Created following the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20 and built to further and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Sulitest has the support of a high range of UN bodies, major international and national academic institutions and the confidence of hundreds of contributors worldwide.
Being the first international tool to assess Sustainability Literacy, The Sulitest provides higher education institutions, companies and other organization around the world with an internationally recognized and locally relevant tool to measure and improve sustainability literacy for all. The development of regional and locally focused questions is managed by Regional or National Expert Committees (RNEC’s). APSCC is the RNEC for India with a dedicated expert community composed of academics, professionals and students and are coordinated by secretariat.
The Department of Science Technology and Environment, Govt. of Puducherry, confers the “Environment Award – 2016” for the individual category to Ms. Golda Edwin, founder member of APSCC, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the environment and to the public during the years 2013-15. The award was presented by the Honorable Chief Minister of Puducherry during the Independence Day event. The award was a recognition of her role as a teacher, environmentalist and researcher for the past 15 plus years with a fundamental goal of fostering Environmental Awareness and Sustainable Development. She is also the co-founder of APSCC and has initiated the ‘Green Campus Program’ emphasizing more on the field level work and activity based learning at school and college campuses of Puducherry and beyond.
