Environmental protection and education is the need of the hour.For strengthening the environmental
commitment of students at college level in the State, Directorate of Environment & Climate Change (DoECC)
had launched the ‘Bhoo Mithra Sena’ programme.
The emergence of Bhoomithrasena in Govt.Model Engineering college can be traced back to 2015,following the
footsteps of a nature organization called 'T.R.E.E' and later developing into a fully fledged
organization.
Objectives
The main objective of the club is to encourage the college students to appreciate
environment.
Provide environmental education opportunities and involve them in addressing
environmental issues of the locality.
Conduit the enormous manpower available for the awareness of the society and make
students practice and advocate sustainable lifestyles.
The club organizes Seminars, Debates, Lectures , Field visits and talks on
environmental issues.
It also arranges visits to Wildlife Parks, environmentally degrading areas etc.
Other activities include cleaning and maintaining the polluted or environmentally
degraded sites, planting and maintaining trees in the campus.
Ongoing Activities
Sahasra Vriksha
പരിസ്ഥിതി ദിനത്തോടനുബന്ധിച്ചു ഞങ്ങൾ ലക്ഷ്യം വച്ചിരുന്ന 1000 വൃക്ഷത്തൈകളിൽ 500 എത്തിയിട്ടുണ്ടെന്ന സന്തോഷ വാർത്ത എല്ലാവരെയും അറിയിച്ചുകൊള്ളുന്നു. ഈ മഹാമാരിയോട് പൊരുതുന്നതിനോടൊപ്പം തന്നെ പ്രകൃതിയോടിണങ്ങി ഒരു നല്ല നാളെയെ പടുത്തുയർത്താൻ നാം മുന്നിട്ടിറങ്ങണം. ഇനിയും ഭൂമിയെ ഹരിത വൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ നിറക്കുന്നതിനായി നമുക്ക് കൈകോർക്കാം.
ഇതിന്റെ ഭാഗമാകാൻ നിങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യണ്ടത് ഇത്ര മാത്രം.
ഒരു തൈ/ മരം നടുന്നതിന്റെ ഫോട്ടോ എടുത്ത് താഴെ കാണുന്ന ലിങ്കിൽ നിങ്ങളുടെ പേരിനോടൊപ്പം അപ്ലോഡ് ചെയ്യുക.
വരൂ.... നമുക്ക് കൈകോർക്കാം .... ഒരു നല്ല നാളെയുടെ പുലരിയ്ക്കായി.
Photography Contest
Got an eye for nature? Bhoomithrasena invites aspiring and
professional photographers to capture the little life forms around you.
In association with this World Nature Conservation day let's take a decision to earn these precious little one's the respect and recognition they deserve.
Share a captivating image of these tiny beings at its best, as seen through your lens!
Send your picture (raw files won't be encouraged) along with your name ,college, place, contact number and email to: [email protected]
Activities
Sahasra Vriksha
Bhoomithrasena had recently launched a virtuous initiative "Sahasra Vriksha" in connection with World
Environment day 2020 aiming to plant 1000 saplings. "Each one plant as many as you can " is the mantra of
Sahasra Vriksha.As we all know the biggest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save
it. It is high time for us to come out of that notion and do our bit to save our earth .Many people from
various parts of India are a part of Sahasra Vriksha including actress Ahaana Krishna and many more. Wish
to be a part of this initiative? Don't worry you can still be a part , register
here👉Google Form .Why wait ? Grab your showels and be a change. A small step to save the
earth is in your hands. Let us be the good stewards of the earth we inherited. Join the race to make the
world a better place for us to live.
Greening MEC
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.
"MEC - Men's Hostel"
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.
World Environment Day
Students planting saplings on WED
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on June 5 to raise awareness towards environmental
issues and to take necessary actions to protect nature and our earth. On this day Bhoomithrasena club
along with NSS unit of the college organised a student interactive session and tree saplings were planted
around different locations within the campus.
The event was inaugurated by the respected Principal Dr. Vinu Thomas. Each class of '19 passout batch was
given the opportunity to plant a tree and their juniors was instructed to maintain the saplings.
Thanal-Bhoomithrasena 360
"Students planting saplings"
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
"Principal and students planting bamboo saplings"
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.
Webinar on Sustainable living
"Webinar Poster"
At the very critical juncture in the world with the spread of Covid-19, the importance of sustainable
living plays a key role. In order to create an awareness on sustainable living and to bring out its
importance to everyone a webinar was hosted by Bhoomithrasena and NSS MEC in association with Bring back
green on April 28th,2020. The webinar was handled by Wioleta Burdzy Seth. She is the co-creator of young
India challenge and co-founder of Human Circle. She is also a trainer, life coach and TEDx speaker. The
very respected speaker bloomed all the budding citizens creating awareness on sustainable living and gave
ideas on how to lead a simple, healthy and affordable lifestyle. Around 70 participants actively attended
the webinar and took away valuable life lessons for a better and sustainable living. The webinar concluded
with a doubt-clearing session.
Gem Out of Waste Challenge
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.
Water pot Challenge
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.