, today is not only the pride of a hilly eastern village in the Pathanamthitta District but also of the Kerala State. The School exceeds its constraints of being a rural primary school to transmit holistic education incorporating novel ecological values and philanthropic virtues. In all sectors, including academic, cultural, social and ecological areas, the students of this school have made a remarkable leap through their unparalleled learning style, diverse co-curricular ventures, responsible involvement in social issues, and active participation in ecological conservation. This, in fact, is the outcome of a distinctive and participatory education facilitated in Ennooramvayal CMS LP School to mould a different generation committed to loving nature, protecting creations, and responsibly using resources.

Thanking CSI Department of Ecological Concerns for giving us opportunity in Green School Program., an initiative to make our school resource efficient and to inculcate green practices in our students Audit: As children grow older, it is important they begin to understand how human beings and human societies interact with their environment for their survival and their growth, how these human-nature interactions become a part of a society's culture, and why it is important to rationalize our relationship with our environment. The Green Schools Programme (GSP) takes the students outside the classroom and helped them learn with joy. GSP

GSP is a meaningful environment education programme. It helped our  school to audit the use of resources and map the consumption and wastage. The exercise involves collection of information under the  heads of  Air. Energy, Food, Land, Water & waste 

Air Helps schools understand how the transport policies affect air quality and to find ways of reducing their emissions so that a citizen’s right to clean air is protected..Our school motivates most of the permanent school population to use non-polluting mode of transport such as walking or cycling, or at least use a sustainably motorized vehicles such as buses, public transport. Energy Audits the sources of energy, the consumption of energy; and explores ways in which this resource can be saved, to minimize pollution and costs. The impact of 'global warming' has already reached scorching levels, and is rising rapidly. Saving energy is the first step to energy conservation. Switching off electrical gadgets when they are not in use and switching the usage of bulbs to CFLs/ LEDs are great ways to start. Food Help the school to coordinate, implement and monitor to provide good-quality and nutritious food. The section will encourage students to be more conscious of the kind of food being promoted and consumed.Food has been at the centre of policy debate in India for many years, as more than 20 per cent of the country's population suffers from undernourishment. Meanwhile, childhood obesity is also alarmingly on the rise globally as well as in India. Given India's dubious distinction of carrying the twin burden of under nutrition and overfeeding, we need to be extra cautious We all are aware about the ill-effects of Ultra Processed Packaged Food (UPPF) that has high fat, sugar and salt content in it. This UPPF category is one of the most popular categories in today's market. Avoid UPPF in school canteens, and encourage children to eat healthy and traditional foods/ beverages. Sponsorship by UPPF brands should be avoided. Land Focuses on the land-use of school to map green areas, to identify biodiversity; and to grasp the enormous ecological and economic value of this resource. The GSP audit helped us to draw up a road map for sustainable use of land. Helped to understand the number and variety of plants and animals that our school campus supports. Identify and count the various species of plants and animals in our school. The biological diversity supported by an area is a good indicator of its ecological well-being. A proper management of land resources can transform the grounds into biologically diverse outdoor classrooms and healthy open spaces. Nurture the Nature: ‘Greening the Earth’ and ‘Cleaning the Earth’ Identifying two essential areas to ‘nurture the nature’, the students actively involve in those spheres

Firstly, in the restricted agricultural land available, the students engage in ‘greening the earth’ through organic horticulture and floriculture, medicinal herbs cultivation, and pisciculture. Not only during the working days but also during weekends and other holidays, the students gather together to involve in these activities. Today, as an outcome of their commitment, the school compound is supplied with assorted vegetable, including Ladies-finger, Tomato, Bitter-guard, Snake-guard, Spinach, Green chilly, Cabbage and Cauliflower, various floral and medicinal plants. Along with these, there are also paddy, tapioca and plantain cultivation. More than a hundred Papayas belonging to Red Lady family is a feast to the eyes. What makes this project unique are the students’ own initiative to prepare compost and bio-pesticides, innovative ways to use intravenous infusion bottles to sprinkle water and cloth made grow bags for growing vegetable. The vegetable produced through this project, ‘greening the earth’ is served with the mid-day meal for the students. The bio-diversity park in the campus grow diverse plants, and within in the park is situated a fish-pond. The students also engage in growing fish.

Water Helps build an understanding of water use, on the sources of water, on the ways of water conservation (rainwater harvesting and water recycling), the importance of sanitation facilities, with the ultimate aim of building a water literate and prudent society. Children should get adequate amount of water required per day starting from drinking to flushing to mopping floors to everything. Catch rain where it falls. Today, rainwater harvesting has evolved as an appropriate measure to overcome the water scarcity plus water logging due to excessive rains. Recharge groundwater. This should be done irrespective of whether the area has high ground water level or low because it's high time to take preventive measure to stop further depletion of water table our school reuse/recycle waste water .We calculated how much rainwater can catch in our school, and how much our school can harvest. Rainwater harvesting is a traditional, time-tested method of collecting rainwater and using it to recharge groundwater or storing it for other uses. Waste Helps in finding out the total amount of waste that is generated, and offers ways and means to reduce it by segregation, recycling and reuse. Segregation at source is very important. Every class have minimum of two dustbins to collect wet and dry waste. School have a composting facility to manage the wet waste in the school premises itself-waste to Authorised dealers. not burn waste in school premises, especially horticultural waste. Alternatively, compost horticultural waste. School have a waste policy that practiced in school. our school does not use any sort of chemical pesticides. We compost our waste and make our own organic fertilizer. Secondly, the students are committed to ‘cleaning the earth’ project through proper waste management. The School is engaged in an uncompromising campaign against extensive and uncontrollable use of plastics. The students not only try to avoid plastics, but they also practise unique alternatives to plastics by using steel water bottles instead of plastic water bottles, cloth made school bags instead of polypropylene and other synthetic bags. Paper pens, made by children themselves, replace plastic pens. What is unique about these paper pens is that there are seeds hidden within it, and as these pens are disposed of, a sapling grows out of that hidden seed. Once used flex boards are reused as grow bags to grow vegetable. The students also ensure that their parents, instead of using plastic carry bags, use multi-purpose cloth bags made by them. In fact, these carry bags have already become very popular. As part of waste management, the waste from the fish-pond is used as manure. Now above 90 per cent people of our school community use non-polluting modes of travel. Green area has been increased from 21 per cent to 88 per cent because of massive plantation. The school has also switched to LPG from wood.

Humanitarian Activities The students in this School are devoted to several humanitarian ventures. Every week they distribute food packets at old-age homes, as a token of their love and care for the elderly. During their free time, they visit these homes, and sometimes, organise picnics and outings along with the inmates. Their commitment to ‘People Living With Disability’ (PLWD) is commendable. While having special days and celebrations in the school, they invite the PLWD as guests. Special mention needs to be made about their efforts by which they collected Rupees 15 Lakh to support the medical need of their colleague, and Rupees 8 Lakh to help the parent of another colleague. Another example of their philanthropic commitment is their involvement in the flood relief activities. During and following the massive deluge in 2018, the students themselves managed to collect and spend Rupees 25 Lakh towards flood relief and rehabilitation projects.

Appreciations and Recognitions In recognition of their eco-friendly and philanthropic activities, the students in the CMS LP School has received various awards. In the Green School Programmes Audit, conducted by the Centre for Science and Environmental Studies, New Delhi, this School was selected as one among the six best schools nationwide. Acknowledging the altruistic efforts of the students, Malayala Manorama awarded the ‘Nalla Paddam’ award (twice), Mathrubhoomi awarded ‘Nanma’ Award, and Media One Channel awarded the ‘Challenging Heroes’ Award. Some of the other prestigious awards that this School has achieved are State Award by the Kerala State Agriculture Board for Organic Vegetable Garden, Excellence Award by the Kerala State Education Board, Green School Award by the Church of South India Synod, Green School Award by the CSI Diocese of Madhya Kerala, Green School Award by PM Foundation, Clean School Award by ‘suchithva mission’, Best School Award by Press Club, Award for the best Bio-diversity Park. Sabu Pullattu++ Head Master