Logo for green buildings soon, says Javadekar

GURGAON: Noting that sustainable development practices are necessary to reduce effects of climate change, Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said the government is mulling to create a logo for green buildings to differentiate them from the rest.

Inaugurating TERI Prakriti School, an initiative of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Javadekar said, "Our nature is our best teacher and teaches us beautifully. Our civilization and lifestyle is pro-environment. Sustainable practices are the need of 21st century."

The school seeks to promote scientific education and help students imbibe sustainable values and living practices at a time when sustainable development has become the need of the hour. The school, affiliated to CBSE up to class XII, will focus on issues of sustainable development and environment conservation across the world. Its first session will start from April this year.

Speaking at the launch, TERI director general Dr R K Pachauri said, "Protection of the environment and respect for nature is entirely a matter of values and knowledge based on the role of human beings in the larger creation around us. Imbibing these values and knowledge has to begin early in life and must be an integral part of all the subjects that we learn in school."

Haryana minister for finance, forests and environment, Captain Abhimanyu was also present during the event. pti

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