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EARTH DAY: “Earth Day 2019 was truly a day to
remember. In the Earth Day Assembly,
WHY WAIT FOR we pledged to protect our planet.
We spread awareness through dances,
songs, poems, skits, activities, etc.
TOMORROW? In the Earth Day assembly, classes
V-VIII presented a dance which
showed the harsh truth about
people destroying the earth. The
Earth Day is a day, when we pause to think about the dance ended with the good people
environment and feel a sense of urgency about protecting it till their last breath. It
protecting our planet. was wonderful, even watching it
Our planet is currently losing over 15 billion trees from backstage gave me chills. A
each year (equivalent to 48 football fields every beautiful song was sung by our
minute). school choir, which embodied their
emotion for Mother Nature into their
Each one, plant one is what we profess. Our school voices as the harmony, filled the
had undertaken a Plantation Drive on April 22 , auditorium. It was an amazing
nd
2019 wherein the students took a pledge to usher in performance indeed.
a green revolution by doing little green acts. Oh, I couldn’t forget about the skit,
Our zeal and enthusiasm as protectors of Mother now, could I? I was the Earth from
Earth didn’t get dampened by the pandemic. Our the year 1970, which was green and
school came up with daily challenges to commemorate less polluted.
Earth Day 2020. The underlying idea behind the
five-day challenge was to create awareness about I also participated in the intra-class
environmental issues. From creative posters to poster making competition and
discussions on lessening one’s carbon footprints, from bagged the III prize.
switching off the AC for a non-AC day challenge to It was an enriching week. Since then,
creating DIY projects with recycled material, from I have made sure to be conscious of
conducting a plastic audit of the house to switching my environment and try being as
over to eco-friendly wood, glass or ceramic items- eco-friendly as possible.”
Pacificans were involved in a multitude of activities
to instil love for the planet. They made beautiful Anshika Awasthi
posters and also recorded short videos while VI A
explaining their ideas on “How to Save the Earth”.
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Planting a Tree for Tomorrow
