2012
January 19, 2012. Making the Environment an Election Issue: GGN Khalsa College, LUDHIANA
EcoSikh formally supported Vatavaran Ate Samaj Bachao Morcha (Save Environment and Society Campaign), an alliance of more than 50 civil society organizations working on environmental and social causes in Punjab. This alliance is people’s dialogue series on Punjab Environment and Public Health Agenda for upcoming Vidhan Sabha Elections on 30th January, 2011.
EcoSikh organized an event at GGN Khalsa College, Ludhiana and invited all the election candidates to publically sign the pledge that they would consider environment as their top priority and they would serve to save and improve the Punjab’s environment and health. Check the full press release and press coverage by Ajit Jallandhar in Punjabi.
2011
Princess Michael with KS Pannu of Punjab Pollution Board
October 31 to November 2, 2011 Launch of the Green Pilgrimage Network, Assisi, Italy
Amritsar formally joined the Green Pilgrim Cities Network at an international conference in Assisi, Italy from October 31 to November 2, attended by leaders of many world religions and organised by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC). Amritsar was the only city from India or South Asia which joined the network. SGPC has been instrumental in the matter of joining the green network spearheaded by EcoSikh. Read the report. And link here for some of the photographs.
March 14: Sikh Environment Day
More than 450 Sikh gurdwaras, schools and organisations joined the first Sikh Environment Day. Read Sikh Environment Day report about how we all did it.
