Environmental Education Camp under Plastic Free Campus (PFC) Project at Lalmatia Girls High School

Environment and Social Development Organization-ESDO organized the first session environmental education camp on the 10th & 11th of May 2023 under its Plastic Free Campus (PFC) project at Lalmatia Girls High School. It was a two-day-long environmental education camp along with an opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was attended by representatives from the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (DSHE), Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. (MTBL), Board members of ESDO along with the Principal, Teachers, and Students of Lalmatia Girls High School. ESDO conducted sessions with the students that focused on learning about plastic pollution, its impacts, how plastic got involved in our life, alternatives of single-use plastic, zero-waste concept, 4R concept, etc. ESDO also organized student activities such as role play on plastic pollution and awareness building, poster presentations on zero-waste home & school, reduce, reuse & refill, home composting along with outdoor activities like waste collection, identification, and segregation. They also participated in the storytelling session on plastic pollution which they have experienced in their surroundings. Students were very enthusiastic about learning new concepts from this camp and actively participated in all the sessions.