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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 University of Colombo (UoC) to become a greener institution, as per the instructions given by the Vice-Chancellor. The guidelines consist of general environmental 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 [...]

The University of Colombo is on the verge of becoming a sustainable, green, and carbon-neutral university. The university has plans to become a greener, carbon-neutral university through enhancing greenery, shifting to more renewable energy sources, and minimizing the waste on campus, while promoting recycling and its contribution to a circular economy. The University has planned […]

The Center for Environmental Initiatives (CEI) of the University of Colombo implemented a policy on reducing the use of single-use polythene and plastic products inside the University since September 2017 to be in line with the government regulations on banning the use of single-use plastics and Polythene. The Center for Environmental Initiatives has conducted awareness […]

World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5th to bring awareness among the people regarding environmental issues and to take positive steps for the survival of the environment. The theme for World Environment Day 2020 is ‘Time for nature ‘during the time of the Covid-19 global pandemic. Unlike in the previous years, this […]