Composting Facility inaugurated at Vidya Vikas Acdemy, Margao as part of the Project STARS initiative

Project STARS, a TERI-Dempo partnership is working towards encouraging schools to practice the principles of sustainability by focusing on its environmental and socio-cultural performance. As part of this initiative, Vidya Vikas Academy, Margao was supported to build a composting facility. Project STARS, (Sustainability Tracking, Action and Reporting in Schools) consolidates the TERI-DEMPO partnership by carrying forward and building upon the work carried under the previous TERI-Dempo initiative, "The Vasudeva V Dempo Climate Change Awareness Programme for Goan School Children 2010-2012". This unique partnership between TERI's Goa Centre and V S Dempo Holdings Pvt. Ltd (DEMPO) is in the nature of a three year intensive education and action programme (2013-2016) on sustainable schools in Goa.