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Addressing urban issues through environmentaleducation in IndiaShyamala KrishnaAbstractA communication strategy for an integrated management plan torelieve the problem of garbage disposal in the City of Bangalore hasbeen implemented by India’s Centre for Environment Education,Southern Regional Cell (CEE South). In this and other urbanenvironment projects, CEE South aims to bring people together tomake them aware of social and infrastructure problems and themethods by which some of these problems can be addressed.Communication and education programmes are designed toencourage participation among citizens. It has been found that peoplecan be moved into action only through personal contact anddemonstration of solutions to problems.IntroductionThe metropolitan areas of India today are bursting at the seams. Cityinfrastructures are under stress to the point where problems of environmentaldegradation - primarily garbage, sanitation, air and noise pollution, poorhealth and housing facilities, industrial pollution and congestion - seeminsurmountable.The growth of Indian cities is attributed to both to migration from rural areasand to an increase in urban population due to better health care. Countrydwellers who migrate to the cities are in reality “ecological refugees” whocan no longer support themselves in the highly degraded and vulnerable ruralenvironment. They opt for the inhuman conditions which await them inurban slums where jobs, health facilities and education are relatively moreaccessible.However, some 70-80 percent of the urban population are rich or belong tothe middle class, and have a much higher rate of consumption of resourcessuch as water, electricity, fuel and other commodities than the poor.Therefore, the poor have little access to these resources and others includinghousing, educational institutions and transport. This problem is furtheraccentuated by the fact that there is a lack of infrastructure in the slums andsettlements where they live.The advantages of city dwelling have been offset by a decline in the sense ofsolidarity in time of need and a group or community approach to common57
Planning education to care for the earthproblems which characterize rural societies. Urban dwellers tend to ignorethe causes of their problems in adopting the attitude that the provision ofbasic amenities is the responsibility of someone else: governments or privateinstitutions.If life in cities is to remain bearable, a change of attitudes, a return tosolidarity and cooperation, are needed. This calls for education andawareness of the problems of the urban environment.Solid waste management in BangaloreThe Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell (CEESouth), took up as one of its major hands-on activities a programme to createawareness among urban people of the need to reduce wastage of resourcesincluding water, energy, fuel and other natural resources, of the ill effects ofair, noise and water pollution, and of the problems which arise from theimproper management of garbage, sewage, industrial effluents and wastes.The steps to evolve a plan of action are in figure 1.Step 1Identifying area of operation:a) geographical areab) topicsc) targetsStep 4Different groups of peoplea) governmentb) non governmentorganizationsc) experts in the fieldidentified to work on eachissue in all its dimensionsStep 7Solid waste management : thestrategyThree earlier studies ongarbage management in thecity collected, analysed andconsolidated.Step 2Group formationPeople and organizations whohave experience in the field/area of operationStep 5The groups addressthemselves to the issues by:a) Collecting informationb) Probing the causesc) Elucidating differentapproaches towards asolutiond) Sharing responsibilitiesfor trying out theseapproaches in a coordinatedmannerStep 8Extensive discussions wereheld with various groupswhich had tried alternateapproaches to solid wastemanagement in different partsof the cityStep 3BrainstormingConcrete plans for action fromabstract generalizations ona) statusb) issuesc) approach to tacklingissues identifiedStep 6CEE identified priority issuesfor 4 years:a) Solid waste managementb) Community hygiene andcivic sensec) Protection of greenery andvegetationStep 9Based on these experiencesand information collected anew strategy was prepared.This strategy called for sharingof responsibilities andresources within the group inorder to achieve the goals.Figure 1. Evolving a plan of action for protecting the urban environment.58
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