Newsletter - September 2023
Dear Friends,
Adar Poonawalla is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Serum Institute of India which is the biggest manufacturers of vaccines in the world and became famous because of the Covishield vaccine during the Covid pandemic. He has founded the Clean city initiative in 2015 with the sole purpose of improving the environment and waste management in the city of Pune his home base. In the last eight years, they have done a wonderful work which can be seen by clicking the link https://youtu.be/oCZVMAYDTOs. We the workers of the Green Rameswaram project, get an inspiration from such initiatives..
This month’s newsletter has the following highlights:- Dr.Sanjay Banerji in his blog writes on - Planetary Boundaries Updates
- Usual work carried out by Hand in Hand Inclusive Development Services in “Solid waste management”
- Dr.A.Abirami, Programme Officer of the C.P.R. Environmental Educational Center, Chennai writes on the herbal plant – Asthma Weed (Dugdhika)
- In the Revival and Renovation of Teerthams vertical, we are covering the progress made in the work of the Simha Water body
- In Social capital - Teertha Poojas, Universal Brotherhood day celebrations, Teerthams cleaning, Webinars and finally 'Green Rameswaram newsletter’ by the students and for the students of Rameswaram
With best wishes,
Editorial TeamGreen Rameswaram Project
Mahabeer Dharmasala
Rameswaram - 623526
Tamilnadu.
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Web: www.greenrameswaram.org
Planetary Boundaries Update
Introduction
The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework was first proposed by a group of scientists led by Johan Rockstrom [1] in 2009. They called it “A safe operating space for humanity”. The framework was updated in 2015 [2] and 2023[3].
Solid Waste Management
Source Segregation Demo Programmes
Six Source Segregation Demonstration programmes have been organized during the month of September 2023 on 3rd , 5th, 13th 17th, 22nd, 24th in Ward 11-Thechchathar Kollai Street, Ward 3- Sooran Thidal, Ward 13 – West Car Street, Ward 5 - JJ Nagar, Ward 16 - Railway Feeder Road, Ward 8 - Kamarajar Nagar.
Herbal Garden (Muligai Vanam)
Amman Paccharisi
Distribution and Habitat
E.hirta belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a slender-stemmed, annual hairy plant with many branches from the base to top, spreading up to 40 cm in height, reddish or purplish in colour. The plant is distributed throughout the temperate or tropical parts of India, Asia, Africa and Australia, often found in lowland, paddy fields, wastelands, and along roadsides.
“Revival and Renovation of Traditional Water Bodies” Simha Teertham
Simha Teertham is a natural water body and is considered a sacred Teertham (a holy water source) by devotees. It is believed to have mythological significance in Hinduism. According to legend, Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu, along with his army of monkeys and his loyal devotee Hanuman, worshipped Lord Shiva at this very spot before embarking on his mission to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana in Lanka.
Social Capital
Green Rameswaram Trust
Teertha Pooja
Our work of involving community in doing Teertha poojas is going on smoothly. SHG members, E-auto drivers and Yoga participants are trying to take the ownership of the programme. In this month, we could not carry out Teertha poojas at many places because of some preoccupations. We did Teertha poojas at 10 Traditional water bodies with 228 volunteers participating in the activity. The details are given below.
Green Rameswaram newsletter (Tamil)
From students ..
37th issue – September 2023
