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La Martiniere Girls’ CollegeLucknow

Fighting the POLYTHENEMENACE with recycled paper bags

La Martiniere Girls’ College Lucknow, established

in the year 1869 through its continued dedication

to pioneering education and maintaining school

traditions, has earned its reputation as one of the

leading educational institutions in India.

Inculcate love and respect for the nature in the

members and children .

Promote recycling of all kinds of wastes

Spread nature awareness through fun activities, awareness

programmes, debates and excursions.

Tree planting, gardening, pet care, cleanliness campaigns,

composting etc.

School Pets and Zoo Adoption

To fight against

The polythene menace

Animal trade and using animals for entertainment

Waste of natural resources and energy resources

P.A.L.S .

PROTECTORS OF ANIMAL LIFE AND SURROUNDINGS

‘PALS’ a Nature Club with a difference was setup

by the La Martiniere Girls’ College on 23rd

November 1996.

It is now a part of the school curriculum and is

being managed by the School Children & teachers

Since then PALS has been continuously striving

toSAVE NATURE SAVE THE

EARTH

La Martiniere Girls’ College,Lucknow has an enormousschool campus with a vast schoolfield and playgrounds, orchards,tree canopied drive-ways, schoolgarden, sprawling lawns & a fullydeveloped herbal plant garden.

Having declared the college “A polythene Free Zone” our

next endeavour was to spread this message

across the city.

Alarming articles about animal deaths in the Lucknow Zoo

due to polythene and plastic bag consumption compelled

us to review the sad events.

Plastic and polythene had always been a big menace

inside zoo. Two zoo inmates, a hippo and a sambar

deer had died after they swallowed plastic. "Hippo's

post-mortem had shown undigested polythene in his

stomach," said an old keeper reminiscing that he had

eaten a plastic ball wrapped inside a polythene bag.

Later, a sambar deer too died the same painful death.

Entering premises with a polythene bag was banned

immediately after the hippo's death.

A lot of shops outside the zoo gates sell snacks in polythene bags and wrappers. When asked how will such shops be checked from using polythene bags, the director

said, "It is for the same reason that we have sought help from the district administration."

The PALS Club immediately

decided to tackle the polythene

menace by providing paper

packets to the Zoo authorities.

We approached the Zoo Officials

with our proposal and they were

indeed happy to accept our help

in saving the precious zoo

inmates from this hazard.

Every student from class III to XII

makes 8 paper-packets every

month from old newspapers.

The paper packets are given to

the LUCKNOW ZOO to help the

authorities in fighting the

polythene menace and safety of

the animals.

RECYCLING OLD NEWSPAPERS

As polythene is banned inside

the zoo premises, all eatables

of the visitors are transferred to

these paper bags .

La Martiniere Girls’ College is

the only school in Lucknow

providing paper bags to the

Zoo.

Handy carry bags are made

from sheets of old calendar.

These are also given to the Zoo

for distribution to visitors to

discourage them from carrying

plastic and polythene bags

RECYCLING OLD SCHOOL CALENDARS

Making a paper bag is simpleSTEP 1

Just take a sheet of an old news paper

STEP 2: Fold it almost midway

STEP 3: Double fold the upper edge

STEP 4: Now fold in one side and open the flaps as shown below

STEP 5: Fold in one side, spread fevicol on its surface and fold in the other side over it. Press gently to stick the two sides.

VIOLA...Your paper bag is ready

Made by us.....

Guided by the PALS Executive

Mr. Anupam GuptaDirector,Lucknow Zoological Gardens,Lucknow

Dr. Utkarsh ShuklaDy. Director/Vet. OfficerLucknow Zoological Gardens, Lucknow

E-mail address : lucknowzoo@yahoo.com

Our Lucknow Zoo Officials who help us to help them... Thank you

Principal LMGC, Lucknow : Mrs. Farida Abraham

Teacher In charge : Ms. Rehana Ali

Teacher /Zoo contact : Mrs Archana Gupta

President : Aishna Tandon

Secretary : Riya Marwah

Treasurer : Priyanshee

Executives : Ishali Garg

Saman Shah

Anukansha Gagneja

P.A.L.S. LA MARTINIERE GIRLS, COLLEGE LUCKNOW

SAVE NATURE, SAVE THE EARTH