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The Center for Environmental Initiatives (CEI) conducted the World Environment Day 2024 awareness programme, titled “Navigating Environmental Sustainability for Higher University Rankings” with the participation of both staff and students. The online event was held on June 5th, 2024, hosted by Dr Chalaka Fernando, the Manager of the Environmental Management Plan at the Australian National […]

CEI marked a triumphant milestone on World Environment Day 2023 by hosting an impactful Awareness Program – LET’s MAKE OUR UNIVERSITY GREENER aimed at fostering a greener university community. The event was held on June 5th, 2023, and received insightful contributions from Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne, Dr Randika Jayasinghe, and Professor E.Y.K. Lokupitiya who [...]

National Building Research Organization (NBRO), Sri Lanka, has observed unhealthy air quality levels in many parts of Sri Lanka since the 7th & 8th of December 2022. The air quality index (AQI) in most parts of the country has been between 150 and 200. The unhealthy air quality observed has been attributed to a rise […]

Humans have been befouling the heaven of life, Mother Earth, through their greedy and short-sighted deeds. The Earth is now in a critical stage where we need to reverse our actions to help her heal herself to bounce back to healthier shapes. Even though the mission to protect and restore the environment demands support at [...]

The Center for Environmental Initiatives has introduced a set of environmental and sustainability guidelines to strengthen the journey of the ����ԭ�� (UOC) to become a greener institution, as per the instructions given by the Vice-Chancellor. The guidelines consist of general environmentally friendly practices and newly incorporated instructions applicable to different circumstances in a […]

As the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the entire planet, disrupting almost all of the day-to-day work, people have to explore innovative methods to acclimatize to the existing situation. While people seem to have understood the requirement for becoming more environmentally conscious since a long time ago, adopting green strategies into any system in the world [...]

World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5th to raise awareness of the environment and enhance the attention and action towards protecting it. The theme of World Environment Day 2021 is Ecosystem Restoration. Unless we come up with effective remedies to the wounds of nature that man has already inflicted, the survival of [...]