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Notes organizations was 115 which increased up to 7588 in 2004. Up to 2005 the number of
participating organizations rose up to 9566.The RRAs help the ministry in the conduction,
supervision and monitoring of the NEAC Campaign across the country.
(ii) Activities done under the NEAC Campaign: The institutions that receive financial assistance
for conducting Programmes under the NEAC, disseminate information through various types
of activities. Most of these activities are seminars, workshops, training programmes, camps,
pad- yatras, rallies, public meetings, exhibitions, competitions, folk dances, and songs, street
theaters, puppet shows, distribution of EE -resource materials etc. Activities- like tree
plantation, waste management, cleaning of water sources etc., are also done during the
campaign.
IV. Public Awareness through Other Programmes:
(i) Publication and Distribution of Resource Materials: This programme has been designed to
prepare resource materials for the utilization in various Environmental Education and
awareness programmes. The expertise available with professional societies, voluntary
organizations, institutions etc. is utilized for printing and publication of the resource materials.
(ii) GLOBE: It is an International Science and Education Programme which was started in 1995
by USA. In expanded form, it is known as Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the
Environment. This programme is being conducted in 108 countries including India. This
global programme facilitates the worldwide research through a worldwide research team
formed by students, teachers and scientists.
The students of GLOBE carry out important researches and learn about scientific protocols.
They perform environmental activities already taught to them in theory classes. This
programme helps students to perform activities based on text book- contents and assists
them in gaining complete knowledge of environment.
(iii) Green Olympiad: It is a written Quiz Programme conducted by Tata Energy Research Institute
(TERI) New Delhi (India), on the Global Level. The number of participants in this global
programme for students is increasing gradually. About 70,000 school children appeared in
the quiz from India, Russia, and UAE during 2005. A televised quiz programme named
TERRA QUIZ was telecast on the national channel of Doordarshan also. Thus, this programme
is very important for sensitizing children about environmental issues.
(iv) Seminars, Symposia and Workshops: The Ministry of Environment and Forests provides
financial assistance to universities, NGOs, voluntary Organizations (VOs) and other
institutions for the organization of seminars, symposia, workshops and conferences etc. and
for publication of their proceedings. These programmes provide platforms to scientists and
researchers to share knowledge on the environmental issues. This facilitates the transfer of
knowledge to people.
(v) Awareness through Print and Electronic Media: Positive changes in attitudes and behaviors
of public are necessary for a sustainable development and balanced environment. For this,
people should be made aware of different issues of environment and government programmes
through print and electronic media. The governments conduct many different programmes
on radios and television for the mass awareness regarding developmental and environmental
issues. Some organizations prepare films on different issues of environment. These films
generate Environmental Awareness in big ways. Some of the important films made for
generating Environmental Awareness are-Ozy Ozone (an animation film); Ecotoons (a cartoon
film by WWF), Listen, the Nature is crying here( a film made by the children of a school of
Himachal Pradesh), Navo Jamano Navi Harifai(an animation film produced by the Gujrat
State Energy Development Agency), Waste Not Want Not, I care for the Environment,
Littering, Cloth Bags are in, Plastic Bags are Out, Cans Add to Garbage, Garbage- Our Problem,
and Clean up Kodagu etc.

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