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Bhoomithrasena club in the college organized the project 'Greening MEC' in the academic year 2019-20 with a motive of cultivation and maintenance of organic vegetable garden in the college premises as a joint project of MEC with Kerala Agriculture Department. 'Greening MEC' was initiated not only as a project implemented to maintain vegetable garden but also to create awareness among the students about the needs and advantages of organic farming.

It was made sure that the interested students would get an opportunity to get a closer look about necessities and mistakes that may happen in organic farming. The saplings and seeds of vegetables including tomato, beans, brinjal, spinach and chilly were planted in the terrace of Men's Hostel by Bhoomithrasena members with the support of teaching and non-teaching staffs of the College on 21st December, as per decided on the meeting held in the campus regarding the need of the project and implementation of the project . More than 50 vegetable kits were planted. The great enthusiasm of the members and support from the staffs paved way for a satisfactory result.

For strengthening the commitment of students at the college level and to instill the feeling of nature awareness and conservative need an event was conducted on behalf of Bhoomithrasena and Thanal MEC on July 22nd 2019, as a part of KTU orientation program conducted for the freshmen of Govt. Model Engineering College. The event was organized with the goal of 'one tree for one student' to the newly enrolled 360 students of the college under KTU. As per the goal, on the day an orientation program was organised and 360 tree saplings along with cloth bag were also given away under the name 360 in order to discourage the use of plastic bags.

World Bamboo Day is celebrated since 2009. It is the day when people from all over the world use to raise awareness of the benefits of bamboo and to promote its use in everyday products. On September 6,2019 Bhoomithrasena club along with NSS unit of Govt. Model Engineering College celebrated World Bamboo Day by planting 19 bamboo saplings on the college ground and these saplings belonged to a species called Bambusa multiplex. The event was inaugurated by the respected Principal, Dr. Vinu Thomas by planting the first sapling as a kickstart to a greener world thereby setting an example to the students and staff of the college urging the need to grow and preserve bamboo cultivation.

In the midst of lockdown Bhoomithrasena along with NSS MEC joined hands to bring out the artistic creativity among the students in an innovative and sustainable way. Gem Out of Waste challenge allowed students to build something innovative out of what was thought as waste. This idea helped to give unique solutions to yield maximum benefits out of the trash and thus contribute towards a cleaner and greener environment. The challenge also helped the students to think out of the box and to get re-energized during the long break. Around 25 students took up the challenge and posted photographs of their own created “gems” in social media and inspired others too.

In the summer of 2020 Bhoomithrasena organized a Water pot challenge understanding the scarcity of clean sources of water with the increasing heat. People were asked to hang water pots from trees or balconies in their houses itself. The water remains cool and hence it is very effective in preventing dehydration in birds in extreme heat. This challenge brought out a simple demonstration of coexistence without much effort. Many people participated in the challenge and uploaded the photographs of their hanging water pots in social media.