The “Harithalayam” project for increasing the green cover on campuses to take the message of self-sufficiency to students was started and maintained in the Bishop Moore College campus. As part of the project, banana and Tapioca along with coconut trees were planted in front of the main campus by the students and staff members. A bamboo garden is also set in the campus since last year. Bamboo's ability to restore degraded land is a particularly important ecosystem service for forests. Its long underground root systems mean that bamboos can bind soil, prevent water run-off and survive long catastrophes.