T.R.A.S.H.

Festival
(Thinking, Reflecting and Acting for a Sustainable Habitat)
23-25 January 2012

Background The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd are proud to present a three day festival titled T.R.A.S.H. (Thinking, Reflecting and Acting for a Sustainable Habitat). This unique festival promotes and demonstrates the concept of Sustainable Life Styles and targets not just students and teachers but reaches out to parents and the community at large. The festival has been designed with interactive, experiential and thought provoking sessions through exposure visit, thematic sessions, eco-workshops, exhibitions, competitions and games. The activities under the festival are divided day wise. The main highlights of the festival are as follows: Day 1: 23 January 2012 (Monday) The Wild Meadows In the ever changing urban context, there is a need for our younger generation to understand the importance of one of the important section of society and also to be able to create a sense of responsibility towards the life support systems of urban areas; rag pickers. Thus, education has a vital role to play in drawing a sensitive outlook and constructive actions towards reaching out to them and learning the way they toil to keep the surroundings clean. Such type of education, besides generating awareness, sensitizes the youths and empowers them with requisite information regarding their alarming state. An interaction with them will eventually equip them with right type of approach to play the right type of role in the future. In TRASH, students are taken to a resource center which is run by Save the Children of India for street children and rag pickers. This activity would be a platform to provide a real interface with the lowest strata of society and experience their life their way. The Nehru place resource center of STCI is in close relevance to the issue of the project i.e. evolution of culture / changing lifestyle / consumerism / waste / neglected section of society Day 2: 24 January 2012 (Tuesday) The Earth Junction The Earth Junction is a one stop shop for different activities for teachers and students. The day is a mix of thematic sessions, competitions and hands on activity for teachers

and students. The idea is to demonstrate the concept of sustainable choices that once can make in his / her daily course of life. The hands on activity that will be conducted are as follows: 1. Pottery workshop by potter Dayachand 2. Eco Jewellary workshop by Aranya Handicrafts 3. Repair and refurbish workshop by Ns Nisha Suri, Salwan Public School, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi Speakers approached for the thematic session 1. Mr Tushar Shah, Daman Ganga Paper Boards Pvt. Ltd. 2. Mr Ankit Pogula, independent film maker 3. Mr Saransh Sugandh, Film and Televison Unit, TERI 4. Ms Sayantani Das Sahu, Fair Trade Forum of India 5. Dr Arun Kumar, Vice President, Development Alternatives Competitions 1. Painting 2. Kabaad se Jugaad Day 3: 25 January 2012 (Wednesday) Nayee Tarang An exhibition put together primarily with the support of NGOs / schools / corporates on showcasing the initiatives, green activities, handicrafts and artifacts and screening of films/documentaries related to different environmental issues will be put up. Sale of ecofriendly products by the following NGOs / firms will also take place. *Please note that there will be no financial transaction in the name of TERI, Tetra Pak and Salwan Public School, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi Some of the participating organizations are: 1. Aadhar 2. GIRD 3. Haathi chaap 4. Patheya 5. Cheshire Home 6. Fair Trade India Forum 7. Chiranjiv Bharati School 8. Nirvaaha 9. Aranya Handicrafts 10. Goonj