Green School (Departmental Report)

RMS
Green School
Programme
(a Sustainability
Schools Initiative)
More
Environmentally
responsible
community
Collaborations,
Team building &
Decision Making
Development of
Analytical &
creative skills
Enhanced
experiential learning
of students by
research &
Project based
learning
Exposure &
awareness of
the natural
heritage
Enrich
Curriculum with
holistic Approach
(cross curricular
links)
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values, attitudes, knowledge and skills thatDearRMSFamily,
enable the students to face the challenges of an
It's well said that the journey of thousand miles interconnected world and to promote an
starts with one single step. By keeping in view understanding of different cultures and fostering
the importance of the global outreach the role of people as dynamic players for a more
programmes within the curriculum framework justandequalworldforall.
of the Roots Millennium Schools Mr. Faisal
The Department of Global Outreach,Mushtaq CEO, RMS has devotedly established
Partnerships and Climate will continually strivethe RMS Department of Global Outreach,
to develop the capacities of the students andPartnerships&ClimateChange.
staff through a variety of local, national and
The primary aim of this department is to expose international environmental, outdoor and
the students of Roots Millennium Schools to the experiential learning programmes related to the
global community, the cultures as well as natural, cultural, archeological heritage of our
sensitize them about globalization and cross- country & the world by informing, inspiring and
cutting issues of today in general. As there is an involving on a variety of projects and deepening
unprecedented sense of urgency to address their experiences through practical experiences
social, environmental, economic and political & reflections. We hope that the Department of
issues worldwide. The educational programmes GlobalOutreach,Partnerships&ClimateChange
in this domain serve to in calculate a life-long plays a key role within the curricular &
responsible attitude towards global citizenship in extracurricular framework of the Roots
theyounggeneration. MillenniumSchools.
The well planned global Outreach progammes The inception of the Department of Global
will let the RMS to emerge as a pacesetter in Outreach, Partnerships & Climate Change has
establishing global partnerships becoming an not been possible without the support of the
innovator in education in Pakistan. Rooted in the RMS community. I thank from the core of my
belief “the education for change” this initiative heart to the entire head office team, the schools
will take the RMS beyond the classroom heads, teachers, students and the parent
boundaries into interaction with the community community.Ialsothanktotheableleadershipof
andtheworldatlarge. Mr. Faisal Mushtaq for sharing, his vision, and
passion to transform the capacities of the youthThe global outreach programme will also work as
into future leadership and the RMS a cradle ofcatalyst for RMS students & teachers to
learningandthedevelopment.understand the diversity and pluralism in our
interdependent and the interconnected world
supporting the RMS curriculum to provide a
global dimension in education in order to develop
1D E P A R T M E N T A L R E P O R T
Department of Global Outreach Partnerships & Climate Change
Message about Department of Global Outreach Partnerships & Climate Change
With best regards,
Ali Hunzai

Introduction of WWF Pakistan
On 28th Jan 2013 Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq (TI), CEO Roots Millennium Schools and Mr. Ali Hassan Habib,
DG WWF Pakistan signed the partnership of the Green School Programme. This is a milestone towards
transforming RMS to a more responsible school system towards the conservation of the natural heritage
of Pakistan. This partnership gives leverage the Roots Millennium Schools to be the first registered Green
School in Pakistan and enables the RMS to run a variety of environmental activities throughout the
academic year by bringing a positive change in the attitude of Pakistan's young people and help to
promoteamorematureenvironmentallyconsciousgeneration.
The Programme planned for the whole year to give students regular insight into the eco dynamics and the
overall environmental challenges faced at global and regional level, to broaden student's scope as a
responsible custodian of valuable natural resources and to consequently inculcate civic responsibility in
them.
Roots Millennium Schools Partnership with WWF Pakistan
WWFisoneoftheworld'slargestconservationorganizations.WWF-PakistanhasbeenworkinginPakistan
for over 40 years to conserve nature and ecological processes by conserving world's biological diversity;
ensuring the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable; and promoting the reduction of pollution
andwastefulconsumption.Essentially,tobuildafutureinwhichhumansliveinharmonywithnature?

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Green School Programme Activity Calendar 2012-13
Month Activities Grades
Spellathon Grade 1-9
Setup Green Corner ALL Grades
Waste Free Lunch Reinforced (on-going) ALL Grades
Say No to Plastic Bag Campaign ALL Grades
Animal Welfare Day 4 ALL Grades
Recycle/Used Paper Collection ALL Grades
Election for President & Vice President ALL Grades
Assign Green Monitors ALL Grades
Recycled/Used Paper Collection ALL Grades
Green Parliamentarians ALL Grades
Eco-Adventure Activity ALL Grades
International Mountain Day 11 ALL Grades
Eco Internship Registration Grade 7- onwards
Nature Carnival Registration/ Preparations ALL Grades
Organic Kitchen Gardening ALL Grades
Eco Internship Sessions Grade 7- onwards
National Arts Competition / World Wetlands Day 2 ALL Grades
Nature Carnival 2013 ALL Grades
Forest Day 21 OR Water Day 22 ALL Grades
Earth Hour ALL Grades
Eco Internship Orientation/ Registration Grade 7- onwards
Earth Day 22 ALL Grades
Eco Internship Orientation/ Registration Grade 7- onwards
Organic Farming: Remedies ALL Grades
Eco Internship Finalisation Grade 7- onwards
Biological Diversity 22, Turtle Day 23 ALL Grades
* Waste Free Lunch – Every Tuesday
* Green Speaker Corner – In School

Green Parliament

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Eco Adventure Trip:
Ecoadventure activity was conducted on 7th Dec,
2012 in which a group of 20 students were taken
to Trail 5. This activity was organized in
coordination with WWF Go Green School
Programme Representatives. They enabled the
students to generate an insight into the eco
dynamics and the overall challenges to
ecosystem. This activity was aimed to inculcate
and foster a sense of civic responsibility in
students by broadening their scope as
responsible custodian of valuable natural
resources.
end of the activity, they served refreshments
amongall.
WWF team involved kids in different camping
related activities. Team tried their best to
develop the skills of physical training, self
reliance, team work, camping, knot
techniques, lashing, navigation, compass and
map reading among the students. They
arranged a lot many more outdoor activities
in order to connect the students with nature.
They took the students for hiking and at the

Earth Day Celebration at RMS, F-10/4,Islamabad
International Earth Day is celebrated
worldwide to demonstrate support for
environmental protection. To celebrate this
day at our campus and create awareness
among the students regarding our planet, we
had a special morning assembly where all the
students were briefed on the importance of
planet earth and what should be done to
preserve it. Focus was also on to create
awareness among them to make the earth
greener and save the environment. Every
student brought plants from home in order to
plantthematthecampus.

The theme junk to funk inspired the artistic Just like it sounds, it's a combination of trash
mind of Maam Fizzah Mushtaq and gave fire andfashion….trashfashion
to the teachers and students through
We wanted to address our society's manic
creative reuse we aim to inspire great
consumption habits and disposable culture
change. Being a Go Green community we
byusingtrashasapowerfultoolto:
want to play our role for imparting
environmental awareness to the youth of ·Captivate audiences through visually
Pakistan through our theme. Through our strikingartwork
theme we wanted to play the vital role
·Create awareness about the impacts of
assigned to us to make the mission of RMS a
ourconsumeranddisposalhabits
success.
·Inspire creative reuse by engaging
Weuseddiscardedmaterialstogetpeopleto
individualsininteractiveactivities
think differently about waste and their
relationship to "stuff. Our goal is to inspire ·Provide resources and alternative
sustainable behavior change for the well solutionsformoresustainablehabits
being of the planet. To use Trash as art for
We believe the time is right, rather than
social change in order to inspire individuals
waiting for mandates and bans to deal with
toward mindful consumption, creative re-
the problem, for us to lead the change
useandconscientiousdisposal.
ourselves. Let's make waste a thing of the
past. Haste makes waste so let's get on it.
And to quoteTimeMagazine,“Let'snot blow
it–goodplanetsarehardtofind”.
Junk to Funk

Roots Millennium Schools in collaboration Dr. Ghulam Akbar the Senior Director of
withWWFPakistanorganizedtheEarthHour WWF Pakistan also talked the students and
inauguration ceremony at its Wahid Campus reiterated the Commitment of WWF
F-10/2 on Tuesady, 19th March evening. The Pakistan to conserve that natural resources
celebrity Ambassador of WWF Pakistan Mr. of the planet earth. He told that WWF
Faakhir Mehmood was the chief guest of the Pakistan very committed working to
inauguration ceremony. More than 800 conserve the natural resources of Pakistan
students and teachers of Roots Millennium and the same time also working with School
School and WWF Pakistan staff participated children to develop their capacities so the
intheevent. children to grow as responsible citizens of
ourcountry.
Speaking to the students Mr. Kaakhir the
celebrity ambassador of the WWF Pakistan
emphasized that the children are the
custodians of our earth, so they must very
careful while using the natural resources. He
gave many examples from daily life, which go
unnoticed but they cost a lot to the
nonrenewable resources of the earth. He
took the pledge from the students that the
students will play key role emphasizing their
parents switch off the unnecessary lights at
their homes, offices to play their role to
wiselyusetheresourcesoftheearth.
WWF Earth Hour 2013

International Earth Day was celebrated on motivated and educated about the
the 22nd of April in RMS Wahid campus. This importance of plantation for making the
is a day that is meant to inspire an environment green and beautiful. This was
appreciation and awareness of our natural the perfect time to get kids involved in the
world, and that is what we aspire to do every plantation activities with WWF team and the
day in life. Teaching our students to be aware young Rootsians enjoyed the tonic of fresh
of and caring about the Earth is certainly one air, contact with the soil, and companionship
ofRMS'sprincipalmissions. with nature by planting different seeds and
plants.
As we all know that kids and Earth Day are a
natural combination, with their sense of
wonder and excitement about the
environment, as well as their boundless
energy. Being an advocate of environmental
sustainability and protection, the children of
were asked to bring seeds and plants which
they cultivated during a specially organized
plantation ceremony. During the specially
organized assembly presentation and art
competition (by WWF) the students were
International Earth Day 2013 at RMS Wahid Campus, Islamabad

On Monday, 22nd April, 2013 Roots
Millennium Schools Abbottabad celebrated
the day with a promise to its Mother Earth to
make it Clean, Green and Healthy. All the
students participated actively in planting
different types of plants and trees and were
very happy and interested for the whole
germination process. Meanwhile they got
random trips around in school premises to
learn about different seasonal and
ornamental plants and trees, growing
especially in Abbottabad region. The
students were taking keen interest in
different shapes, odors and colours of the
flowers and were recognizing different types
very easily. They enjoyed a lot in painting the
mural related to earth issues. Meanwhile all
the students got the concept of “Recycle,
ReuseandReduce”moredeeplyasRMSPine
Campus, Abbottabad is always active in
demonstrating its students the facts about
EarthFriendlyandUnfriendlyThings.
Earth Day at RMS Pine Campus, Abbottabad

Students from RMS branches, Islamabad
also participated in the WWF Nature
Carnival, 2013 which was held in Fatima
JinnahPark,Islamabad.
The students prepared projects on Solid
Waste Management with the help of their
respective teachers and presented them in
thecarnival.
WWF Nature Carnival:

It was the 5th of June in the year 1972, when United Nations Environment Programme
the United Nations Conference on the (UNEP).
HumanEnvironmentwasformed.
The aim of celebrating this day is to spread
WorldEnvironmentDaywasfirstobservedin awareness & the dire need to preserve and
1973, to deal with environmental challenges protect the earth's resources and
that also included the global warming and biodiversity as well as to recognize the
climate change, disasters and conflicts, Environmtal issues, and threat posing to the
environmental governance, ecosystem futureofthespicesontheearth.
managementandresourceefficiency.
It also aims to develop love and concern
World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated related to the environment for positive
each year worldwide under the banner of actions.
World Environment Day 2013

WWF Pakistan team, run the Eco Internship that, how deeply the environmental,
Programme at Roots Millennium Schools at economic, and social issues are interlinked.
38 NDR, from 10 June to 12 June 2013. The The students learnt about balancing our
purpose of the eco internship programme human actions keeping in view the
was to sensitize and involve the students of environmental health for our generations of
RMS on the environmental issues and today and the future generations. The
develop in the them the ethics and inculcate students also learnt about the biodiversity,
senseof individual& collectiveresponsibility forms of biodiversity, habitats, ecology,
towards the conservation of the natural types of environments, land forms in
heritageofourcountry. Pakistan. The students showed their concern
on the continually environmental
degradation for the last many decades and
its impacts on the biological diversity and
overallthenaturalheritageofPakistan.
On the day 1, Ms. Durra Shawar, Mr. Taseer
Ali involved the students on the activities
related to biodiversity, global warming, the
environmental interdependence, link of the
environment with the development and the On the day 2nd, Ms. Samar Usman
human actions. Through the Global yarn beautifullyinvolvedthestudentsonavariety
Activity; the children were made understand of activities related to the solid waste issues
in Pakistan. The learning about solid waste
wasaneyeopenerforthesestudentsaseach
child was counted to produce more than 1.3
tons of solid waste each year, which had the
carbon foot print as well as health & Social
issues in the form of types of cancer,
respiratory diseases, in the form of asthma,
TB, infertility, still born babies, and poor
emotional health. The students were
WWF Eco Internship at RMS 38 Nazim Uddin Road,

introduced on the concept of Waste Wise pegging and use of the outdoor gear on the
actions within their School, home and wilderness activities. The students excitedly
overall in the local environment. The tookpartontheseactivitiesandlearntabout
students pledged that they would be importance of outdoor education for
working as eco agents/ green monitors to developingtheirpersonalskills.
disseminate the importance of the waste
Thisactivitywouldnothavepossiblewithout
wise actions within their school and with
the support of Mam Ayesha Ansar and her
theirparents.
staff. I thank for her kind and continuous
support on this eco internship programme. I
also thank to Mr. Taseer Ali, Ms. Durra
Shahwar, Ms. Samar Usman and Mr.
Shahrukh from the WWF Pakistan, for your
time, skills, patience and the continuous
support on the RMS green school
programme.
WWF Eco Internship for Roots Collge
InternationalStudents
WWF Pakistan team, run the Eco Internship
Programme at Roots Millennium Schools at
38 NDR, from 10 June to 12 June 2013. The
The day 3rd was the most exciting activity as
purpose of the eco internship programme
the students presented their projects based
was to sensitize and involve the students of
upon their learning about the school
RMS on the environmental issues and
resources. They presented their input to
develop in the them the ethics and inculcate
make the school a greener, healthier and
senseof individual& collectiveresponsibility
environment friendly place within the Green
towards the conservation of the natural
School Programme agenda of the RMS. The
heritageofourcountry.
students also learnt about the RECYCLING.
They made the recycled shopping bag out of
the discarded T-Shirt. They were excited as
all of them had stitched anything the 1st
time, which was giving them the feeling
developingtheskills.
The students were also involved on the eco
adventure skills of knots making, tent
WWF Eco Internship at RMS 38 Nazim Uddin Road,

WWF Pakistan team, run the Eco Internship The students were also sensitized about
Programme at Roots Collge International dependency of Pakistan's economy on
from 3rd July 6th July 2013. The purposes of environmentalchanges.AsPakistanbeingan
the eco internship programme was to agro economy contributes very little to the
sensitize and involve the students of RMS on overall Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of
the environmental issues and develops in the world, but remains severely affected by
the them the ethics and inculcate sense of the negative impacts of climate change.
individual& collective responsibilitytowards Some of affect which are projected for next
the conservation of the natural heritage of few years are Glacier melting in the
ourcountry. Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush
causing to floods, and then decreased river
flows as glaciers retreat. The impact of
climate change will also aggravate the
existing social system further leading to
instability, conflicts, displacement of people
andchangesinmigrationpatterns.Itwillalso
affect the resources of freshwater, which will
lead to biodiversity loss and reduce of the
availability of freshwater for the
populations. The scarcity of fresh water
could further lead to water borne diseases
The college students actively participated on severely affecting the lives and health of
the sessions were deeply sensitized about millionsofpeopleinPakistan.
The global warming, melting of glaciers,
climate change, pollution due to carbon
emissions, disruptions in ecosystem,
resources depletion, degradation of forests,
use of timber for construction purposes,
woodburningforenergy,useoffoodstufffor
bio fuel, worldwide food crises, starvations,
economical crises, increase in population,
lessjobopportunities,lesserrainfalls,drying
of water reserves and droughts are the time
bombs to fall every corner of the world in
near future. Some of the affects already we
feelinoursocietyandcountry.
WWF runs Eco Internship Programmefor Roots Collge students

I thank to every member of the I very specially thank to our CEO
Roots Millennium family for your efforts and Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, TI for his
contribution engaging the students in the continuous support, leadership and urge to
activities related to the environment and equip the students of RMS a resilient
sustainabilityeducation. community to cope with the challenges of
thetime.
Special Thanks!
These are the time bombs, which can be model for sustainable schooling in Pakistan
averted coping with the climate change by bringing benefits to the school system, the
mitigating and adapting in our local communityandthewiderworld.
environmental conditions. The youth of our
country has a key role to play therefore,
Roots Millennium Schools understating this
social & civil societyresponsibility has signed
the partnership with World Wide Fund for
Nature (WWF) Pakistan with the objective of
engaging students and staff of the RMS in a
structured environmental awareness
programme.
It also addresses associated social and
environmental issues. The vision of the
initiative is the RMS schools to be the role
WWF runs Eco Internship Programmefor Roots Collge students

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MILLENNIUM
ROOTS SCHOOLS
ROOTSMILLENNIUM SCHOOLS
SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
1988-2013
Y E A R S O F
A C A D E M I C
EXCELLENCE
Our Affiliation and Memberships
Confucius Institute atCHINA RADIO INTERNATIONAL
BRITISH COUNCIL ATTACHED CENTRE
ROOTS MILLENNIUM SCHOOLS
Email: info@millenniumschools.edu.pk | Website: www.millenniumschools.edu.pk
Head Office: 308, Street 3, Sector I-9/3, Islamabad 44000 Pakistan UAN: +92 51 111 111 193 Tel: +92 51 8439981- 6 Fax: +92 51 4449199
For further queries contact
Ali Hunzai,
ali.hunzai@rootsschools.edu.pk I 0300-8426826
Senior Manager

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