On one hand, the message of environmental protection. Along with that, let career steps be created through efforts to keep the environment healthy. With these two objectives, East Calcutta Girls College in Lake Town has undertaken an innovative project. The State Pollution Control Board is providing all kinds of support, including financial, to implement this project. Through the project, students are learning various alternative career skills hands-on while protecting the environment.
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East Calcutta Girls College Principal Ujjwayini Mukhopadhyay says that through this project, not only the college students but even school students are being introduced to various alternative careers. Necessary workshops and hands-on training are being provided for this. What kind of work is being done here? For instance, those who garden know how essential vermicompost is for gardens.
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Training is being provided to make that vermicompost. In lives surrounded by dust, smoke, and pollution, irregular eating habits, work pressure, and mental stress are causing health deterioration. As a result, the demand for dietitians is increasing day by day. Training arrangements have been made to develop students as healthy diet planners. Students are also learning handicrafts from discarded items, jewelry making, vertical gardening by cutting plastic bottles, mushroom cultivation, and herbal color preparation.
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Besides this, education on biodiversity, pollution measurement, and waste management is also included. This college is organizing everything from street plays to rallies on environmental protection. In Ujjwayini's words, "Just as we need to save the environment, we also need to create environment-friendly career opportunities. That's why the State Pollution Control Board has this plan, which we find extremely effective."
