Green
Campus
GREEN
CAMPUS:
Modern Education
Society's M.M. Arts and Science College which lies in the
lap of the great Sahyadri is naturally endowed with scenic
beauty and a salubrious lush green environment providing stimulating
academic ambience in the map of the Uttara Kannada District.
It has a unique identity for its socio-economic fabric and
rich cultural heritage. However, the people of this taluk
were not educationally empowered for higher learning until
the Modern Education Society was founded in 1962. This premier
educational organization was established with the aim of providing
higher education to the aspirant learners of the upper ghat
taluks of the Uttara Kannada District. The college campus
with its rich vegetation and diversified species of medicinal
plants successfully created a harmony between learning process
and human elements. The college comprises 6 major buildings
designed for optimum day lighting, ventilation and path ways,
with ever green trees in the spacious campus. The institute
strikes a balance between its promises and practices, raising
awareness on how to ‘Go Green’. Clean and green
programmes. A Green Campus is a place where environmentally
friendly practices and education combine to promote sustainable
and eco-friendly practices in the campus.
Objectives:
To continuously
improve the efficient use of all resources, including energy
and water, and to reduce consumption and the amount of waste
produced, recovering and recycling waste where possible. To
make the campus plastic-free and E-waste free.
Scope
of the Policy:
The Green
Campus policies will develop exciting new co-curricular and
extracurricular practices that encourage students to take
the lead in creating positive change. These initiatives call
for a thorough review of all infrastructural, administrative
functions from the standpoint’s sustainability and the
environment. The focus areas of this policy are: * Clean Campus
Initiatives * Landscaping Initiatives * Clean Air Initiatives
* Smoking Free Campus* Plastic-Free Campus. Waste Management
processes * Solid Waste Management * Liquid Waste Management
* E-Waste Management.
Clean Campus
Initiatives of M.M Arts and Science College had pledged to
actively coordinate cleanliness activities in the college
and beyond the campus in accordance with the vision of Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan. It commits to continue with this Programme.
The broad vision is as follows: 1. Generating mass awareness
on cleanliness and hygiene amongst students and staff members
by holding regular cleanliness drives. The idea is to motivate
them to contribute in a proactive manner.
2. Activities
under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ will be a key component
of all the community work being done by NSS, NCC, Rovers and
Rangers volunteers of the college.
3. Staff Members
will be encouraged to participate in the cleanliness drive
in the college campus.
4. Remove
all kinds of waste material like broken furniture, unusable
equipment etc.
5. Commit
to manage waste and maintain clean campus especially during
college events
It can be concluded
that the green campus is an overall activity in environmental
management in order to create a sustainable campus.
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