Newsletter - November 2017
Climate Solver Award
By Dr.Ramarathnam Basil Energetics, Chennai
WWF (World Wide Fund) for Nature is a worldwide organisation to protect nature - wildlife, flora and fauna. It is head quartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is known as World Wildlife Fund in USA.
WWF has selected our company BASIL Energetics as the winner of the Global Climate Solver award for 2016. I received the award at a function in Delhi on Nov 27. WWF has also nominated our company as an Ambassador for their Global Climate Solver Program. More details can be found from their website www.climatesolver.org
WWF has selected our company BASIL Energetics as the winner of the Global Climate Solver award for 2016. I received the award at a function in Delhi on Nov 27. WWF has also nominated our company as an Ambassador for their Global Climate Solver Program. More details can be found from their website www.climatesolver.org
Solid Waste Management
By
Shri.Sridhar
Vivekananda Kendra - Nardep
Namasivaya Ulavaara Pani Group as part of their 190th Shramdhan has worked with Green Rameswaram team to clean the Rameswaram Temple, Agni Teertham, Ramar Teertham, Panacha Teertham and Railway Station. They have brought in 500 devotees to perform this massive work. All the devotees who came for the work were accommodated in Ramanathaswami resting house near Railway Station which was not in use for several years. Temple authorities made good arrangements such as Electricity, Water supply and Other Amenities. Cleaning work was done on November 25 & 26, 2017.
The programme started with the flag waving by Sister Saraswathi of Green Rameswaram.
Medicinal Plants
White Gulmohar
By C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre, Chennai
Medicinal value
- The leaves are roasted in castor oil and applied externally to cure abscesses
- Decoction of the leaves with castor oil is consumed to cure diarrhea
- Hot decoction of the leaves is applied externally to reduce pain and inflammation of the joints.
- There is a popular belief that touching
- the root of this tree removes the pain due
- to a scorpion sting.