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	News Articles: World Environment Celebration Posted on Sunday, June 07 @ 08:36:50 CDT by admin

	santosh writes "Youth Movement celebrates World Environment Day In a first of its kind the Youth Movement in Delhi diocese this year celebrated World Environment Day and organized a symposium on the threat of Genetically Modified (GM) food on our lives. The session held after the Holy Qurbana on June 7 was hosted in St Stephen's School by the Dilshad Garden unit of the movement in partnership with Greenpeace International. The volunteers of the Greenpeace presented a film on the threats of GM foods on our lives and also conducted a open house session to debate the issue with the participants. A film was screened on the issue of conservation of Ganga and other rivers in the country. The effects of global warming and conditions like that of the floods in Mumbai were discussed by the participants. The session also included also included a short session by the Parish Vicar Fr Saji Abraham, who is also the director of the Sunday School movement in the diocese, on the daily do's and don'ts in our households. The parish discussed small ways like minimizing the use of polythene covers and traffic norms to conserve fuel etc in the session. The discussion concluded with a pledge to contribute towards the safety of our planet Earth in our own small ways as a community. The winners of the collage making competition for families organized on the occasion on environment theme were felicitated on the occasion. Dilshad Garden youth movement has plans to hold more such sessions in the future to establish the Orthodox Community as an environment friendly one. Greenpeace team appreciated the church for its awareness drive. The network called upon the Church and promised all support to work towards making the Indian Orthodox Church the first Green Church of the world. Rino Rachel Joy E Volunteer Indian Orthodox Diaspora Secretariat New Delhi. "


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