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7th Clean Meet T he 7th Annual CLEAN-India Meet was held during 9th-10th February, 2004 at TARA Campus, Ghitorni and The Chinmaya Centre for World Understanding, Lodi Road, New Delhi.CLEAN-India (Community Led
Environment Action Network) Programme, an initiative of Development
Alternatives, is anchored The programme envisages a countrywide movement of committed NGOs acting as coordinators along with school students carrying out environment improvement activities in all the districts of the country. It involves all stakeholders including the government, civic agencies, corporate sector, NGOs and communities working in tandem and taking appropriate actions to improve the environment. The CLEAN-India MEET is an annual event which provides a forum for CLEAN-India members across the country to interact and voice their concerns about the state of environment in their respective cities/towns. Over 400 students from member schools of Delhi and from Kodaikanal, Dindigul, Kurnool, Pondicherry, Mysore, Bhopal, Varanasi, Ranikhet, Amreli, Aurangabad, Muzaffarnagar and Pune participated in the 7th CLEAN-India Annual meet. The two day event served as a platform for the school students to voice their concerns and display their efforts in managing the environment through display stalls, discussions and workshops.
On 10th February, 2004, the CLEAN Meet opened with the formation of a human chain by the students to say "We Care and We Act." The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Shiela Dixit was the Chief Guest. Participating students designed placards, posters and banners on the themes of "Safe water for all", "Clean air", "Eco festivals", "Managing wastes" and "Save our trees". Holding the banners and placards, they formed a human chain along a stretch of Lodi Road. Schools and CLEAN-India
centres also put up an exhibition on
various environment initiatives
undertaken by Environment related activities were conducted for the students including Graffiti writing, Holi theme painting and paper bag making. Smt. Sheila Dikshit, awarded the trophies to the Best CLEAN centres and Best CLEAN-Delhi school. The trophies for the Best CLEAN centres were awarded to CLEAN-Amreli (Western Zone), CLEAN-Varanasi (Central Zone) and CLEAN-Kurnool (South Zone). The Best CLEAN-Delhi School of the Year was awarded to Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri.
Students of Amity school made a presentation on the implementation of vermicomposting, at the community level (in Saket, New Delhi) undertaken as an action component of the CLEAN-India programme. The students were given a special award for initiating this community action on waste management. Prizes were also awarded for the best display stalls and slogans. The 1st prize was bagged by Gyan Mandir Public School and Sanskriti School, New Delhi for their stall on paper recycling, 2nd prize was awarded to CLEAN-Aurangabad for their stall on city farming and vermicomposting while the 3rd prize went to CLEAN-Mysore for their stall on water conservation. The best slogan prize was awarded to Vasant Valley School for the slogan "Only when the last tree is cut, the last fruit has". The 2nd prize went to Modern school for "My summer vacation homework – save our city" while Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan School bagged the 3rd prize for "Avoid pollution avoid doom, preserve nature reserve boom". The 7th Annual CLEAN-India Meet proved to be successful in bringing together students , teachers and NGO coordinators from across the country who had come together to learn from each other’s experiences. q
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by a strong network of 25 schools spread across Delhi and 28 other
cities ranging from Ranikhet in the North to Nagercoil in the South.
Various
activities were conducted for the students, teachers and
NGO coordinators
on 9th February, 2004, comprising workshops on "care for animals",
sensitising the participants on the issue of trade of animals,
paper recycling
wherein the students were given hands on
training on recycling waste paper using TARA mini paper recycling
plant, and a workshop on making paper products from recycled
paper. A field visit to Uppal’s Orchid Hotel - an Ecotel Hotel,
highlighting the environment conservation initiatives taken by them
was also organised. The students also presented an overview of the
various activities conducted by them in their respective cities
under the programme. 
them. The displays showcased solutions to various environmental
problems like paper recycling, vermicomposting, city farming,
medicinal plants, rainwater harvesting, simple water conservation
techniques like the tippy tap, energy conservation, celebrating
festivals the eco-friendly way, saving the greens, care for birds,
ice cream and food adulteration. 
Ms.
Naini Jayaseelan, Secretary, Environment launched the
CLEAN pages
and handed over the first copy to the Chief Minister. CLEAN Pages is
an information guide for concerned citizens of Delhi to know their
rights and responsibilities which would help them to get involved in
environment conservation, in becoming an informed consumer, in
helping to reach the needy and get in touch with concerned
authorities for various environment improvement actions.
