The festival included children's art competition, exhibition of posters, publications and news-clippings with comments, staging of plays, screening of documentaries and discussions. The slogan of the festival was "Environmental conservation through local knowledge and practice".

Professor Ahmed, also an organiser of environmental movement in Bangladesh, inaugurated the festival by signing a canvas. The inaugural song was Protul Mukhopadhyay's Ami Banglar gaan gai, rendered by Abhijeet. It was followed by a children's art competition and a discussion.

The painting exhibition inspired by and expressing the local biodiversity, focusing the various threats to environment, were categorised under three criteria -- Ghashphoring (grasshopper), Lotkon (a local fruit, on the verge of extinction) and Karnaphuli (a river in South-east Bangladesh that has undergone massive environmental degradation in recent times).

Children -- ranging from 6-14 years of age -- took part at the art competition. The outcome of the competition was the visual expressions of their favourite subjects like flowers, dream gardens, water and life.

The discussion presided over by Ashek Elahi was on "Water for life, project for water: What is the solution?". The keynote paper was presented by Pavel Partha. Kamrul Islam Siddiqui, Enamul Haque, Mihir Biswas were the discussants. The discussion specifically highlighted "water as a common resource, not for sale".

In the evening, Mandar, a play featuring environmental issues, was staged by Prachyanat.

The programme of May 3 ended with screenings of two documentaries -- Anand Patwardhan and Simantini Dhuru's A Narmada Diary and Ronald Halder's Amader Salbon.