Skip to main content

Door-to-Door Awareness at Sarita Vihar


CHANGE BEGINS WITH YOU

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
– Leo Tolstoy

Everyone has an opinion on what is wrong with the world, yet few will do the work to improve their own lives. It's very easy to pass the baggage but it's very difficult to accept our own flaws. Minimizing our individual flaws... that's what the residents at Sarita Vihar are working on.


It's been two months since we initiated waste management awareness in Sarita Vihar. And even after that we have been conducting door to door awareness on waste segregation. More than 300 houses have been covered so far and the response from residents is quite positive! Some already segregate and some are even composting their kitchen waste. Not just the residents, waste pickers are also collecting dry waste and wet waste separately.


With the inauguration of biogas plant in vicinity, we aim to maximize the supply of segregated organic waste to the facility. It's good to see that the change has begun but we require more support.



-

Follow us on Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Labels:

Popular posts from this blog

What happens when many hands come together?

An exciting day for us. We never tried it before at this scale at such a location. But with a little help from everyone the day turned out to be outstanding! The place is Janakpuri District Center. It's a large shopping center in west Delhi. Home to various kinds of shops, eateries, restaurants and even offices. Also, a perpetual victim of civil negligence by those who have an establishment here or the visitors to these establishments. Yes, the place maintains consistency all-year round in terms of open garbage dumping. Before we even conducted this drive we spoke to a lot of shop owners to understand the problem. It was the same lamenting around people's attitude towards littering liberally... Forget littering, people found creative ways to dump their garbage - office letter boxes! The other thing that came out of those discussions with the local shopkeepers was finger-pointing on civic authorities. Not that the place doesn't see any sweepers. We did spot one on the day of...
Post a Comment
Read more

Spotfix at CP

Date: 25-June-2016 No. of Volunteers: 29 Time: 2 Hours We were invited by India@75 team (a CII initiative) to participate in their cleanliness drive at CP. Our enthusiastic team of volunteers showed up in big numbers and removed paan-stains from pillars at inner circle in CP. We also painted them to restore their look. Our volunteers also spoke to some of the local vendors sitting around and big showrooms such as those of United Colors Of Benetton and Asian Paints and requested them all to help clean the surroundings clean. It'll only help their business after-all. WE MEAN TO CLEAN was also thrilled to be accompanied by Temsutula Imsong and Shailesh Pandey.  And our team thanks them to guide us with ideas for our future drives and their assured continued support.  We also assure them of our continued participation in nationwide shramdaan . We were also joined by Farzz NGO Team from Bangalore, including two Russians! We sincerely thank them for their support and hope to collabo...
Post a Comment
Read more

Five Great Ways to Celebrate Eco-friendly Diwali

We Mean To Clean shares their ideas to celebrate Diwali in an eco-friendly yet enjoyable way! It’s that time of the year again. The biggest festivals of all. A day to be with family. A day full of auspiciousness, togetherness and love. The most royal of all, the festival of lights… yes, Diwali. We all know how our air quality goes down on this night, especially in a city like Delhi, where air quality is already poor. So, here we are to offer you some suggestions to celebrate Diwali in an eco-friendly way! We hope you’ll like these ideas. 1. Avoid Firecrackers This is a common one and it goes without saying. Firecrackers not only add to air pollution but they also cause sound pollution. High decibel sound is especially harmful for sensitive ears of infants and small children. And let’s also show some compassion to our pets and stray animals who live in our vicinity. And worse, they emit toxic fumes which are harmful for our health. Additionally, we all know the amount...
Read more