WELCOME TO PEOPLE  SCIENCE FORUM

Eco Sense is  a real cultural heritage of a sustainable society.

Lecture on Fundamentals of Ecology, Environment and Pollution for Bengaluru Urban Students, at Balbhavan Cubbon Park, Oct 1986  

Lakes are the eyes of Earth…
Sir Henry David Thoreau

Week # 01 : A group of senior citizen, students and eco concerned come together for the lake environs cleaning..and collect plastic waste in the lake bed..

Environmental Education is empowering students

Environmental Education is empowering students by awareness, attitude, knowledge, Skill and Participation UNESCO/UNEP/IEEP 1977 
EESS Model developed in 1988 at Bengaluru College published in the Hindu, 1990… EESS Model was cited as one of the 20 best eco education model in 2000 by Earthday Network.

Street Play for Plastic abuse free Mysuru by PSF Volunteers

In the Kukkarahally Village on  World Environment Day  2002  “Plastic Demon”  Street Play 

Street Play PSF Team 

At the Institution of Engineers India, Mysuru Local  Centre on WED 2004

75th Week Eco literacy Program

Young and old converge for eco literacy on the lake environs 

People Science Forum

PSF is a registered unit of Karnataka  Rajya Vigyan Parishath (KRVP)

It all started in the year 2000 with the convergence of youth, students and citizen volunteers in Kukkarahally lake at Mysuru, India. The purpose was to clean the lake by collecting waste in the foreshore every Sunday.

A jatha (rally) was taken out from Ramaswamy Circle and campaign was  for plastic abuse free city through 100 ft Sayyaji  Rao road and Devaraj Urs road and culminated at DC office. Over 200 Manasagangorti  school students prepared posters in just two days and participated.

Pamphlets on plastic abuse control were given to shops. Professors along with volunteers  picked plastic waste on the road and drains.

A street play ’Plastic Demon’  , concept by PSF  Convenor, .Jagannatha was played by the PSF volunteers. The community eco literacy  on the lake shore reached the city. As on March, 2019, the Sunday weekend community eco literacy  campaign has crossed 438th week

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  2000 onwards the weekly eco literacy campaign had completed till 2019 over 400 weekend voluntary meeting involving,

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  Meeting once in  a week for cleaning the plastic waste. 
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  Display  and free distribution of KRVP Popular Science Books in Kannada.
  
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  Distributing eco literacy pamphlets by reaching homes.
  
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  Counseling on Space education for Young Students
  
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  Opinion  pooling of citizen on  lake quality management
  
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  Conducting survey  on SWM for Pollution Control Board
  
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  Trees census around the lake on roads
  

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  2011 a Space Eco Literacy orientation program  for ten Sundays was implemented at Albert Einstein Auditorium Physics Dept University of Mysore.
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  2000 onwards the weekly eco literacy campaign had  completed  till 2019   419 weekend voluntary meeting.
  
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  Since April 22, 2020 PSF has  started a Virtual and Free sudents along with a parent, teacher  or a guardian. It is in 5th week and over 45 students with handhold are participating.
  

Empowering Individuals and Community are the primary aim of  PSF.  PSF affirms that Scientific Commitment and Scientific Temperament  are vital capability for any Issues such as Pandemic and disasters.   Issues such as conservation and management of lakes, plastic abuse free city, environmentally Sound Technology such as trees to improve soil moisture , drains as recharge points, community empowerment for sustainability and disaster management are some of the areas PSF has been working on since 2000. It is a voluntary, Cost Free and now totally virtual.