The 3rd CLEAN MEET took place on Saturday, 15 January 2000 at the Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi.

The MEET had following major components:

• River Water Quality Monitoring by Kendriya Vidyalaya, Masjid Moth: The whole stretch of river Yamuna was shown along with the names of the prominent places on its course. A model on the sources of river pollution, its effects etc. was also on display.
• Managing Solid Waste by DL D.A.V, Pitampura: The students displayed posters on the growing menace of garbage in cities and offered solutions of which one was vermicomposting.
• Anti Crackers Campaign by DPS, Vasant Kunj: The stall displayed the posters and the steps taken by the school in conducting this campaign in their school.
• Water Harvesting by Salwan Public School (AS): The school has initiated a simple way of harvesting the run off water from the water taps in their school. This water is used for irrigating their garden and the remaining recharges the ground water table.
• Eco - Friendly Products by DPS R.K.Puram: Different products that are not a drain on the environment were displayed artistically. The products included : recycled paper products, herbal soaps, shampoos and cosmetics, natural holi colours, natural dyes, etc.
• Air Monitoring by DPS Noida : The sources, effects, monitoring and solutions to air pollution were all displayed here.
• Water Quality Monitoring by Montfort School: Different aspects of water pollution were explained through posters. Results of the water monitoring by the JAL TARA done in Delhi under the programme were displayed. The data, which is now on user friendly software, was up for display. Two simple, cheap yet effective water filters, which had been constructed by the school were also put up on display.
• Say No To Polybags by Bluebells School : The display highlighted how one could conduct and sustain the same campaign in ones school, along with the issues involved in it. Paper bags made out of old newspaper (by Montfort School) were given to each school. Each bag had the procedure for making the same pasted on it on one side and on the other side it carried beautiful messages on why one should use paper bags and shun polybags.
• Tree Plantation by Amity International School, Noida and Carmel Convent : A colourful display of posters on the importance of growing and preserving trees was put up. Beautiful posters showing important features, medicinal, ornamental properties , etc. of important indigenous trees were also displayed. Each school also received a sapling as a motivation to initiate and maintain greening of their school and community.
• Paper Recycling by D.A.V, Shrestha Vihar : The school is actively involved in this activity demonstrated how paper could be recycled at a small scale. Handouts explained each step of the procedure with the help of illustrations.
• Medicinal Plants by DPS Mathura Road and Ramjas School, R.K.Puram : The stall was put near the "Herb Corner" of the host school and had different medicinal plants growing which were also labelled. Colourful posters on the uses of different medicinal plants were also put on the occasion. There was also a demonstration by students on how to actually use a few of the plants for our daily purpose was . An informative calendar on Medicinal Flowers was given to each school by CLEAN.
• Visiting CLEAN-India centres from Bangalore, Ladakh, Berinag, Kumaon and Faizabad also displayed on the work undertaken by their member schools in their respective cities.

Once all the schools had visited the display of the stalls, the focus shifted to the stage. The programme was set rolling with a street play by on the concerns of environment.

The chief guest Shri Rajeev Talwar, Secretary - Environment, Forest & Wildlife was then invited to the stage along with other dignitaries. In their speeches they urged the students to continue with their good work in the field of environment.

" Let us spend some time and some money in improving our lives by improving our environment" voiced Shri Talwar. "Our tragedy is that everyone wants to do something for the environment but wants somebody else to take some action on their behalf. All of us have to be flag bearers of not only a clean city but a clean India and take an oath to transform Delhi from being the most polluted city to the cleanest one in the world" stated Shri Talwar. Dr.Ashok Khosla said that CLEAN aimed to make this world, full of poverty and misery, a much better place to live in. This called for instilling in everyone the love for environment, as environment and development are the two sides of the same coin.

All the students undertook a  pledge in unison with the Chief Guest to work for a better environment

Next on the agenda were presentations by selected schools on the progress of CLEAN-Delhi in different parts of the city.

IV) Awards Presentation

Judges evaluated the exhibits displayed by the different schools in the CLEAN-MEET and the schools were awarded prizes. All students who had participated in the programme in 1999 were awarded Certificate of Participation. As token of appreciation for their efforts in co-ordination of the programme at the school all teachers were awarded certificates and one year subscription of the magazine " Down To Earth ". In the end the best CLEAN-Delhi School of the Year Rolling Trophy was awarded to Blue Bells School. The school received a camera and CLEAN rolling trophy .

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