Why It Matters
Protecting the resources everyone depends on
We live in the environment and use its resources — air, land and water — to meet our needs. When the pressure we place on those resources exceeds their capacity to recover, it creates lasting environmental degradation. If ground water is drawn beyond its limit of replacement, for instance, it may be lost forever. Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility, and awareness is where that starts.
On The Ground
What our environment programmes cover
- Climate-change awareness for school students, women and farmers, focused on its effects on agriculture and livelihoods
- Climate-change awareness sessions for youth club members
- School-level competitions on climate change, with prizes for active student and youth participants
- Periodic distribution of pamphlets on the effects of climate change
- Tree-planting programmes — more than 5,000 saplings planted with students, youth and farmers
- Motivating farmers to plant shelter-belt trees around their land
- Mixed, drought-resistant plantations on waste land