Jesus & Mary College New Delhi

Green Society

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About Society

The Green Society of Jesus and Mary College was started in 2015 to increase awareness and promote eco-friendly practices among students. We believe that the environment can no longer be a peripheral issue but instead a priority in the lives of all communities. We seek to empower students to participate in meaningful environmental activities and projects and engage and influence their neighborhood communities. We hope that empowering students today will create a greener future tomorrow. We host workshops, competitions, rallies, drives and seminars throughout the year.

As a compulsory student society, the Green Society has more than 200 members. We conduct various activities to increase awareness and help our members learn new ways of sustainable living and protect the environment. Some of these initiatives are E-waste collection drive, herbal garden initiative, kitchen-garden initiative, cleanliness drives, plantation drives. We collected 160 kgs of E-waste and handed it to a Producer Responsibility Organization, Karo Sambhav for responsible E-waste recycling. The collected E-waste was the outcome of extensive outreach programme to schools, colleges, residential societies and different organizations, conducted to celebrate Earth Day, 2023. The E-waste collection drive concluded on World Environment Day, 2023. In 2024, E-waste collection drive was conducted at college level. Outreach programme will be taken up in the coming academic session. House Sparrow conservation Project is also initiated with the aim to provide natural habitat to House Sparrow. JMC is the only college in NCR that has taken up the initiative to conserve the tiny state bird of Delhi.

“Aranya” is our online semestrial magazine which includes all work done by the members and the society. As the Green Society continues to grow, our primary focus is upon increasing its outreach to other colleges and forming a cohesive network of environmental enthusiasts across DU colleges while pioneering environment-friendly ventures and activities. We will do this by keeping sustainable learning and environmental development at the core of our initiatives. For the coming year, we will be extending research and skill enhancement projects, workshops & seminars, collaboration and partnership and engagement with neighboring communities towards achieving sustainability goals.