SUMMER CAMP IN SCHOOLS: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

Project Title: Summer Camps on Mission LIFE (Lifestyle For Environment)

Project Objective:
 To enable students to take up environment friendly projects
 To develop among students sensitivity about ongoing environment concerns and
right attitudes to address them

Project Duration: 5th –12th of June, 2024 (seven days’ duration, excluding Sunday)
Project Beneficiaries: All Government Schools (UDISE Mgmt Codes 1, 12 & 15) of primary,
elementary and secondary, higher secondary levels may undertake the project
Project Activities: The project activities may be spearheaded by Eco clubs in those schools
where set up; otherwise the School may decide in this regard and may mobilise Child
Cabinets, Youth clubs, Kanyashree Club, Jai Hind Bahini etc. for taking this up in schools. The
activities to be taken up, against each theme on specified date is given below. (Metrics /
Indicators are used for reporting; schools to take care of these while selecting the
activities.)
Reporting: Project activities to be duly documented; report to be shared by district SSM in
the reporting format to be prepared by the SPO, PBSSM (Google Sheet / Google Form).
Report has to be uploaded / shared on the same date as of the program i.e. reports about
events on 5th of June to be shared by the 5 th itself and so on for rest of the days of the
program.
Day-wise and theme wise list of school level activities.

1 Date 05.06.24 (World Environment Day). This year theme “Land

restoration, desertification and drought resilience”.
1.1 LIFE theme Adopt Healthy Lifestyle
1.2 Activities  Organize nature walks for students to nearby ecosystems
thereby learning about environmental conservation practices
 Conduct plantation drives focussing on area specific flora
 Exploration visits to nearby villages/local tourist destinations.
The class can be divided into groups and given tasks eg.
exploring and discussing the locations a)ecology, b)history,
c)geography, d)customs & traditions e)handicrafts etc.
1.3 Metrics /  Number of saplings planted
indicators  Number of nature walks conducted
 Number of visits to nearby villages/ tourist destinations
organised
2 Date 06.06.2024
2.1 LIFE theme Adopt Sustainable Food System
2.2 Activities  Involve students to create, revive and manage kitchen
gardens within the school premises.
 If the school does not have the required vacant land,

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 encourage use of old buckets, plastic bottles and earthen
pots to grow the plants in any available space.
 Plant climbers to save space.
 Use compost created from the school’s wet waste for the
kitchen gardens, thereby avoiding chemical fertilizers and
pesticides.
 Encourage students to make eco-friendly pesticides using
waste eg. bio enzymes for kitchen garden.
 Keep a record of the plants grown on the campus and how
much produce is harvested every month. The produce can be
used internally for the PM Poshan meals, or distribution
among the students and the staff.
 Organise exciting competitions like millet fancy dress to show
students lifelong health benefits and environmental
advantages of incorporating these super grains into their
diet.
 Encourage students to take the learning from these initiatives
to their homes and replicate them.
2.3 Metrics /  Number of kitchen gardens created
Indicator  No of competitions organised
3 Date 07.06.2024
3.1 LIFE theme Reduce E-Waste
3.2 Activities  Conduct e-waste collection drives for appropriate disposal
and reuse of electronic waste.
 Set up e-waste collection point in school to drop
off old electronic gadgets.
 School authorities may collaborate with authorized e-
waste collectors for safe disposal of collected items and
maintain record of the collected e-waste.
 Schools may set up educational booths to show impact
of e-waste on our planet.
3.3 Metrics /  Amount of e-waste collected (number / kg)
Indicator  Number of e-waste drive conducted
4 Date 08.06.2024
4.1 LIFE theme Reduce Waste
4.2 Activities  Organise cleanliness drives involving students and the
community to inculcate responsibility towards the
environment.
 Teach waste segregation for appropriate waste disposal.
 Install two-bin system in all classrooms - for wet and dry
waste.
 If the amount of wet waste generated is not high, a
common wet waste bin can be kept for 3, 4
classrooms.
 Sanitary waste bins can be kept in washrooms for
used sanitary napkins, diapers, etc.

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  On each dustbin, paste prompts like ‘What can go in?’
that will help students decide what can go in each bin.
 Construct compost pits in schools to encourage waste
segregation and use compost generated in the kitchen
garden of the school.
 Organise recycled waste art contests in schools to
promote 3Rs i.e reduce, reuse and recycling of waste.
 Organise donation drives to donate old clothes, toys,
furniture etc.
 Collected items may be distributed to needy people
in the community or handed over to an NGO.
 Organise interaction sessions with the rack pickers/ small
junk shop dealers from the nearby locality where students
may ask questions regarding where the waste goes, how
they segregate waste, how items are re-cycled etc.
4.3 Metrics /  No. of composite pits established
Indicators  No of two bin system installed
 No of cleanliness drives organised
5 Date 10.06.2024
5.1 LIFE theme Save Energy
5.2 Activities  Encourage students to carry out energy saving activities like
switching off tube-lights, bulbs, electronic gadgets when not
in use.
 Establish energy team within eco-club.
 Energy team to carry out patrolling to ensure all electrical
appliances are switched off after school hours.
 Make duty roster of eco-club team members for patrolling.
 Organise knowledge building sessions on renewable sources
of energy may be organized in collaboration with NGOs,
power departments etc.
 Create posters, banners and other visual materials and paste
on the school notice board to raise awareness about the
importance of energy conservation.
 Invest in solar panels.
5.3 Metrics/  No. of knowledge building sessions on renewable energy
Indicators organised
 No of competitions organised
 No of energy teams formed
6 Date 11.06.2024
6.1 LIFE theme Save Water
6.2 Activities  Involve students in tabulating water wastage in school.
 Check for leaks in flush systems, faucets and water
pipes and report to the eco-club teacher in charge.
 Students along with their teachers can collect water from
nearby storage systems and carry out tests for water purity.
Appropriate arrangements can be made in school labs.

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  Organise water conservation rally along with the community.
Grandparents of the students may be called in the schools,
where they can share water conservation practices adopted
in the past and how students can be made more active
towards saving water.
 Organise awareness sessions about rainwater harvesting
system and its benefits.
6.3 Metrics/  No. of leaks detected
Indicators  Amount of water saved in a week
 No. of rain water harvesting systems establised/revived
7 Date 12.06.2024
7.1 LIFE theme Say No to Single Use Plastic
7.2 Activities  Take “Say No to Plastic” Pledge - all students and teachers.
 Make a list of single use plastic items used
 Find out eco-friendly substitutes eg. steel mugs
instead of styrofoam cups, and reusable water bottles
instead of plastic water bottles.
 Generate awareness regarding the hazardous impact of
single use plastic on our planet through activities eg. poster
making, debates, slogan writing, essay writing etc.
 Put up the best posters on the school notice boards. (visual
impact)
 Students may be involved in creating visual displays on school
notice boards illustrating the effects of single-use plastic
items.
 Awareness campaigns to mobilize the community for
adapting ecofriendly habits like the use of jute bags, saying
no to single use plastic, buying local and nature friendly
goods and so on.
7.3 Metrics /  No of students / teachers taking pledge
Indicators  Amount of single use plastic collected
 No of plastic water bottles replaced