8PE Category: Self Well-Being
Sub-category: Diet Management
Written By: Samrudhi Patil, First Year, Fergusson College
Our human body needs nutrients to live and it needs them in proper amounts to live a long and healthy life. These nutrients help in the smooth functioning of the body which is why they are classified into two groups namely, macronutrients and micronutrients.
Macronutrients are the default energy source for a human body. They comprise of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. The three macronutrients have their own roles and functions to play and hence, help the body grow, develop and repair it. Fats ...
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8 PE Category: Respecting Nature and Environment
Sub Category: Environmental Education
Written by: Alisha Mehra
Delhi Greens is a non-governmental organization founded by the trio Ravinder Bawa, Aastha Kukreti, and Govind Singh backed by the belief that initiating green actions is the only possible way for sustainable urban development. They were shepherded by the mission of educating the masses and inviting their participation for sustainable development. They administered the propagation of the message of environmentalism and green economy while promoting the global ...
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8PE Category: Being Civilized
Sub Category: Animal Welfare
Written by: Jasmine Jena
We live in a country where finding animals like dogs, cats, birds, cows or even monkeys on the streets is not a surprise. As amusing as this may seem, when it comes down to taking care of their health, these stray animals are often ignored. Even the people who own pets are rather dubious about providing a single bowl of water for the stray. These living beings are not only deprived of ...
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8PE Category: Sharing of Knowledge
Subcategory: On-Ground Platform
Written By: Harshita Jain, Batch - 2013, Mahakal Institute of Technology, Ujjain
In our country every year, a large number of students choose technical education as a career. It is lesser-known fact but not everyone is able to get the degree. Even a bunch of people out of those who managed to complete the course never finds a job. It is possible if technical education is introduced earlier in schools itself than youth can have a better perspective and command on domains they would like to move ahead with.
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8 PE Category: Law Abidance
Sub Category: Traffic Rules
Written by: Alisha Mehra
As an aide-memoire, one serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and while this is not serving its purpose to be the right wake up call for many of us, it returns to be a telling off.
We tend to drive recklessly just to reach a place quickly and draw the inference that rules are for fools. The transpicuous slackness of the people in India is quite evident in the stats that surface in the newspaper.
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8PE Category: Self Wellbeing
Subcategory: Sustainable Living
Written By: Harshita Jain, Batch - 2013, Mahakal Institute of Technology, Ujjain
Today world is striving to cut down the consumption of non-renewable resources. There is an urgent need for shifting dependency to renewable resources as much as possible. In these conditions, Eco-Friendly Homes are emerging as a savior. These homes use less energy than conventional houses, which saves the homeowners money and protects the environment. It helps reduce climate change in a big way because 29 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from the electricity sector. It can involve one or many construction and operation ...
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8PE Category: Being Civilized
Sub Category: Anti Human Trafficking
Written by – Yasharth Kumar Srivastava, Batch – 2019 to 2022, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi
Girls in the name of work or love are misled or abducted every year from remote areas and are forced to enter into flesh trade. Childhood is snatched away from kids, they are sexually abused and victimized to serve to needs of atrocious sinners.
Human trafficking is one of the most grievous criminal activity growing worldwide, rather it is the second-largest and fastest increasing criminal industry ...
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8 PE Category: Being Civilized
Sub Category: Donations
Written By: Alisha Mehra
8PE Category: Environment
Sub- Category: Environmental Education
Written by: Alisha Mehra
How many times have you been flagged off because of being a vegetarian or how many times have you attained glory by putting down a vegetarian friend? The question which seems to howl in the air might leave you a bit uncomfortable at first but the concept which is waiting to dawn on you is as huge as the cause itself. You might wonder why the fervent environmentalists are vegetarian or turning a more severe shade as they call it vegan instead. let ...
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8PE Category: Self-Wellbeing
Sub-Category: Motivation/Inspiration
Written by: Neetha Ann Dooy, Batch: 2019-2022, CMS College Kottayam, Kerala
"Everything you need to be great is already inside you. Stop waiting for someone or something to light your fire. You already have a match."
-Darren Hardy
We all look up at others. And look down upon ourselves. How we underestimate ourselves is pure brilliance. We are living in a society that programs us to 'go with the flow'. Our default differences are blocked effectively by sickening social coding.
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