GSP AWARDS 2018-19
Elaborating on GSP, Ranjita Menon, Programme Director, Environment Education, CSE, said, “Schools have shown dramatic change and improvement over the past few years. To bolster environmental education through the GSP Audit, ‘Paving the Path’ has been published. It will give direction to schools to complement the existing practices and help teachers come up with cost-effective & innovative solutions that will reduce the burden on the environment.”
This year, 5360 schools registered for the GSP Audit from all across the country. Of these, 1689 schools submitted their completed audit reports to CSE. This points to an 85 per cent jump in registrations and 42 per cent jump in audit report submissions.
The awards have been given on the basis of a detailed assessment for the following practices — rainwater harvesting, energy efficiency, mobility, proportion of green cover in school, waste management, water management, sanitation standards and availability of healthy food among other things.
TOP RANKING SCHOOLS:
Change Makers of the Year: The schools that have participated again and have brought about measurable change in the management of resources within the school premises while sensitizing the school community.
School Name
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District
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State
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DAV International School
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Amritsar
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Punjab
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S.B.O.A Public (Sr. Sec.) School
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Ernakulam
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Kerala
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CMS LP School Ennooramvayal
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Pathanamthitta
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Kerala
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Bal Bharati Public School, Noida
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Gautam Buddh Nagar
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Uttar Pradesh
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- Air: Ventilation increased from 27 percent to 32 per cent
- Energy: 50 per cent reduction in energy consumption.
- Food: Stopped distributing packaged food. All children get home-cooked food. Fruit break made mandatory
- Land: From 20 per cent in 2017 to 40 per cent green area- plantation in parking area, new plantation in vacant land, botanical garden developed with 40 new plant species
- Water: reduced per capita per day consumption from 26 L to 15 L, new recharge pits introduced, ground water levels increased
- Waste: 156 new 2 bin and 3 bin systems were added.
- Air: Decrease in diesel consumption from 1912 L to 1497 L by cutting down additional school trips, rerouting and adding efficient buses
- Food: Only traditional foods like steamed rice balls, Vada served; Stopped maida based/junk foods
- Land: Better green cover owing better soil health (started rain water harvesting)
- Water: Started rain water harvesting this year with 50 underground recharge pits; increase in ground water observed along with lowering of soil salinity
- Waste: Composting started in 2018 –100 kgs per month
- Air: Use of sustainable motorized vehicles rose to 88 per cent from 52 per cent. All buses (combination of school-owned and operator-owned) are CNG; increase in car pooling
- Energy: Conventional lights replaced by CFL or LED; installed Solar
- Food: Stopped distributing packaged food, instead tied up with a bakery for healthy food
- Land: Vertical gardening on the walls – 450 plants
- Water: Started conserving leftover drinking water
- Waste: Total collection points – 82 from 38; Composting: 5-6 kg in one and half month
- Energy: Phasing out conventional tube lights: LEDs introduced – 12 CFLs, 6 LEDs, 2 tube lights from 0 LEDs, 5 Tube lights and 20 CFLS in 2017
- Land: Green area increased to 50 per cent – purchased nearby plot of land and maintains an organic farm
- Water: Storage tank capacity and number increased to three each of 5000 litres
- Waste: Stopped horticulture waste burning (composting started)
Category
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School Name
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District
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State
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FOOD
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Good Earth School
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Kanchipuram
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Tamil Nadu
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WASTE
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New Digamber Public School
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Indore
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Madhya Pradesh
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AIR
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Government Senior Secondary School, Pelling
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West Sikkim
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Sikkim
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LAND
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Kendriya Vidyalaya, Upper Camp, Cantt
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Dehradun
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Uttarakhand
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ENERGY
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Kendriya Vidyalaya WCL, New Majri
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Chandrapur
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Maharashtra
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WATER
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Mahindra World School
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Kanchipuram
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Tamil Nadu
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