UNIT 4 Lesson 1 Activity 1 Speech. 2nd Year

Imagine that you have won the National Green Corps (NCG) award for coordinating the activities of your school eco club. The award would be given
away by the Governor of the State in the presence of the Chief Minister and
certain other dignitaries. You are supposed to deliver a speech after receiving
the award. Draft the speech you would deliver.

Hon’ble Chief Minister , Governor other distinguished guests
and my dear friends,

Its really a great pleasure for me to receive this NCG Award for coordinating the
activities of our school eco-club. This award is a fillip to all members of the club.

My interest in environment is mainly from my father who is a teacher and social
activist. My school authorities nurtured it to turn my ideas and desire into creative action. So, I did not make the journey alone. My teachers, especially Sree Devi teacher , teacher in ch arge of eco-club, my eco-club mates and my friends – all were with me along the way. I feel proud to say that they are behind this award.

 People today are concerned about environment and are aware of consequences of environmental degradation. Hence, apart from organizing seminars, debates, lectures on environmental issues in school, we conducted field visits to polluted
and degraded sites and took up cleanliness drives. The initiatives taken by our
school eco-club in distributing seeds and saplings for compulsory kitchen garden
was immensely successful as the residents there are earning their living through
this. Installing Bio-gas plants, making herbal garden, starting a seed bank,
maintaining vermin-composing pits, constructing water-harvesting structure in
school- all these done well with the coordination and cooperation of our eco club
members proved to be the best ways of conserving environment and retaining
ecological balance. To be brief, we believed more in practising than preaching. I
feel, our eco-club activities are like an exploratory journey. I would like to say
what our teachers, friends and our club feel- it is a realization of a life dream!

This award is a symbol of our path towards success as we feel the joy of not only
doing something in school, but also knowing that we are doing something good for the environment and the world at the same time. The formation of eco-clubs inschools through which the students can take action to improve their immediate
environment and propagation of such eco- club activites will certainly do a
mammoth task for the sustainable development . Let us join our hands together to nurture the nature and to conserve it for our future and once again I want to say how grateful I am to receive this award.
Thank you.