20,000 trees planted in KOLKATA

Moving Towards a Lakh by 2030

Centre for Contemporary Communication is committed to working for Kolkata city’s Urban Bio-Diversity, Ecosystem and Greening. Trees also go a long way for Climate Change Adaptation. Trees reduce intensity and severity of Climate Change impacts. Kolkata city is declared as a climate hotspot by UNFCCC.

Since 2012, 20,000 trees have been planted in Kolkata with a survival rate of 75%. Trees planted are today 25-30 feet tall and growing.

We maintain the trees for a period of 2 years from the day  it is planted.

Trees have been planted in Kolkata Maidan, inside Fort William, several City Parks, Community homes, Schools and Colleges, Slums and Bustees, Rabindra Sarobar National Park, Subhash Sarobar and Green Verges in New Town (NKDA), Kolkata.

Our Partners are KMC, KMDA, PWD, NKDA, Corporate Houses, Educational Institutions, Eastern Command at Fort William, other NGOs.

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)  launched on 2nd October 2014,  -“Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) refers to a systematic process that comprises of waste segregation and storage at source, primary collection, secondary storage, transportation, secondary segregation, resource recovery, processing, treatment, and final disposal of solid waste in order to achieve scientific solid waste management in the 4,041 cities and towns of the country, home to some 300 million people.”

ccckolkata partnered with NGO Ektara (www.ektara.in) in February 2015 for a Project on REDUCE, SEGREGATION  for  MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT amongst the children and the community of EkTara which comprises of approximately 700 children between the ages of 3+ to 18 years, and close to 100 local community residents from one of Kolkata’s largest Slum – Darapara, inthe Topsia area of KMC Ward # 59, Kolkata city.

The Project initiatives :

• Waste Segregation – in blue and green bins; in classrooms, in art-rooms, in kitchen, in the income generation programme
• Reduce waste – in choice of food and its packaging, in kitchen, in classrooms, in art-rooms, in workshop
• Reuse & Recycle waste – specially in art rooms, to make daily utility articles like newspaper to paper bags, plastic bottles to planters, Kitchen to Compost, others
• Reduce Plastic usage – NO PLASTIC DAY observed every Fridays with a target to make Ektara a NO PLASTIC organization; jute shopping bags in the kitchen, purchase of non-wrapper food and raw-materials, children do not bring any plastic bags or plastic wrapped food articles, others. Waste generation has been reduced by close to 80%
• Dissemination and Awareness Programmes – amongst staff, teachers, children, parents and in the local community
• Observance of Earth Day, Environment Day
• Environment Communication Corner

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“In MSWM processing and reuse of waste is most important. In this context segregation of waste at source (of generation of waste) becomes critical. ​It is clear that without segregation, technologies for processing waste, including waste to energy processes, will not work. It is also clear that without segregation, waste cannot be recycled and reused to become a resource. It will at best be collected and transported, but not managed.” NOT IN MY BACKYARD, a CSE Publication, 2016.

In 2017-18 ccckolkata interacted with 20 schools and 10 colleges over Garbage (MSW) management in their schools and homes. Activities were created by which students themselves segregated mixed waste. Importance of REDUCE and SEGREGATE was discussed with the students and the teachers. Students were made aware about Plastic Pollution.

ccckolkata believes that the residents of the city must know about Climate Change, how it impacts their homes and city, and how they can and must take urgent action for its mitigation and adaptation.

33% of Kolkata city is living in slums and are most likely to be the worst affected due to extreme weather events and increasing temperature including and leading to the wet bulb impact. ccckolkata gets into conversations with this community in partnership with NGOs who are already working in this community. With Tiljala Shed ccckolkata recently interacted with community at the Topsia Bustee.

KOLKATA 2070

ccckolkata has produced a video titled KOLKATA 2070, in English and Bengali languages. This film is inspired by Vice President Al Gore’s AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH. This film which is 30 minutes in length is initially being shown to 30 select schools (20) and colleges (10) of Kolkata city to create awareness and start a conversation about Kolkata city’s Climate Change and Environmental challenges as predicted and announced by Science and Experts.

KOLKATA 2070 i an important tool for dialogue and conversations.

ccckolkata’s ppt on Climate Change

Climate Change

In Partnership with Alliance Franchise du Bengale, ccckolkata organised a day long event at the Alliance Office to commemorate Earth Day 2019. 56 students from 14 schools participated. The Day started with he screening of the Documentary KOLKATA 2070, followed by a Panel discussion by leading experts in Climate Change action, Air Pollution action, and Zero Waste living. This was followed by Expressions where the students in their school groups presented their understanding of climate change through posters and slogans. Finally the day ended with a Debate chaired by Dr. Kunal Sarkar and Judges being Mrs. Rupa Chakravarti, Dr. De, Dr. Tapati Ghosh and Ms. N. Mazumdar Debate Topic being – “For Youth Stewardship,  EVS and Nature Clubs in Schools Is Enough”

Young and the Youth. Learning about Climate Change. Developing an understanding about urban bio-diversity and city’s natural resources. Partnerships with schools, colleges, experts such as SCOPE, Nature Mates Nature Club, Dr. Suchitra Ghosh.