I like these suggestions, too.
Patricia From: Julia Macmahon <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:56:12 AM Subject: RE: [SALIGAONET] Educate and eradicate !! What a super and valid suggestion! rgds J > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:32:47 +0530 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Educate and eradicate !! > > Dear Saligaonettekara, > > On Tuesday 19 July 2011 04:41 PM, allwyn de Souza wrote: > > > *_EDUCATE AND ERADICATE_* > > > > Dear Rico , > > Here is my very small suggestion which could help us all . Maybe > > someothers will have better suggestions to add to this : > > > > 1. Leaving behind the MOI issue the education dept. should > > compulsorily begin educating every child no matter which > > linguistic group/background he/she comes from about the dangers of > > garbage menace / plastic waste . > > 2. Compulsorily this topic must be introduced as part of their > > curriculum / environmental studies > > 3. Instead of giving them science projects which most often are > > irrelevant to the childs future – they must be given projects such > > as creating garbage awareness both at home and in ones own > > neighbourhood , etc. Higher classes could be given a project like > > building a compost pit and segregation of garbage etc. The manure > > from compost can be used to grow household vegetables / fruit > > trees etc . > > 4. Each child can go around educating / informing their people first > > at home and then in their own neighbourhood about the importance > > of proper garbage disposal . A little notebook can be given to the > > student to get signatures from every family/ person / > > establishment they have contacted . Marks can be given accordingly. > > 5. In the past people carried their own shopping bags to the market – > > now they go empty handed and sometimes return with their shopping > > items in as many plastic bags as their fingers can carry. > > 6. Local bodies should be given more funds to conduct garbage > > collection . Garbage bags/ bins must be provided .Fines must be > > imposed for burning of hazardous plastic waste , throwing of > > garbage in open fields / hills , etc. > > 7. Garbage right now is creating a big nuisance and causing trouble , > > in future this trouble will definitely double, unless we educate > > and eradicate ! > > > > yours environmentally, > > > > Allwyn de Souza > > One of the most intelligent, practical and down-to-earth > responses both to the MOI isssue and the garbage problem on the > hill, we have come across in recent times! > > It is so unfortunate that we parents are *fighting* for the wrong > choices. We are allowing the government to shove down our > throats - without so much as a peek from us - an entire education > system with its inane content, that is totally out of sync with > the actual world we live in. Very, very few realise that in > fact, we have *no choice whatsoever* over these equally, if not > more important aspects of our education system all over the > country. And yet we are so proud of our *freedom of choice!* > > We realised that the only real freedom we have is to subjugate > our children to the present education system, so irrelevant to > the Goa/India we live in...or to 'homskool'. Alas, not everyone > is in a position to trod the less beaten, but more difficult path. > > Allwyn's post is prophetic! This is what real education is all > about. In any MOI. > > It is the kind of creative and very practical thinking we need if > we want an alternative to our heritage garbage dump on the hill. > And an alternative education system. > > Allwyn, we need you and others like you on board, re baba! Join > us when you have the time. Every teeny-weeny, little > contribution helps. Will keep you in the loop. Also, keep in > touch with any of the people listed above. > > Warm regards and much solid(waste)arity...strictly according to > the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2000! > > M&M. > > > -- > ................................................................ > there *is* anOTHERgoa > at <http://www.anothergoa.blogspot.com> > & <http://www.youtube.com/anothergoa> > ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > muriel & mario, > c/o "FULKAR", > 6/22, sonarbhatt, saligao. > bardez. goa. 403511. > tel: 0832-2278276 / 2409999 > <anothergoa AT gmail.com> > '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected]
