Clean Creek Movement

Every year awareness is created and campaigns are done like ‘Clean Creek Movement’ for Thane Creek’s conservation and cleanliness.

Devraee Afforestation projects

Devraee Afforestation projects- 2015 Tree plantation drives are initiated in site like Runda, near Kalu river, Titwala, Kalyan. Dist. Thane

DEVRAI SEED COLLECTION DRIVE MAY 2023

DEVRAI ECORESTORATION PROJECT GALLERY

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Devrai prepration work for next plantation

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Film Club Activity

PDM also has archive of hundreds of documentary films and short films in sixteen categories like wildlife, birds, biodiversity of lakes, rivers, wetlands and oceans, forest, nature, environment, water, land and agriculture, sustainable development, energy, solid waste management, sanitation, climate change eco-friendly festivals, pollution (air, water, sound, e-waste, radiation-health food pollution), animation films, people and poverty in hindi, marathi and english. These films are screened during film festivals, awareness talks in schools, colleges, in PDM offices etc. These films are collected by organising film festivals every year.

1. Vasundhara short film competition of three days is one such major film festival that is a joint effort of PDM and MPCB (Maharashtra Pollution Control Board) organised every year since 2008. PDM has named this Film Festival as Apla Paryavaran LaghupatMahotsav. Every year films from professional and amateur category are screened at YashwantraoChavan, Nariman Point or RavindraNatyaMandir, Dadar. This festival is attended by the participating filmmakers, students and nature lovers. Guidance and help is also provided to make environmental short films. It is inaugurated by Chief Minister, State Ministers and other dignitaries of MPCB also attend inauguration ceremony. Winners are felicitated by cash prize, trophies and certificates and local newspapers cover this event. Many institutions, people have participated in these film festivals. Eight Film festivals were conducted from the past eight years.

2. Since 2009 a huge film festival of three days for school students is arranged at GadkariRangaytan, Thane since 2009. Every year the theme of the festival changes and around 6,000 students attend it and is always a huge success. This year the theme was solid waste management, water conservation, last year it was wildlife before that birds. Every year films from CMS Vatavaran (Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi) are added to the film archives. PDM is also associated with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) from the past sixteen years and have multiple films of this organisation in its archives.

3. Kaushalya Hospital, Thane had provided their auditorium in the year 2013 for film festival which would be organised on second Saturday of every month.

4. PDM (Kalyan and Dombivali branch) have conducted two film festivals from the past two years with the support of Rotary Club, Inner Wheel and Kalyan Mahila Mandal.

5. PDM organised a film festival at Aarey Colony to promote the message of Save Aarey, which was a joint effort with the Save Aarey team at Goregaon. The films from PDM archives were screened for local Aarey crowd and students from various schools, which got an excellent response.

Eco- Friendly Festivals

Holi with Natural Colours:

Workshops, lectures and programmes to teach people to make natural colours with easily available household materials are conducted. Emphasis is also made to avoid burning large holikas by cutting trees, instead people are encouraged to use dry twigs and leaves fallen on the ground.

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2016 Nalanda Public School a

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2016 Nalanda Public School c

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Natural Colours Workshop c

Green Ganesha

Different aspects of the festivals like idol making with clay and paper pulp, colouring of idols with water colours, decoration with paper, reduction in height of idols and encouraging immersion in artificial tanks, is propagated under this banner in different schools, colleges, societies and even corporate places.

2016 Ganpati workshop on prakurti society

2014 Bedekar vidyamandir

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1.Ganapati awareness campaigns

Paper Decoration workshop

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2016 ganpati workshop on 2 & 3rd Aug,Colour workshop 17 august 2014 a

2016 Ganpati Workshop at Yshodhan High School b

2016 Ganpati Workshop at Yashodhan High School a

2014 photo on ganpati workshop sanpada, vataslya trust

2014 Ganpati Workshop on Yshodhan highschool

2014 ganpati workshop on M.H. Highschool, Thane

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2014 ganpati workshop on 2 & 3rd Aug,Colour workshop 17 august 2014 c

2014 ganpati workshop on 2 & 3rd Aug,Colour workshop 17 august 2014 b

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2014 b Ganpati Workshop on Yshodhan highschool

2013 ganpati workshop

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Noise & Pollution free Diwali:

Bursting crackers during Diwali is most popular amongst children. Thus creating awareness amongst school children about the ill-effects of crackers mainly with respect to noise and air, is the purpose of PDM team. Students are also involved in actual noise monitoring using suitable systems.

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1. 2008 Paryavaran snehi Kandil exhibition

Gudhipadva- New Year Celebration:

Last two years we are celebrating Gudhipadva(Hindu new year) by pollution free Sky lanterns instead of crackers. Everybody is now copying this new way of celebration.

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2016 Gudi Padwa Dombivali b

2015 Swagat Yatra a

2015 Gudipadwa Swagat Yatra

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2015 Swagat Yatra c

2016 Gudi Padwa , Dombivali a

Rakshabandhan-vrukshbandhan:

This is a symbolic act to adapt trees in one’s vicinity and know more about them. Very popular in schools, children make rakhis out of bio-degradable natural waste material and tie it to trees in their school campus.

 

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2011 Eco-friendly Rakhi

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Awareness Workshops

We organise many Environmental Awareness workshops on different topics related to environment. Lectures as well practicals by Eminent Faculties in the Environment field.

Nisarg Mela – World Wild Life Day

‘Nisargamela’ is arranged to spread awareness about wildlife. Students learn various things about nature, environment through various games, competitions etc. This programme is being conducted for last 10 years. Efforts are being made to conduct such NisargMelas in places outside Thane.

Wild Life Week Celebration

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Maha Suryakumbh activity co-hosted with Keshav Shrushti

Maha Suryakumbh activity co-hosted with Keshav Shrushti

MahaSuryakumbha was a partnering activity of PDM with Keshav Shrushti. It is a ‘Solar Cooking’ activity to educate & create awareness about “Solar Energy”. Maha-suryakumbh also received recognition from Guinness World Records, Limca Book of Records, Asia Book and India Book of records. Paryavaran Dakshata Mandal spreads awareness about solar energy by using this solar cooker as a teaching aid. This year Paryavaran Dakshata Mandal reached around 20000 students & nearby 85 schools in Thane district.

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2016 Mahasuryakumbha

2015 Mamnoli, Dahagaon

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2015 Mamnoli, Bangarwadi

2015 Mamnauli, Chaure a

2015 Kanyashala

2015 Holy Cross, Thane

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Bio Resource Research Centre (BRC)

Bio Resource Research Centre (BRC)- Mamnoli- 2011 In Mamnoli, a centre for research in conservation of seeds, trees and medicinal plants is established. To conserve rural environment and forests is the motto of this centre. Various employment options for farmers like organic farming, vermi composting, nursery management, gardening etc. are suggested through workshops. BRC also sells plants like Vala, Pachouli, medicinal plants and indigenous species for afforestation projects. This centre is in Mamnoli village on Kalyan Murbad Road in Thane Dist.

Nisarga Environment Research Project

Nisarga- Environmental Research Project- 2006 Environmental Science is multidisciplinary. ‘Nisarga’ is an initiative to encourage and motivate young students to take up research projects in Nature and Environment. Technical and financial assistance along with expert guidance is provided.

Vasundhara Environmental Informatio Centre’s Digital Film Library of Environmental Conservation Films

Vasundhara Environmental Informatio Centre’s Digital Film Library of Environmental Conservation Films:

PDM also has archive of hundreds of documentary films and short films in sixteen categories like wildlife, birds, biodiversity of lakes, rivers, wetlands and oceans, forest, nature, environment, water, land and agriculture, sustainable development, energy, solid waste management, sanitation, climate change, eco-friendly festivals, pollution (air, water, sound, e-waste, radiation-health, food pollution), animation films, people and poverty. These films are mainly in Hindi, Marathi and English.

1. Vasundhara Environmental Informatio Centre’s Digital Film Library of Environmental Conservation Films

2. Vasundhara Environmental Information Centre’s Archive of Environmental Conservation films