“Simple gifts of nature that all join into
a paradise,
Now we must resolve to protect her,
Show her our love throughout all time.
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world,
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love throughout all time,
With our gentle hand and touch.”

Earth day was celebrated at GIIS Surat campus to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

Students of classes 1, 2 and 3 made a bird house and placed a platter for food and water for the birds. Students from higher classes went to Karan village and carried out Shramdan by cleaning and watering the local park. GIIS Surat adopted a Peepal tree and would undertake the responsibility to nurture it through a sustainable programme, as an attempt to preserve nature’s treasure trove.

A session on awareness towards Mother Earth was conducted by Mr. Hemant, local environmentalist and Mr. Mehul from Prayas, an NGO dedicated towards conservation of environment. They educated the children on the various attributes of nature that are under threat by modernization without consciousness and shared their views on how conservation of environment needs to be done by every human being at every step. Children enjoyed watching Chakachak, a film on environmental issues by Sai Paranjaype, based on the story of a group of children taking up the challenge of creating a garbage free area while their parents failed to do enough to curb the garbage menace.