We all wish for a clean and healthy environment but few actually come forward to actually work towards it. What we need now is more citizens coming together to volunteer in order to protect our environment as well as ourselves. This seven-year old named Jannat has been cleaning the famous Dal lake at Srinagar for past two years. Her efforts were first recorded two years ago: https://tinyurl.com/ybrrgy2c   Now Jannat has a chapter reserved by her name in school textbooks in Hyderabad: https://tinyurl.com/y75hxbdb Regular volunteering/ shramdaan at our individual level is the key to solve environment-related problems. We at We Mean To Clean are doing our bit by volunteering for native tree plantation drives, cleanups and waste management awareness campaigns. Let's do what we can!

There has been a flurry of news reports recently on the mounting garbage crisis in Delhi. As if the three landfill sites at Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur weren't enough, the city is now staring at a new growing pile of waste. And this waste is more lethal than the previous ones. The hazardous biomedical waste. According to news reports by outlets such as The Times of India , Hindustan Times , India Today , NDTV etc. personal protective equipment (PPE) like body suits, face masks, hand gloves and shoe covers are being dumped at landfills and at crematoriums in the city. This can have serious repercussions. People who live in the vicinity of such areas are at a high risk of being infected. And some sanitation workers have already been tested covid19-positive and some have lost their lives. As we wade through the covid19 pandemic we should resolve to take this pandemic as an opportunity. We should be far more considerate towards the lives of those who stay deal with our waste directly ...

WE ARE SUPER-EXCITED! We have initiated a set-up of our own nursery. A nursery of native tree saplings like peepal, neem, amaltas etc. We are using empty packets/ pouches of milk, detergent powder, snacks, other beverages etc. to prepare our saplings. This is addressing two areas: With the use of such waste packets. we are following the second principle of waste management: REUSE. Today's REUSE helped us save about 100 fresh packs from being utilized for this purpose. Also, raising our own saplings will help us reduce our costs in terms of time, energy and money on procuring such saplings. Additionally, we can raise even those saplings that are usually not available in government nurseries. We request your support as well. You can DM us on Facebook , Instagram or Twitter and we'll share the address where you can courier your empty packets. View this post on Instagram We're live from a secret location. A place where we're preparing a nursery. A nurs...