by Rosy Stephen
LONAVLA, AUGUST 20, 2018: The first session of Greenline - a Salesian movement to create greener people for a greener world - for the academic year 2018, was held on August 18 at Don Bosco School, Lonavla.
Carol Pereira and Sandra from Mumbai were the resource persons.'Help save marine life', was the clarion call. A short video based on the aquatic ecosystem was shown to the students, followed by a small quiz on the same. Then, the theme for the year was introduced – 'No in my ocean!'
Students were enlightened with the thought that 'Ocean health is our health. Pollution – not in my ocean! Plastic – not in my ocean!' This message was vividly brought to life by the resource persons, through videos aids based on Mumbai's coastline, plant and animal life in the oceans, among others.
The programme animators stressed on the aquatic ecosystem, biodiversity, rivers of Mumbai and plastics that are dumped in the ocean. They kept the session interactive and the students actively participated.
Towards the end of the session, a task was given for the month of July – Talk by the Dock, which included interviewing a local fisherman on different kinds of fishes found, fishes in and out of season, reasons for their increase and decrease.
The month of August has the exciting task of – Journey to the Sea, in which students are required to study a waterbody, find if it is polluted, look for sources and come up with solutions.
The session was an eye-opener for all the students with a valuable lesson taught, 'what goes in the ocean, goes in you!'