Don’t Want A Polynnium Bomb

Found here, there and everywhere
red, yellow, green and blue
do you need some more clues?
Yes ! It is polythene
Which makes our city unclean.
Known to be non-biodegradable
And the mess created is incredible
It gets stuck in the gutter
Chokes mother earth.

Polybags even kill cattle
Like warriors dying without a battle.
Polybags when spread over a mile
Make the whole land infertile
When burnt they give out poisonous gasses
Which may prove fatal for the masses.
This the current threat
Which is making environmentalists fret
Measures are being taken to ban polythene
And spread awareness about the alternatives
With the help of parents and teachers
Let’s pledge and say No to polythene
And help to keep our city green

Vikas khullar, St.Marks School, Delhi

Little Rain Drops

When ever little droplets
Fall on the earth,
They bring with them
A certain kind of fragrance
It seems as though sky has
Sent love. It sheds tears because it feels
that the earth is so
far away
from it

Nalin Achhra
Montfort School

Do Not Litter Do Not Litter
and spoil the glitter
throw the waste in a bin be it
paper, can or skin !
Let’s increase our country’s
SHAAN
B’coz "Mera Bharat Mahaan."

Roshni Kappor
Sanskriti School

VALUES TO LEARN FROM NATURE

The moon and the star
Gleam in the dark
They give away light
To brighten our life

The sun hide above
Sends down his love
He gives us warmth
Without which we won’t live long

Be generous and spread happiness
without expecting a reward
Give shade to anyone who comes across.

Like the mountain
With all strength
Strive for the best
But never feel letter than the rest

How with time
Always be kind
To share all you have
Like the river Rhine

Have pure thoughts
Blow away the problems you’v get
Move in all directions
And you’ll be on the path of perfection

Learn from nature
As values can only be caught
And never taught.

Ishita Binda
Amity International School, Noida

Organising the ‘Open Parliament’ at the 4th CLEAN-India Meet was a good attempt of ‘CLEAN-India’. It provided students, from various schools, a platform, to voice their opinions and demonstrate their contribution for the protection of environment.

It gave us a chance to interact with students from different parts of our country and exchange views regarding the problems faced in our neighbourhood areas. It was good to see the overwhelming response and concern of students towards our environment. In these busy days, we rarely get an opportunity to question the authorities, face to face, in order to find solutions to our problems which otherwise keep rolling in files over years. Being part of the open Parliament, it was really nice and encouraging to find that atleast there is one organisation which considers students’ opinion essential for the development of our country and which also accepts our contribution wholehearted without any alterations, for a good cause.

Akanksha N. Singh,
D.A.V. School, Noida

MY EXPERIENCES WITH CLEAN-Delhi

I was in class 7 when I was first involved with CLEAN-Delhi. At first, I hated the idea of missing classes and sacrificing weekends for the sake of some pollution testing which did not even concern me in anyway. But, slowly I realised that pollution affects me directly and is probably one of the biggest problems faced by the whole world itself.

CLEAN-Delhi gave me the opportunity to interact with the people of my neighbourhood and my city. I came to know about the water problems in various parts of the city. As time passed, I became one of the most active CLEAN-Delhi members of our school. I had lots of fun going around the city in the CLEAN van along with my friends. Along with the CLEAN staff, we collected water samples from various places and tested them with Nessler’s Reagent, Silver Nitrate and Ammonium etc. Tests were performed for iterate, fluoride, hardness, turbidity and even coliform. Infact, when I tested a sample for coliform, the whole thing turned black indicating that the water was totally unfit for drinking purposes finally, the testing was over, and we complied our results and sent it to CLEAN. To my surprise each and every result of ours, matched the results of the CLEAN experts. This was the biggest success for all of the students from my school. CLEAN also sent us to a petrol pump at Shri Oil Company near Mayur Vihar. Here we were assigned the job of filling the forms for all those people who wanted to get their 2 wheelers checked for pollution. We got the fruits of all our hardwork when we were awarded certificates and became members of CLEAN-Delhi last year. I can never forget my association with CLEAN-Delhi.

Ram Gopalkrishnan
Amity International School, Noida

Paintings by : Pahum Jain & Vishal, Montfort School
Akshay Kumar Baluni, DAV School, Noida