HAND PRINT Action Towards Sustainability Paryavaran Mitra YOUNG LEADER FOR CHANGE PROJECT REPORT Aishwarya.P, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's public school Hyderabad Class:8 BACKGROUND: "Preservation pays" is what I believe in. I used to participate in eco friendly activities in the school, gardening, eco friendly ganesha making etc. Whereas the paryavaran mitra's Young Leaders for change has given me a platform to take the initiative of contributing a little from my side for the sustainability of the environment. I was thrilled when I got to know that I was short listed for the contest, but at the same time it was a challenge for me to take up the project as a young leader for change. I observed and took note of the things that had been adding to the environmental problems. There are a number of environmental issues that crop about in our minds but I chose one which I felt was needed to be identified and was a simple need for the benefit of the society. As a participant of the YLC, I got involved in observing the things around me and realized the importance of car pooling. INTRODUCTION: ABOUT THE PROJECT: The project that I took up is: promoting the usage of public transport, carpooling and transport sharing for the judicious usage of resources and to save environment. The project deals with two environmental issues: air pollution and depletion of fossil fuels. The reason behind the selection of this topic is that there are many number of people whom I personally see in this rapidly growing Indian megacity: Hyderabad, who travel alone to far distances, in cars. Due to the establishment of many IT companies and other offices in some areas there are many people who travel to those areas. This leads to traffic congestions, atmospheric pollution and heavy usage of fuel. This is a burden on the nature. This resulted in exploitation of natural resources which is wrong on part of the humans.
This matter, on conservation of nature and natural resources is taught to most of the children of the country in schools and in communities. So did I learn about the relevance of this conservation of resources for sustainable development and to maintain balance in the eco system. As a student of class 8 I have learnt about the importance of this conservation of resources in one of the geography chapters: resources. Also I have learnt about the relevance of conservation of fuel in one of my science, chemistry lesson that is coal and petroleum. These lessons that I have learnt at school helped me realize the need for the selection of this project and the importance of expressing to the people about the need to save our resources. AIM AND OBJECTIVE: The objective of the project is: *To make people realize the need to car pool and the need to save environment for sustainable development. *To inculcate in the people the culture of sharing transport and car pooling for the judicious usage of natural resources.