Rotary Club of Orchid City Shillong, in collaboration with Martin Luther Christian University and ESRAG South Asia, organised a webinar on “Rotary Speaks Green” today.
During the webinar, three notable environmentalists were awarded with “Environment Champion Award” by the club for their significant contributions in protecting the environment, fighting with waste and pollution, making the city greener and cleaner and eco-restoration activities.
The recipients of “Environment Champion Award” are Morningstar Khongthaw, Jiwat Vaswani and H Hamkhein Mohrmen.
Khongthaw is well known for his efforts to maintain the root bridges in Meghalaya and has been recognized by many government/non-government institutions/organisations.
Mohrmen is an independent environmentalist and is well known for his efforts to safeguard water bodies in the Jaintia Hills region from the mining pollution.
Vaswani is well known for his environmental clean-up efforts and his green initiatives to make Shillong city cleaner and greener.
Three eminent speakers delivered a talk in the Webinar. Kynsai Ria Kharkongor, who is a bird-watcher, talked about different birds that are found in the state. Reema V Diengdoh, a member of RC Orchid City Shillong, delivered a talk on “Youth’s Role in Protecting Environment”. Jaideep Malaviya, Director, ESRAG South Asia delivered a talk on reducing carbon footprints. He also encouraged everyone to use the carbon footprint calculator, which is freely available for use on the ESRAG SouthAsia website.
District Governor, Rotary District 3240, Subhasish Chatterjee graced the webinar as chief guest and Meenakshi Venktarama, Chair, ESRAG South Asia graced the webinar as guest of honour.
The webinar was attended by Rotarians, researchers, experts, students and citizens from throughout the country and many joined the webinar internationally through Facebook and YouTube Live.
