[Challenge:Future] Go Green Club Online

Event : Go Green Club OnlineGoal : Awareness on the extensive Flora

and Fauna of our locality and steps towards Environmental Conservation.

Ooty , Spring 2013Narmadha Krishnan

IndiaClimate Champion (British Council)

EVENT• Online event for Flora and Fauna photography made during

their visit to the Queen of Hills.• It is most suitable among youngsters as their interest in

photography and almost instant sharing over the internet has increased multifold over the years.

• This contest would help youngsters know what they see. It also helps them recognise, respect and help protect the vulnerable Ecosystem.

• Instead of blindly clicking images, youngsters would now click images for a cause and the cause being Environmental Conservation.

• The added value for participants is that they are recognised as professional photographers for an approved Government website which features their chosen photographs.

AGENDA• Creation of Disabled-friendly web application

using the latest of technology (Jan-Apr)• Collection of inspiring photographs that could

motivate youngsters to click their best Flora and Fauna photographs (Feb-Mar)

• Implementation of the web app (Apr-May)• Open Flora and Fauna Photography

Competition conducted online, for anyone and everyone intereted (May-June 2013)

Youth Empowerment

• Certified HTML5 designer for Government of Tamilnadu Horticulture Department

• Nature Lover turned professional photographer• Improved Flora and Fauna photography skills• Informed, responsible and improved Tourism • Improved Research and Development towards

Environmental Conservation

Highlight of the Event

No more “The pink flower”

“This blue flower”,“That mixed colour flower”

“those Green plants” or the classic…..“That??? That is the Ooty flower”

• In describing the plants and birds of the Queen of Hill stations.

• Improved Latin usage and recognition and awareness of almost all the plants and birds we see on a daily basis is the highlight of this event amongst youngsters .

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Today’s generation live more on the virtual World than on the real World facing not so nice consequences in terms of social or health improvement.

• It is necessary to make them live more in the real World and involve them in cherishing and preserving mother Nature.

• This could be done with events and activities that help them involve in real-time activities that helps them spend more time with our ecosystem, while they happily yet fruitfully spent their time on the internet.

TESTIMONIAL • Narmadha : spends 10-12 hours a day max.18 hours a

day infront of the laptop.• Change : From watching movies and Television series,

started recognising every plant and bird I spot everyday and designing web application that gives information on the Flora an Fauna of the Queen of Hill stations.

• More change : From listening to music, started composing music that could be decoded to get the scientific names of the plants and birds using a qwerty keyboard, much helpful for the visually challenged to spell the latin names.

LATEST TECHNOLOGY

• App that works offline and on airplane modes• This application is designed using HTML5 technology,

one that helps you get rid of network problems• Learn and Compete on the go, anywhere and

everywhere• No restrictions so as to where you are from, as long as

you are interested in Flora, Fauna, photography, eco-tourism, Environmental Conservation, etc. you could compete and win yourself the professional photographer title for a Government Departmnet website.

BEFORE• YOUNGSTER : I visited the Queen of Hill stations

this Summer and was at the Spring festival there. Here are a few photographs from the 117th flower show.

• COMMENTS BY FRIENDS: wow! They are beautiful. I like the purple flower. I like the red flower. Myself the blue one. What are their names??

• YOUNGSTER : Names?? Ah…Well, that one is the red flower. Err….This one the blue flower and that?? That is the Ooty flower.

• FRIENDS : WHAT????

AFTER• YOUNGSTER : I visited the Queen of Hill stations this Summer and

was at the Spring festival there. Here are a few photographs from the 117th flower show.

• COMMENTS BY FRIENDS: They are beautiful. I like the purple flower. I like the red flower. Myself the blue one. What are their names??

• YOUNGSTER : Names?Ah…Well, that one is the bulbous plant Tigrida pavonia in red. This one in purple is the climber Ipomea learii and that?? That is Strobilianthes kunthianus, commonly known as the Kurunji flower, indigenous to the Nilgiris. The speciality of this flower is that it blooms only once every 12 years.

• Guess what? my picture of the Ipomea was chosen as the best photograph and was featured on the Government Department website.

• FRIENDS : WOW!! Prepare your cams, lets go make our trip to Ooty the most memorable one, just like our friend’s.