Wonder Why !

Hi, Have you ever wondered what we would achieve with all the cleaning we have been doing ! Why are we doing, what difference does it make !

Well some pictures from Deepa Mohan who is a friend of Sandeep Chakravarti says it all. Follow this link to her blog. See the pictures but a statutory warning : It will make you feel poignant.

http://deponti.livejournal.com/245829.html

Trip 17 Jun 2007 ! Single Handedly !

This is the trip report of the trip done on 17 Jun Sunday ! Mohan was the only experienced Clean and Green member on the trip. He was the trip coordinator all in all - one man show ! Bravo !

The Team - You cant see Mohan as he is the photographer

Date: June 17th, 2007
Place: Muttati
Number of Volunteers who participated: 10

Trip Briefing: we departed in a 12 seater tempo traveler from Indiranagar at 6.15 am and from Banashankari Temple pickup point at 6.50 am, a ten person brigade left the town (seven adults and 3 teens) for a mission. Nine of them were new to the act. We had the breakfast at Kanakapura and the team played housie (Tam bola) on the way, The prizes went to the teens. Guess the prizes (table portraits of greenery pictures, wish list for greenery being a reality for many of us).

Reached Muttati at 9.07 am and immediately started the business of picking up the plastic litter after the quick induction. The team was very energetic and put a fantastic effort to collect 54 kilos gulping in 18 bags. As usual the bags were firmly stitched and placed for the forest officials to collect and send it to recycle firm.

The team went on enrollment conversations with the visitor’s onsite on the banks of river Cauvery. Many of them understood the litter issues and have pledged to reduce the use of plastics and make use of the bins effectively.

The team left the site onwards to JLR for much needed lunch. On the way, there were further enrollment conversations with the Muttati shopkeepers in and around the main streets and the temple. The shop keepers do understand the impact and will support the cause as much as possible. There is more work to be done in this area dealing with the shopkeepers. (Things can be further explored – like putting posters i.e. Do not litter in Kannada / English, placing bins in front of the shops, use paper cups instead).

In summary a very effective trip and the volunteers have showed interest to enroll their communities (i.e. schools, colleges and at workplace). Good job!!!!!!!!!

Kinds of Plastic Collected: Bottles of Water and soft drinks, plastic cups, plastic covers and trays, Ghutka Wrappers and other variants of it.

Amount of Plastic collected in volume and weight: 18 sacks weighing 54 kg.

Logistics: C & G took care of the planning and executing the trip.

External communication: Radio City announced about the Sunday trip details on Saturday 16/7/2007. Very effective, People were curious about the Clean and Green initiatives and some of them participated in the trip.