IGRMS organised a colloquium on ‘Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet. Consume with Care’, where the key speaker was AK Bhattacharya (Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Mission Director, MP State Bamboo Mission). Bhattacharya spoke and presented a PowerPoint presentation on Seven Billion Dreams, One Planet. Consume with care’ and said, “We have one planet – Earth and we are consuming resources in such a rate, that by 2030 we will have so many consumers and waste material by them that we will need another planet to accommodate all.”
He further said that bamboo produces the highest amount of oxygen. In several nations, they have ‘Bamboo parks’ which are commonly known as Oxygen Park. Speaking at the colloquium, Suchitra Banerjee of MlB College said the Eco-system is going through major changes. The count of Sparrows have degraded in the past decade, on the other hand the number in other species have increased.
The local people from Tamil community performed rituals of sacred groves. In the sacred groves they worship lord Ayynar, who is the deity of the rural and forest areas. Prof Sarit Kumar Choudhuri (Director, IGRMS) and AK Bhattacharya and other senior officials participated along with various people from local Tamil community.
After the rituals the traditional cuisine of Tamil Nadu comprising – Idli, Sambhar, Chutney, sweet rice etc was distributed as prasad. After the painting competition, Central Pollution Control Board organised live demonstration of Pollution Measurement Equipment and explained reasons of pollution and its remedies. Questions were also asked to students and the students who gave correct answers were awarded.