Green meets evergreen on WCC campus
The 2001 graduating batch of Women’s Christian College in Chennai held a 25th-anniversary reunion focused on ecological sustainability and simplicity. The event eliminated single-use plastics and incorporated discussions on health topics like perimenopause.
Why it matters
It demonstrates a growing trend of integrating sustainable practices and meaningful social discourse into traditional alumni gatherings.
After the film 96 , there is a pervasive trend of organising the silver jubilee reunion on a grand and memorable scale. ‘Memorable’ usually translates to adding extra layers to the celebration, sometimes making it extended to include a stop at a scenic location beyond the campus, say, a dinner at a resort. Rarely does ‘memorable’ mean paring the celebration to its bare minimum and make it meaningful, not just to the alumni but the wider world.
The report is a human-interest feature story focusing on community events and environmental consciousness without political bias.
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