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Green Building Week fete ends

KOCHI: World Green Building Week celebrations, organised under the aegis of Indian Green Building Council, Kerala Chapter, ended here on Sunday.

Dominic Presentation, MLA, presided at the concluding session where prizes for the winners of the painting competition for school children and debate competition for college students were distributed.

Lalichan Zacharias of the Indian Institute of Architects, Kerala Chapter and Architect Jai Gopal were among those who spoke at the concluding session.

A green book containing tips to save energy called the ‘Green Book' was distributed to the participants in the concluding session.

The Green Building Week celebrations were marked by a programme to plant one lakh saplings and to create awareness among the public regarding the importance of protecting the environment.

A discourse on the role of religion in promoting environmental consciousness and screening of the film “The Inconvenient Truth,” were the highlights of the celebrations.

A debate competition for college students and a seminar on carbon credit were also part of the week-long celebrations, which opened with a bicycle rally from Kozhikode to Thiruvananthapuram.

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