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Thiruvananthapuram
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Dec. 7
OVER the past several decades, the Indian education system has undermined the country's ecological traditions, said Dr S. Satis Chandran Nair, Director, INTACH, Southern Regional Office.
Addressing a seminar on the `ecological traditions of Kerala' organised by the C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre-Chennai here on Wednesday, he pointed out that the ecological heritage should actually be sustained through education. Today, the term `eco' is so widely used that it is losing some of its meaning, Dr Nair added.
Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, who inaugurated the seminar, said that one of his greatest worries is that people in Kerala take nature for granted. Plastic bags are one of the most serious ecological problems confronting India, especially Kerala, he pointed out. "They are a threat to our lives." However, it won't be effective unless it is a countrywide ban, he added.
Dr Nanditha Krishna, Honorary Director, C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre, said that the seminar in Thiruvananthapuram is part of the organisation's efforts to document ecological traditions across the country.
The seminar will help gather information about Kerala's ecological traditions. The centre will shortly publish a book on the State's ecological heritage.
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