Enthusiastic members of the audience of all ages present at the World Environment Day programme, organised by the Environment Governed Integrated Organisation (EnGIO), with support from the Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) and My Kolkata, at the Press Club, Kolkata, on Monday, symbolised that everyone must take steps towards building a better tomorrow irrespective of age
Text and photographs by Asmita MitraThe logo designed by the research students of School of Oceanographic Studies, Jadavpur University, which clinched the first position in the poster and logo designing competition. The logo projected various forms of ocean pollution, the rising threat of radioactive pollution and other climate crisis. The students added that the success of building a better tomorrow was not just the responsibility of researchers and scientists but also of the local indigenous people who know much better the actual situation
(From left) Logo designing competition winners Anirban Chakraborty, Ananya Ghatak and Ankita Sarkar attend the World Environment Day programme on Monday. The trio are research students from the School of Oceanographic Research, Jadavpur University. Anirban mentioned how they, as research students, felt merely discussing about climate issues would not be effective unless action was taken and people’s efforts was crucial in solving such grave problems