23rd September 2022
Mumbai

The Green warriors of St. Teresa’s Institute of Education attended an activity based learning session on Waste Management and Composting titled ‘Waste it or invest it’ on 23rd September 2022. It was conducted by environmentalist Ms. Manjiri Patil- a Sustainable Programs Senior Executive of RUR GreenLife Private Limited. The session was organised by Prof. Dr. Giselle D’souza and attended by 48 F.Y.B.Ed students as well as 05 supporting staff of the institution.

The primary objective of this session was to create awareness regarding Waste Management and to practically learn about Composting. It also aimed at encouraging the student teachers not to regard waste as useless material but rather to consider it as something of worth that is to be given back to nature.

Ms. Manjiri began the session by introducing the gathering to simple terms and concepts related to the environment. She kept the session alive with her constant flow of questions simultaneously throwing light upon important facts relating to waste treatment and composting. She then demonstrated how the composting bin functions, the procedure of composting and harvesting the manure. The daily life examples cited by her were very informative and helped to understand the concept easily. She was very open to questions and willingly solved doubts of students. She informed the students that St. Teresa’s Institute of Education now has 2 composting bins installed on the campus and has initiated the Organic Waste Composting Project under the able guidance of Principal Dr. Sr.Tanuja Waghmare. The support staff also shared their personal experience of composting kitchen waste and how it is transformed into something productive. The entire event was very lively and thought provoking. It came to an end as Ms. Manjiri summed up the half an hour session in a nutshell. One of the students gave a formal vote of thanks on behalf of the entire institute. We were all alerted to our role as agents of change for a greener tomorrow.