In today's globalized world, environmental awareness has become essential, serving as a measure of the harm done to nature. It is time to reevaluate our human-centered perspective on the environment. For many years, educators worldwide have recognized the importance of environmental education in promoting responsible environmental behaviours.
The increasing recognition of the need for environmental education over recent years underscores the global necessity to enhance environmental conservation efforts. However, individual and organizational initiatives remain sporadic and insufficient. A recent trend highlights the growing environmental awareness among children, emphasizing that the primary focus of public education should be young people, with educational institutions being the ideal venues for instilling good practices (UNEP, 2014). Young people are believed to be more proactive and compassionate, capable of influencing adults through their actions and ideas. Environmental education can significantly improve health, hygiene, demographic profiles, and productivity, all of which are interconnected with the quality of life. It plays a crucial role in enhancing social opportunities, building skills, and increasing employability, thereby improving overall quality of life. This is why Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya has established the Eco Club.
Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya Eco Club is a voluntary organization supported by the institution, encouraging student and teacher participation in understanding and improving the environment. The club aims to raise widespread awareness and involve as many people as possible in better understanding the environment. Additionally, the Eco Club provides students and teachers with opportunities to engage with the world beyond the classroom. The Eco Club emphasizes the need to closely observe nature to ensure a greener and safer future. It helps to build attitudes at individuals and social groups, acquire a set of values and feelings of concern for the environment, and the motivation for actively participating in environmental improvement and protection.

Vision

The club will be committed towards raising social awareness regarding environmental issues and changing student’s attitude towards the environment by enlisting their active participation in club’s activities.

Mission

The mission of the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya Eco Club are:-

1. To conserve, protect, and manage the environment, which is essential for achieving sustainable living and development.
2. To create awareness among the students to Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
3. To inculcate a proper attitude about the environment and its conservation through action-based programmes.
4. To enhance students’ participation in conservation of the micro environment.
5. To implement efficient solid waste management in the college.
6. To create awareness among the students to reduce the use of plastic in the community.

Objectives

1. To raise awareness among young people about preserving and conserving the natural environment, making them more sensitive to their surroundings.
2. To arouse love and responsibility towards nature.
3. To encourage students to keep their surroundings green and clean by planting trees.
4. To promote water conservation by encouraging the minimal use of water.
5. To motivate students to adopt habits and lifestyles that minimize waste generation, including sorting waste at the source and disposing of it properly.
6. To educate students about the dangers of indiscriminate waste burning, which can cause respiratory diseases, and to raise public and sanitary worker awareness about this issue.
7. To make students aware of the need to reduce plastic bag usage and to avoid discarding them in public places, where they can clog drains and sewers, leading to waterlogging and creating mosquito breeding grounds.
8. To involve Eco Club students in outreach programs in schools and public areas, organizing tree planting events, awareness activities like quizzes, essay and painting competitions, rallies, street plays, etc., to educate others about environmental issues and the reuse of waste materials.
9. To raise awareness about biodiversity conservation and local environmental issues.
10. To foster a ‘clean and green consciousness’ among students through various innovative methods.

Members of the Eco Club

Activities

Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya Eco Club along with the Department of Forestry and NSS Unit of the college organizes various activities and environment awareness programmes like World Environment Day Celebration, World Forestry Day Celebration, Tree Plantation Programme etc.