Students from Climate Smart Schools supported by the GreenShift Nepal project marked World Environment Day with a wide range of environmental activities across Khadak Municipality, Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality, and Tilottama Municipality. Through awareness campaigns, environmental learning, and community action, young people demonstrated their leadership in promoting sustainability and climate resilience within their schools and communities.
The celebrations reflected the GreenShift project’s commitment to strengthening Climate Smart Schools as spaces where young people can develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence to lead local climate action.
Khadak Municipality: Inspiring Environmental Responsibility Through Collective Action
Students across Climate Smart Schools in Khadak Municipality celebrated World Environment Day by organising awareness rallies, tree plantation drives, school clean-up campaigns, Eco Club orientation sessions, and community outreach activities.
These initiatives encouraged students to take ownership of environmental issues while engaging their wider communities in conversations about sustainability and responsible environmental practices.
Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality: Working Together for a Cleaner Future
In Ichchhakamana Rural Municipality, students transformed World Environment Day into a community-wide effort to reduce plastic pollution and promote environmental responsibility.
Activities included awareness rallies, plastic waste collection campaigns, plantation activities, Eco Club orientations, school clean-ups, and community engagement programmes. Students were joined by teachers, Eco Clubs, Scouts, and local stakeholders, highlighting the importance of collective action in addressing local environmental challenges.
The celebrations demonstrated how partnerships between schools and communities can strengthen environmental stewardship and encourage practical climate action.
Tilottama Municipality: Learning, Creativity, and Climate Leadership
Climate Smart Schools in Tilottama Municipality marked the day through a diverse range of educational and practical activities. Students participated in awareness rallies, sanitation drives, plantation programmes, essay and slogan writing competitions, environmental learning visits, and plastic-free initiatives.
By combining environmental education with hands-on action, students explored responsible waste management, environmental conservation, and circular economy practices while showcasing their creativity and leadership.
The activities highlighted the role schools can play in fostering lifelong environmental responsibility and empowering young people to become climate leaders.
Across all three municipalities, World Environment Day served as an opportunity for students to put climate knowledge into practice and demonstrate that meaningful environmental change begins with local action. Through the GreenShift Nepal project, Climate Smart Schools continue to equip young people with the skills, opportunities, and confidence to contribute towards more resilient, sustainable, and environmentally responsible communities.
