New Year Greetings

Greenvision 2009 Started

The inaugural function of Greenvision 2009 and the release of Greens Newsletter.

Greenvision 2009 Phto Exhibition starts tomorrow

The Greenvision 2009 Nature Phto Exhibition starts tomorrow (19th Wednesday) at Museum Hall, Thiruvananthapuram. The show will be inaugurated by Smt. P. Vijayakumari Amma, Director, Museum. This will be followed by the released of Greens Newsletter by Shri. A. Firoz, Deputy Directo, Information & Public Relations Department.

The Phto Exhibition will last upto 23rd August. The Exhibition time will be from 10 am to 6 pm.

August 22 Saturday

Nature Paiting Competition for lower primary, upper primary and high school students.

August 23 Sunday

Valedectory Function at 5 pm. Inauguration by Smt. Sheela Thomas IAS, Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala
Speech: Sri. M. Nandakumar IAS, Director, I&PRD
Sri. K.M. Dharesan Unnithan, Director, Energy Management Centre

Greenvision 2009 Results

Sri. Joshy Manjummel, Ernakulam, Kerala got first prize in the Greenvision 2009 All India Nature Photo Competition for his photo titled, Drinking. Sri. Aasish Bathery, also from Kerala, got second prize for his photo, Mother and Baby.

Sarvashree Somenath Mukhopadhyay (Larva in Paddy Field), Bidhan Ch. Mondal (Due Hunter), (both from West Bengal), K.M. Narayanaswamy IFS (Pheasant tailed Jacana with chick), (Karnataka), Dr. Kalesh S.(Whispers from a Silent World), (Kerala) and Saikat Ganguly (Playing Mood) (West Bengal) got Consolation Prizes.

Merit Certificates are awarded to Sarvashreee K.S. Sajan (Tasty Meal), Satheesh Kumar (Thorn is comfortable to us) (both from Kerala), J. Suresh (The Exiled), Tamil Nadu, Shajikumar K.A. (Dusk), Kerala and Sushaman Kadayil (Lines on Water), Kerala.

Sarvashree Mohanan Perunthani (AFIAP), K.V. Uthaman, Anil Bhaskar, K. Hariharan Nair (Representative of I & PRD) and G. Sankaranarayana (Greens representative) comprise the judging committee.

The winning entries are given below:

First Prize

Second Prize

Drinking

Mother and Baby

Consolation Prize
Larva in Paddy Field

Due Hunter

Pheasant-tailed Jacana with chick

Whispers from a silent world

Playing mood

Merit Certificates

Tasty Meal

Thorn is comfortable to us

The Exiled

Dusk

Lines on Water

Opinion of the Judges

Almost all pictures are outstanding. Jury members are unanimous in selecting the prize winning photographs. But are of the opinion that the print quality of 50 per cent of the pictures are poor. Entries regarding wildlife seems insufficient. Almost all pictures are digitally treated.

Neelakkurinji flowers again

The massive flowering of neelakurinji (Strobilanthus Kunthiana) once again occurs at Munnar. The 150 acre spread flowering is believed to be due to global warming effects. The news is in Janayugam Daily, July 25, 2009. To view the original news, click here

T.K. Rajan Memorial Inter School Greens Quiz 2009

Toppers: Anand Justin and Anand P.V.

Participants in the Final Quiz

M. Kevin Das & Ajay Dev B.G.

Neeraj R. & Aravind M.R.

Bharath Nandan S. & Abhijith U.

Anand Justin & Anand P.V. (I Place)

Arjun Shyam & Vivek S.

Aryan P. Nair & Arya P.B. (II Place)

Devika A. Nair & Ambika M.S. (III Place)

Surya Girish & Aravind A.J. (II Place)

T.K. Rajan Memorial Inter School Greens Quiz 2009 became an event in the city with a participation of 83 teams from thirteen leading schools in the district. The big hall of Christ Nagar, Vellayambalam, was filled with participants, their parents and Greens members.

Anand P.V. (8th standard) and Anand Justin (10th standard) of St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom got first place by securing 70 points. The teams of Aryan P. Nair and Arya P.B. (both in 10th standard) of L.V.H.S., Pothencode and Surya Girish (8th standard) and Aravind A.J. (9th standard) of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vazhuthacaud shared second place by securing 57.5 points. Devika A. Nair and Ambika M.S. (both in 9th standard) of GGHSS Cottonhill, Vazhuthacaud reached third with 47.5 points.

Other teams which got selection for the final quiz are M. Kavin Das (10th) and Ajay Dev B.G. (10th) of St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom (secured 40 points); Bharath Nandan S.(9th) and Abhijith U. (9th) of St. Mary’s Central School, Poojappura (secured 25 points); Neeraj R. (8th) and Aravind M.R. (8th) of K.V. Pattom, 2nd Shift (secured 20 points) and Arjun Shyam (8th) and Vivek S.(8th) of Loyola School, Sreekaryam (secured 10 points).

Arya Central School, Pattom had the highest participation with 16 teams which was followed by Loyola School, Sreekaryam and Govt. Girls’ HSS, Cottonhill with 11 teams each. St. Thomas Residential School, Mukkolakkal had 10 teams. Other schools participated in the event are: St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom (9), Carmel Girls’ HSS, Vazhuthacaud (5), Darsana HSS, Nedumangad (4 ), Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom (4), Holy Angels’ Convent HSS (3), LVHS, Pothencode (3), Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vazhuthacaud (2) and Nirmala Bhavan, Kuravankonam (1). The host school, Christ Nagar Sr. Secondary School, Vellayambalam had two teams to represent.
Greens Executive Committee Member C. Susheelkumar led the quiz which had visual rounds, plant identification and bird voice identification. Thomas Mash of Christ Nagar, Vellayambalam, extended all supports from the part of the School Management.

Welcome!

Christ Nagar School, Vellayambalam

Preliminary round

Evaluation of the Preliminary round

Thomas Mash checking the system

Preparing scores

Moments from the final round

Identify and own - A moment from the plant identification round. Plants were handed over to those who identified them.



Waiting for the turn


A child enthusiastically watching the visual round

Waiting for the scores

Announcing the Winners

Photos: G. Sankaranarayanan

World Environmental Day Activities

Greens celebrated this year's environmental day with Museum & Zoo Department and Forest Department. In the morning painting competitions were conducted at the Museum Radio Park for LP, UP and High School students. At 3 pm, Education Minister, Mr. M.A. Baby and Forest Minister, Mr. Binoy Viswom, inaugurated the 'Haritha Keralalm' (Green Kerala) programme by planting tree saplings at museum ground. Mayor, Mr. Jayan Babu, was also present. Students from Cotton Hill School, Vazhuthacaud and members of Greens participated.

Subsequent to this, 1000 tree saplings of various kinds were issued to the Secretariat employees. The inauguration of this was done by Forest Minister at the Secretariat Campus by giving a sandalwood sapling to the daughter of Greens member Mrs. Sheela.
More photos by G. Sankaranarayanan here.

T.K. Rajan Memorial Greens Quiz 2009

Greens Inter School Quiz 2009 for the 8th, 9th and 10th standard students of the schools in the Thiruvananthapruam City will be conducted on 11th July, 2009. The details are as follows:

Subject: Nature, Environment and Life Science
Venue: Christ Nagar School, Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapruam
Date: 11th July (Saturday)
Time of Registration: 9.30 am
Team: Two individuals make a team. Schools are free to send as many teams as they wish.
Contact Nos: 9495408922, 9446356734

Application form is given below: