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Earth Mela 2010 – April 24-25 (7am to 6pm)

at Maharashtra Nature Park Society


Central Theme: Biodiversity – In with UN’s International Year of the Biodiversity

Time Day 1 - April 24th (Saturday) Time Day 2 - April 25th (Sunday)
7:00am Registration Desk Opens 7:00am Registration Desk Opens
7 am – 9 am Cycle Rally (12km) 7am – 9am Nature Trail led by Dr. Parvish
Pandya
9 am – 10 am Breakfast for Volunteers 9am – 10am Breakfast for Volunteers
10 am – 11am Inauguration 10am – 11am Film Screening
(Registration starts at 9.30am) 1. The Private Life of Plants:
Episode1: Travelling by BBC
50min, English
11am – 12 pm Film Screening 11am – 12pm Lecture 1:
1. Papiroflexia (Short Film) Urban Biodiversity Research and
3min Role of Communities by Ms. Ovee
Thorat (20mins)
2. The Climate change Mystery,
by CERE (Short Film) 23min Lecture 2:
English What’s Biodiversity for? by Anand
Pendharkar (20mins)
3. SPROUTS by Unlimited India Recco: Good for Kids & Adults
2min English

4. Hard Rain
By Mark Edwards
20min English
12pm – 1pm Lecture: 12pm – 1pm Film Screening
Important Trees for Cities & Rare 1. The Pale Blue Dot by Carl
Indigenous Plants of India, by Dr. Sagan, 4 min English
C S Lattoo
2. Dreaming of my Clean Creek
by Enviro-Vigil, 15 min English

3. Goa Goa Gone 28min English,


Konkani, Marathi
1 pm – 2 pm Film Screening (Lunch) 1 pm – 2 pm Film Screening (Lunch)
Finding Nemo, Walt Disney Madagascar, Animation Feature,
Pictures, Animation Feature Film, English
Hindi
2 pm – 3 pm Film Screening 2 pm – 3 pm Film Screening
1. Diminishing Resources Gaaz, call of the Ocean
By Himanshu Malhotra and Sabina By Arti Kulkarni 50min
Kidwai (UK Environment Film Marathi/English
Fellowship) 16min English

2.Once there was a Purple


Butterfly by Sonya V. Kapoor
(UK Environment Film
Fellowship), 12min English

3.Mi MasaBoltoi 8min Marathi


3 pm – 4 pm Film Screening 3 pm – 4 pm Film Screening
Nagarahole : Tales from an Planet Earth : Great Plains
Indian Jungle by Eco Media By BBC, 50min English
(Shekhar Dattatri), 53min English
4 pm – 5 pm Key Note Lecture: 4 pm – 5 pm Guest Lecture :
‘Himalaya’ – Then & Now… Why do we need leaders in the
Mr. Harish Kapadia, Mountaineer field of Ecological Conservation?
& Writer Dr. Sudhakar Solomon Raj,
Reader, Wilson College
5 pm – 6 pm Film Screening 5 pm – 6 pm Film Screening
Ganges : Daughter of the Born Free by James H. Hill
Mountains by BBC Natural History Feature Film, 95min English
Unit, 50min English
11 am – 6pm Adventure Sports Activities – 10am – 6pm Adventure Sports Activities –
(Whole day Rock Climbing, rappelling, Burma (Whole day Rock Climbing, rappelling, Burma
activities) bridge, zip-line crossing. activities) bridge, zip-line crossing.

Kids Activities – Face painting, Kids Activities – Face painting,


poster & T-shirt painting & poster & T-shirt painting &
paper/mache making. paper/mache making.

Photo Exhibition: Indigenous and Photo Exhibition: Indigenous and


rare species of flora and fauna rare species of flora and fauna

Stalls & Exhibition of eco- Stalls & Exhibition of eco-


friendly products and life-style friendly products and life-style
ideas – Matsya Crafts, Hide-Out, ideas – Matsya Crafts, Hide-Out,
Daily Dump, Indian Adventures, Daily Dump, Indian Adventures,
Ecoexist, RUR, BNHS, UTMT, Ecoexist, RUR, BNHS, UTMT,
Baker’s Street, Excel Industries, Baker’s Street, Excel Industries,
Learning Fantasies, SPROUTS… Learning Fantasies, SPROUTS…

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