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<p>ecological succession Ecological Succession: Change in the Biotic component in a subsequent period is Succession due to factors like weather, geography, climate, biodiversity, etc affecting directly. TYPES OF ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION: 1.PRIMARY SUCCESSION It initiates in areas that are completely devoid of any succession previously. It’s a new succession. It takes millions of years to establish [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Recent studies conducted by Florida State University has revealed an interesting fact about Marine Sharks. The university concluded that sharks possess an internal navigation system similar to GPS that allows them to use Earth&#8217;s magnetic forces to travel long distances with accuracy. A group of researchers from Florida state university used 20 Bonnethead sharks as [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Environmental Science is the study of the interaction of physical, chemical and biological components of human Biotic surroundings and  there effects on physical adaptation of  biological species. To put it straight any action taken by human and its effect on the surrounding and vice versa comes under the purview of Environmental Sciences. COMPONENTS: The subject [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Food Chain It is the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism. Sun is the ultimate source of energy whose energy is passed on to the autotrophs or producers. Trophic level refers to the sequential stages in a food chain, starting with producers at the bottom, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>ENERGY FLOW Energy is the vital source of functioning of the planet and its mega biodiversity. All the functions of an ecosystem are in some way interlinked with growth and regeneration of Biotic agents. Biotic Agents: Components which are living in nature. For Example; Plants, animals, Homo sapiens. The functioning of the ecosystem is based [&hellip;]</p>

<p>WHAT IS ECOLOGY? The term Ecology was coined by Earnst Haeckel in 1869. It is derived from the Greek words Oikos- home + logos- study. So ecology deals with the study of organisms in their natural home interacting with their surroundings. The surroundings or environment consists of other living organisms (biotic) and physical (abiotic) components. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Environment- “the sum total of water, air and land and the inter-relationships that exist among them and with the human beings, other living organisms and materials.” Defined by Environmental (Protection) Act,1986. The gambit of our surrounding, natural elements, biotic and abiotic constitutes, and physical factors responsible for supporting survival, growth, and constant development of living [&hellip;]</p>

<p>BY &#8211;  Astitva Singh Chipko Movement of 1973 inspired the whole world to showcase the power of conservation.  Started from Garhwal district of Uttarakhand,  Chipko Andolan transcended time and till date is considered as one of the most prominent movement. The reason behind the whole movement was the indiscriminate cutting down of trees. We humans [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Cyclone Tauktae ( pronounced as Tau&#8217;te) is consider to be a very high intensity cyclone, developed in the Arabian Sea and has already taken more than 11 lives. It was expected that the cyclone storm will intensify severely by Sunday with a wind speed of 160 kmph. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Tauktae [&hellip;]</p>

<p>By &#8211; Himanshu Sharma On 22nd May, the &#8216;Convention on Biological Diversity&#8217; was signed at Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1992. Hence to grace the occasion we regard this day as &#8220;International day for Biological Diversity&#8221; in order to generate awareness among people about the importance, benefits and conservation of biodiversity.Being a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>1. WEBINARS Webinar was organized in collaboration with EcochirpFoundation on “Waste Management” which was addressed by Harshad Gupta, Sustainability Expert at Ecochirp, experienced in the field of waste management. 2. FILM FEST Theme- Ecology and Sustainable Lifestyle Haritima and other renowned societies of Hansraj in collaboration with Hopping sparrows Film Festival and TERRAorganized a 2 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Two Eco-Talks were organized on the Instagram handle through live with: Anjali Dalmia, Co-founder at The Project Amara and The Yugma Network Sagar Singh, aka Mr. Earth an all-rounder environmentalist Participants engage in conversation with environmentalists to learn about serious environmental issues facing us and to find solutions together. Every event is followed by a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As it is rightly said-“Ones actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more”. Haritima regularly organizes seminars and webinars to provide education not from books, but through practical examples and real-life experiences. Sessions with eminent personalities and reputed organizations help students to gain an insight into various environmental issues. To [&hellip;]</p>

<p>PrakritiKumbh is a much-awaited event in the college calendar and serves well to spread information among the students about the various environmental threats and their consequences. Every year the members come up with fresh themes and activities such as Caption Writing, Debate, Poster Making, Rangoli Making, Slogan Writing competition, making the Best out of Waste,etc. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Theme- Ecology and Sustainable Lifestyle Haritima and other renowned societies of Hansraj in collaboration with Hopping sparrows Film Festival and TERRAorganized a 2 day Film Festival. Concept – Sustainable ways of learning and gaining experience of lifetime. Status : Completed Start Date: 12 September 2020 | End Date: 13 September 2020</p>

<p>&#8220;In the end we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught&#8221; -Babe Dioum Environment is the responsibility of everyone,and every difference you make counts! We at Haritima keeping this vision foreward successfully carried out our first session(Green Preachers) of Project [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8221;Environment education today, green and clean India tomorrow&#8221;The second session of PROJECT HANS-CHETNA was organized in Nigam Pratibha Balika Vidyalaya on 21st September on the special occasion of World-Cleanup Day. The volunteers raised awareness in the minds of the young children about degrading ecosystems, plastic hazards, and waste segregation. This was followed by clean-up activities [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Wild Bird Day at Yamuna Biodiversity Park, October 19 The bird count was done in phase 2 of the park starting from 6:40 am and lasting for 2hours  45minutes. A distance of 1.69 km was covered. A total of 62 species of bird were observed which included Greylag Goose, Indian Peafowl, Painted stork, Black Kites, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A session of Project HANS-CHETNA on the theme &#8216;Climate Change&#8217; was organized in Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya on 22 January and in Nigam Prativa Balika Vidyalaya on 25 January. The team educated the students about the burning issue followed by interesting activities such as poem recitation, pledge ceremony, quiz competition etc. to make them understand better. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Haritima organized a new innovative competition for Nature lovers. In this participant planted a sapling with their valentine and singles also participated, making that plant their valentine.</p>