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Global Warming

Heritage Warning

INTACHTH E HE RI TAGE CLUB NE WS LE TTE R

Hello Friends!

All is not well with our planet. The earth is heating

up steadily. We all know that, you may say, global

warming is literally a hot topic these days. But

did you know that our heritage is bearing the

brunt of the rapidly changing climate?

Our natural, built and intangible heritage is

struggling to cope with rapid environmental

changes. If we remain so casual in our attitudes,

will the heritage we have remain intact?We know you all are worried about global warming.

Thank you for sending us your ideas on how we can

make the earth a happy planet. Pg. 6-7 is a poster

filled with ideas on how to cool down the earth.

Small and conscious changes in our daily lives

will go a long way in reducing the horrible heat

producing gases in our atmosphere. Pg. 9 has an

exciting activity for you all. So put your thinking

caps on and send us your entries!

Kudos to you all for sending us your wonderful

essays, slogans and art work. A pat on the back

for all the Heritage Clubs that keep us postedabout their monthly activities. On Pg. 10, read

about a few of the fantastic projects your fellow

Young INTACH friends are doing.

It really is time that we become Heritage

warriors from Heritage worriers! After all, we

owe it to the planet!

VOL. 7 No. 3JULY - SEPTEMBER 2010

From Us to U

WAKING UP TO A WARMER WORLD

Global Warming is making headlines day and night,

Just take a look around you and you will see a very disappointing sigh

The Earth is thinking that for it we humans are a bane,

Because soon its trees will no longer remain.

The countries will drown as the ice caps will melt,

But even then the impact on human minds will not be felt.

For students, including me, it is an extra chapter to read,

And to which we dont pay any heed.

Many people think it is an overblown topic,

I dont think they will understand even when their drinking water

becomes toxic.

Go out and ask if there is any person who is ready,To help our beautiful Earth that is so needy,

Only we are responsible for the Earths downfall,

Wake up citizens of the world, it is time to act.

The Earth is depressed and now it is a fact.

by Garvita Wadhwa, Std. 5, V.V.D.A.V Public School, New Delhi

Waking up to a warmer world 1

Climate change & Global Warming 2

Global Warming = Heritage Warning 3,4,5

Global Warming Poster Pull Out 67

Kidspeak 8

Ttette with the last tiger 9

Heritage News, People Who Care 10

Subscription Form 11

Prize Winners, Whats Next? 12

CONTENTSIllustration by Dikshita, Std. 5, V.V. D.A.V Public School, New Delhi

Welcome!New heritage clubmembers from Kakinada,Trivandrum, Gangtok,

Ambala, Pondicherryand Amritsar. Have fundiscovering more aboutour heritage!


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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING

What is GlobalWarming?The earths climate has never been constant;

it has changed through the ages. But the

change in climate that were experiencing

now is rapid and is termed Global warming.

It is the slow but dangerous changing o the

Earths temperature, climate and many other

actors afecting our lives.

Kamini Hari, Std 8, Delhi Public School, Gurgaon

The earth is kept warm due to the Greenhouse

Efect without which it would be a rozen waste

land. The short wavelengths or ultraviolet

radiations coming rom the sun penetrate

the atmosphere and are absorbed by the

earth. This absorbed energy is also radiated

back to space at inrared wavelengths. The

atmosphere contains gases that trap some

o the outgoing radiations and thereby

warm the earth. These gases are known as

Greenhouse Gases. Watervapour, carbon

dioxide, methane, ozone, nitrousoxide CFCs

are examples.

CFCs chlorouorocarbons are chemical

compounds that contain chlorine, uorine,

and carbon. These are harmul or the ozone

layer. CFCs are released rom aerosol sprays,

oldtime rerigerators and with the production

o oams. The increase in the quantity o the

greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can

reinorce the greenhouse efect and lead to

global warming.

Ankita Tewari, Std 9, S.P.S.E.C, Kamla Nagar, Kanpur

Why is the GlobeWarming?

Since 1980, the Earth has experienced 19 of the

20 hottest years on record.

In the last 250 years, there has been a massive

increase in the emission of greenhouse gases into

the atmosphere. The emission of nitrous oxide

has risen by 15%, and methane and CO2each by

a whopping 50%. And the only greenhouse gas

produced naturally is water vapour!

The largest amount of greenhouse gas emission,

almost 80% - comes from the energy sector.

Each year, manufacturing cement gives out

5 - 10% of the worlds total carbon-di-oxide

emissions.

Consider these facts:

The single biggest challengefacing the conservation of worldheritage is climate change, as itthreatens the culture and way of

life for many countries.

- Simon Molesworth, Chairman International National

Trusts Organization (INTO)


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VOL. 7 No. 3

GLOBAL WARMING = HERITAGE WARNING

Communities and Intangible Heritageunder threatIndia has a long coastline with over 7

million people living in coastal cities.

People o coastal communities are

under threat with sealevels rising

steadily. Rise in water o the Indian

Ocean will submerge their homes and

natural habitat. Their culture, heritage

and way o lie too will be wiped of

orever.

The Lakshwadweep, comprising o

tiny lowlying islands, are at risk rom being inundated by

sea level rises associated with global warming. These islands

are less that 1 m above sea level.

Nipun Singhal, Std. 5, V.V.D.A.V Public School

Q 4 U This country, comprised of tiny islands and

famous for the most breath-taking beaches in the world

may be submerged under water if the ocean-levels keep

rising. Name it. _A_ _I_E_

The mountain communities o Ladakh are struggling to

adapt and survive in their rapidly changing environmental

conditions. Local people, mostly elderly are bewildered at

the climactic changes they

are seeing in their lietime.

Floods, storms, receding

glaciers (the only source o

reshwater or the people)

are all playing havoc with

the livelihoods and liestyle

o the people o Ladakh.

Stanzin Dorjai-Gya, Living with Change, WWF India, CMS Vatavaran,

Environement and Wildlie Festival 2009

Fruits Yum Yum no more? Warmer days o early spring result

in early ripening o certain ruits grown in Kashmir and the

do not taste that good anymore. Fruits like apple, pea

cherry, almond, walnuts etc. are particularly afected and s

are vegetables like Nelumbo (Nadroo) and Trapa (Singara).

Acid rains due to global

warming damage plants. In

our Punjab, sarson daa saag

te makki ki roti are not as

pure and tasty as they used

to be.Manav Sharma, Std. 10, B.S.L.P.S,

Amritsar

The Ganga rivers source Gangotri glacier is under th

combined impact o global warming, deorestation and

rampant tourism. The glacier has shrunk by almost a kilometr

in the last three decades. The mighty and holy river may b

reduced to a rained stream in the uture. With this, the hol

cities, culture and belies o the people will also dry out.

Sudesh Unniraman, The Agony o the Ganga, CMS Vatavaran, Environmen

and Wildlie Festival 2009

Q 4 U Name as many cities/towns along the Ganga that

you think will be affected by the Gangas deterioration.

Songs, dances, poems and estivals related to nature are

disappearing as climactic cycles get bizarre. Not only this

handicrats related with orest produce are also on the

decline due to a decline in raw material.

Thinking of buying a birthday gift? Help crafts peopland the earth by buying traditional, eco-friendlyhandicrafts instead of machine-made goods.

It is alarming to know that the care-taker of the world s heritage, UNESCO, says that a whopping830 natural and man-made sites are under threat due to Global Warming. Let us see a few examples:

According to the World Health Organization, conditions directly related to climate

change cause 5 million illnesses every year

Mudita Chawla, Std 6, V.V.D.A.V Public School, New Delhi

DIDYOUKNOW?


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Flora and Fauna endangered

The majestic Bengal tiger, one o the most beautiul animalsin the world used to thrive in the Sunderbans, the largest

mangrove orest in the world. But with sea levels rising and

several islands being swallowed up by the ocean, where will

the Bengal Tiger live?

In a ew decades, urry snow white polar bears and happy

eet penguins may just be seen in animation movies i their

homes glaciers, continue to melt due to global warming.

Changing climate means that animals are forced out of their natural homes and have to adapt to new habitatsPlant species are also struggling to cope with bewildering temperature changes.

With Inputs rom Ms. Urana Amin Moharken, Teacher, DIET, Srinagar

The krill, a small creature living in ice sheets is under grave

danger due to rising temperatures.

The Red Panda and the Snow Leopard in the Sagarmatha

National Park in Nepal have become rare due to the retreat o

glaciers in the Himalayas.

Many beautiul species o sh and 70 percent o the worlds

coral rees are under threat, the Great Barrier Ree in Australia

is just one example.

Shrinkage and weed inestation in the water bodies has

compelled many migratory birds to search or new reuges

outside the Kashmir valley.

Make your home a haven for creatures. Put out fresh

water for birds everyday and grow colourful flowers

that butterflies love.

20 species o rogs and toads disappeared rom the orests

o Costa Rica in South America. This is because the skin o

amphibians absorbs pollutants easily.

Acid rain is damaging trees and orests that are natural sinks

or the absorption o harmul gases

Q 4 U Toads and frogs are dying leaving behind young tadpoles

because of _O_ _U_IO_.


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VOL. 7 No. 3

Rainfall patterns are changing considerably.

Monsoons are becoming erratic and moreintense, causing greater floods. This can harm

precious, centuries-old architectural heritage.

Manmade heritage such as the ChanChan

Archaeological Park in Peru may not be spared

due to erratic rains and ooding.

I coastal cities get submerged searont orts and

other buildings are in grave danger.

The cities o London, Venice and Prague andtheir architectural structures may be under threat

due to ooding.

Because o global warming there is acid rain, and

because o acid rain, the marble o the Taj Mahal is

becoming yellowbrown, which is known as marble

cancer.

Rishab Kapoor, Std. 9, B. S.L P.S, Amritsar

Man-Made Heritage At Risk

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Q 4 U The Taj Mahal was severely affected due to

horrible toxic gases and acid rain. This was due to the

_A_ _U_A / OI_ / _E_I_E_Y

A simple lack of knowledge is another

cause of global warming. We need

to teach the children of today the

problems of energy consumption andglobal warming.

Tushar Aggrawal, Std. 4,

V.V.D.A.V Public School, Vikaspuri,

New Delhi

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WHAT CAN I DO TO SAVE You dont have to wait till you are grown up to do something about global warm

ME

My

Family

My

Friends

Turn of the lights. Dont leave appliances on

standby mode. Buy electrical products that save

energy. Clean or replace lters on your urnace and

air conditioner.

Replace all regular incandescent light bulbs with

compact uorescent bulbs (CFL). Youll save many

trees rom being cut as CFLs use 60% less energy

than a regular bulb.

Buy ewer gadgets. Share with your amily as the disposal o

gadgets is a big problem.

Always make sure your car/scooter is pollution

checked and minimize travelling by your

vehicle. Walking is healthy or you and your

environment.

Check your tyres. Keeping your tyres inated

properly can improve your car's mileage by

more than 3% and you'll save petrol.

Use public transport. CNG and LPG buses are

a good counter orce to gasguzzling vehicles

such as cars, scooters or motorcycles. Take the

metro or clean air.

Take shorter showers or baths. Heating water

uses energy and long baths mean more water

wastage.

Stop being a junk ood junkie. Avoid ood

that comes in plastic packets. You wont be

adding unnecessary garbage to the Earth.

Buy resh ood. Frozen ood uses ten times more energy i

the cooking process.

Cover your pots while cooking. Even better are pressurcookers and steamers, which save

around 70% energy required normally.

A solar cooker is also a must or eco

riendly cooking, as it utilizes solar

energy.

Reuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Recycle stuf like plastic bottles, cans,

newspapers, etc.

Ensure that the waste or

kachra generated in yourhouse is segregated into

biodegradable and non

biodegradable.

Ban the use o plastic bags in your home. Use

canvas bag when you go shopping.

Grow astgrowing plants. Plants like bambo

grow much aster than other trees, and

produce 35% more oxygen.

Do you know malls are one o the bigges

consumers o electricity and water. We think

picnic, museum or planetarium visit is ar more un.

When building/renovating your house, as ar as possible, us

locally available materials. Also, avoid lead based paints.

What can I do in my house, with my family or friends?

With inputs rom Radhika Batra, Std 8, Bhavya, Std 5, Yadarth S. Gurung, Std 4, Srishti Kasturia, Std 7, V.V.D.A.V Public School, New Delhi; Sankalp, Std 5

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad; Kamini Hari, Std 8, Delhi Public School, Gurgaon; Aditya Krishnan, 7.2, Ecole Mondiale Worl

School, Mumbai; Sukhbir Kaur, Std 9, S.P.S.E.C, Kamla Nagar, Kanpur


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the chain doesnt end hereLANET AND ITS HERITAGE?erybody can help stop global warming by just using less non-renewable energy.

My

Neighbourhood My

School

What can I do in my school?Demand a green school programme in your school.

Know how much energy and water your school

uses.

Start a carpool with your classmates. Sharing a ride

with someone just twice a week will reduce your

CO2emissions drastically.

Does your school use an oilguzzling, smoke

exhaling generator?

Make sure that the bulbs and tubelights tted in

your school are energysaving.

Ask your school authorities to

set up a rainwater harvestingplant to conserve water.

So let us not warmly welcome Global Warming; lets give it the cold shoulder instead!

I bought home a cool

earthenware matka. Now,

electricity or no electricity, no

problem! Drinking water out of

a matka is just the first of many

changes I am going to make to

make the globe a cooler place

to live.

What can I do in my neighbourhood?

Make sure no saai karamcharis in your neighbourhood

burn leaves and garbage. This gives rise to dangerous

umes that pollute the air.

Spread awareness in your neighbourhood. Ensure thatyour neighbours know the advantages o simple energy

conservation techniques such as switching to CFL bulbs,

recycling products, etc.

By coordinating smart garbage disposal techniques

(separating recyclable garbage rom biodegradable

products) in your neighbourhood, you can drastically

reduce land pollution and

inefective garbage disposal.

Does your neighbours car/

motorcycle/scooter look likeit has not been pollution

checked or ages? Do you see

your neighbour giving their

car a wash everyday? Speak

to them about the hazards o

pollution and the importance

o water.


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S. Sowmiya, Std. 8, Sri Sankara Vidyashramam, Chennai

Plastics choke

the Earth likecholesterol chokes

the arteries of a

human heart

Arnav Ghosh, Std. 7.2 Ecole

Mondiale World School, Mumbai

Parul Bhardwaj, Std. 9,

Gita Convent School,

Faridabad

Nikita Khanna, Std. 7,

Bhavans S.L. Public School,

Amritsar

When we visit a doctor he records our temperature

and if it is higher than the normal body temperature

of 98.6oC, it means that we are not well. Similarly,

when the temperature of our planet increases, it

means that our planet is unwell too!

Aditya Krishnan, Std. 7.2,

Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai, ReConnect

Illustration by Dikshita,

V.V. DAV Public School, New Delhi

B. Lavanya, Std. 8, Sri Sankara Vidyashramam, Chennai

Not less than any monster,

global warming is not only a

threat to mankind but also to

all living organisms we know

today!

Twinkle twinkle little star,I cant see where you are.All the smoke in the skyMakes you hide and makes me cry.

Rahul Singhal, Std. 4,

V.V.D.A.V Public School

New Delhi

Himanshu Kalra, Std. 9,

V.V.D.A.V Public School

New DelhiGlobal Warming is far tooserious for the world to anylonger ignore its danger orsplit into opposing factors onit.

Shreya Bansal, Std. 7,

Bhavans S.L. Public School,

Amritsar

One can say that the Earth is justlike a solar cooker which can trapthe heat but cannot let it escape.So, it is our duty to ensure thatthe environment around us is notharmed in any way, so as to live along and happy life.

We have already made

the world an ice cream

cone. Dont make the

day hotter!

Kidspeak


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There were about 40,000 tigers in India a century ago. A

government census report published this year says the tigerpopulation has allen to 1,411, down rom 3,642 in 2002, largely

due to dwindling habitat and poaching.

Global warming, as we told you, is eating up the natural habitat

o tigers in the Sunderbans. As sea levels rise, mangroves are

overexposed to salt water. Many plants have lost their red and

green colours and are more like bare twigs, exposing tigers to

poachers who hunt them or their skin and bones. This is also

orcing the tigers to move out o their natural habitat and intovillages where people live, leading to mananimal conicts.

By 2070, the sea levels near Bangladesh will rise 11 inches,

submerging 96% o the Bengal tiger habitat. This provides space

or only 20 breeding pairs, which is not enough to sustain the

population.

Source: http://southasia.oneworld.net/todaysheadlines/

tigerattackslinkedtoglobalwarming

Illustration by R. Reshma, Std. 9, Sri Sankara Vidyashramam, Chennai

Imagine that you are a wildlife journalist.

Your mission is to go and look for the last

tiger that is surviving in the Sunderbans.

When you meet him, speak to him about

the changes that he has experienced in the

climate. How does he feel? What else willyou ask him?

Send us your conversation with the Big Cat. The

most creative five interviews will get prizes. Do

not forget to make a drawing of your exciting

encounter with the tiger.

TETE-A-TETE WITH THE LAST TIGER IN SUNDERBANS


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Indias Greenest Building

The CIISohrabji Godrej Green Business

Centre in Hyderabad is one o the greenest

buildings in the world; the rst outside the

United States, and only the third in the world,

awarded a Platinum LEED rating by the U.S.

Green Building Council. Why so? The building

plan makes the ollowing environment

riendly stats possible:

88 percent less articial lighting than

normal buildings

80 percent o building materials are

recycled or recyclable

50 percent energy savings compared to anormal building

35 percent reduction in potable water use

Source: http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/

energy_co2/energy_e ciency/green_business_centre.html

Green Games

We can proudly say that the upcoming

XIX Common Wealth games in Delhi will be

riendly to the environment. Minimum energy

will be consumed with solar heating, LED and

CFL light xtures. Water will be saved using

rainwater harvesting systems, sensors in

xtures and reusing waste water or ushing

and horticulture.

Organisations like Greenpeace, CEE, TERI

and WWF work towards slowing down

climate change.

Go to http://www.greenpeace.org/india/

ungames/games to play un games and learnmore about the environment.

Great ideas from INTACH

Heritage Clubs

The Parampara Heritage Club started by the Sri Sankara

Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School

has launched an extraordinary initiative to reach out to the

under privileged children o the society and involve them

in various cultural activities. Three teachers along with the

high school coordinator visited the Kalpattu Village on

15th February 2010. With the support rom a local NGO

Kalanjiyam the school decided to set up heritage clubs

in two schools o the village. The clubs INTACH Kiramia

Heritage Club o Lathur Panchayat Middle School and the

INTACH Sangamam Heritage Club o Government High

School, Zamin Endathur, were ormally inaugurated on26th February 2010.

Bravo, Parampara Heritage Club!

INTACH Warangal Chapter

Pro. M. Pandu Ranga Rao o INTACH Warangal Chapter

sensitized young boys and girls in diferent schools and

colleges to spread awareness about climate change and

global warming.

PEOPLE WHO CARE

HERITAGE NEWS

Illustration by R. Manisha Bala Rathy, Std. 9,

Sri Sankara Vidyashramam, Chennai


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References

Know Climate Change, TERI, Pearson Longman, 2008

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, TERI, Pearson Longman, 2008

101 Q & A on Climate Change,TERI, Pearson Longman, 2008

CMS, Vatavaran, 2009

We hold our uture, UNEP, CEE and SAYEN, 2007

We are grateul to the Ministry o Culture or sponsoring Young

INTACH, a quarterly heritage newsletter or and by children

that has about 20,000 readers and the number keeps on going

higher with each issue.

PRIZE WINNERS

Do you have any ideas, comments or suggestions to make Young

INTACH more interesting? We welcome any thoughts on what

themes you would like us to select or the upcoming issues oYoung INTACH.

Please write to:

Shobita Punja

Heritage Education and Communication Service (HECS)

Indian National Trust or Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)

71, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003

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Email: [email protected]

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FEEDBACK

Kamini Hari, Std 8, Delhi Public School, Gurgaon

Ankita Tewari, Std 9, Sukhbir Kaur, Std 9, S.P.S.E.C, Kamla

Nagar, Kanpur

Rishab Kapoor, Std 9, Manav Sharma, Std 10, ShreyaBansal, Std 7, Nikita Khanna, Std 7, Bhavans S.L. Public

School, Amritsar

Tushar Aggrawal, Std 4, Garvita Wadhwa, Std 5, Dikshita,

Std 5, Himanshu Kalra, Std 9, Rahul Singhal, Std 4, Nipun

Singhal, Std 5, Radhika Batra, Std 8, Bhavya, Std 5,

Yadarth S. Gurung, Std 4, Srishti Kasturia, Std 7, Mudita

Chawla, Std 6, V.V.D.A.V Public School, Vikaspuri, New Delhi

Aditya Krishnan, Std 7.2, Arnav Ghosh, 7.2 Ecole

Mondiale World School, Mumbai, ReConnect

Parul Bhardwaj, Std 9, Gita Convent School, Faridabad

B. Lavanya, Std 8, R. Reshma, Std 9, S.Sowmiya, Std 8,

R. Manisha Bala Rathy, Std. 9, Sri Sankara Vidyashramam,

Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai

Sankalp, Std 5, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans School, Jubilee

Hills, Hyderabad

October-December 2010Languishing Languages

India is a land where hundreds o languages and localdialects are spoken. These languages are in grave danger

o being lost as ew children learn to speak the language

o their oreathers. Today only a ew know Sanskrit, the

mother o major Indian languages. Do you speak your

mothertongue? Find out and write to us about lives and

works o amous writers o the language that you speak.

Write a small poem or paragraph (not more than a page)

in your mothertongue with an English translation.

Last date for entries: August 15, 2010

What you can write on:

Your mother tongue and why you like it

Famous regional writers (their lie, their works)

Idioms/ sayings in your language

Write a paragraph on an endangered language

How can we stop languages rom disappearing?

January-March 2011

Sacred Spaces

Some o the most beautiul, aweinspiring and enduring

buildings o the world are places o worship. All the major

religions o India Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism,

Christianity, Sikhism and Judaism have magnicent

architecture. Write to us about one religious building

o your city/region that you like. Describe it in your own

words. Send us your sketches/paintings.

Last Date for entries: November 15, 2010

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