DéCee …be one with
nature
The CEE’s Information and Facilitation Centre (IFC)
was inaugurated on
24 January
2008 during the CEE Annual meet. This facility is located at
CEE’s old Press area, below Edutech. It will serve as an
interface with people of Ahmedabad and to visitors at CEE and
its sister organisations, providing an opportunity to orient
them to environment and sustainable development, including
information on various schemes and programmes of the Ministry
of Environment and Forests, Government of India; and on
approaches to education on science, health etc. This is in
response to a long-felt need for such an interactive space
that brings together the diverse nature of opportunities and
activities in the area of environment and sustainable
development, especially on action by individuals, communities
and organisations.
While the
facility is yet to get fully operational from its premises, it
has been set up with an aim to offer the following:
Information
Counter:
Updates and happenings in the field of EE and ESD; activities
of MoEF, CEE and its sister institutions, and interesting
information relevant to the city will be available. A
structured orientation programme will be offered to the
visitors through various media such as a permanent exhibition,
audio-visuals and ICT interface.
Membership:
The Centre will offer membership to the citizens of Ahmedabad
that will entitle them to participate in various activities,
get invited to popular lectures, and events; and access to
CEE’s facilities like the library.
Offering of
services like camping, nature trails in and off-campus, film
shows and lectures:
These would include camping and nature trail activities of
Sundarvan, science education activities of VASCSC and
activities by other groups within CEE and its sister
institutions.
Eco-shop:
Display and Sale of eco-friendly products, such as
handicrafts, textiles, stationary, organic produce, those
promote sustainable practices in production and consumption.
The eco-shop will also offer publications on EE and ESD,
developed by CEE and other organisations doing landmark work
in this area. It will include environment education and
science education material such as books, kits and other
educational material.
Café:
Drinks and snacks for the health and environmentally
conscious, will be made available at this facility.
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