Newsletter - May 2024
Dear Friends,
Namaskaram.
5th June is celebrated all over the world as Environment day. Shri.Subramanian, Member of our EPIC group shared a very meaningful audio visual – Baby celebrates 1st year birthday event with grandparents… a celebration which is a thousand times better than cutting a cake and blowing off the candle fire.
If hundred and forty crore Indians start emulating this example of a farmer, we will be able to create a carbon sink to mitigate the global warming. We at Rameswaram are planting trees regularly since last decade.
- Dr.Sanjay Banerji in his blog updates us about ‘Novel Entities’ with reference to Global Chemicals Outlook
- Shri.Rangarajan continues to translate a few shlokas from the rare book on Ramanathaswami Temple
- 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 – Eswaramooli (Arkamula)
- In Social capital - Teertha Poojas, Visit of important dignitaries, Island Development Committee meeting, Green transport, Webinars and finally 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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Novel Entities Update - 3
Dear Friends,
In this third update on Novel Entities, we would offer you a summary of the Global Chemicals Outlook II, prepared by UNEP in 2019, being the latest available report to the best of my knowledge.
A Rare book - Dhevaiula
on Ramanathaswami
This classical work on Sri Ramanatha Swami of Rameswaram was composed by “Palapattadai Chokkanatha Pillai”. This work was discovered by Sri U.Ve. Saminatha Iyer after comparing multiple versions. He also wrote a commentary on this rare text.
With the blessings of Lord Ramanatha Swami, Mother Parvathavardhini and Lord Rama, here is an attempt to provide a reasonable translation of this work, in English. Any error can be ascribed to me.
Solid Waste Management
Source Segregation Demonstration Programmes:
Ten Source Segregation Demonstration programmes were organized on 1th, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 20th in the month of May 2024 in the locations of Erakaadu (Ward No:1), Sriram Nagar (Ward No:2), S.K Patti (Ward No:3), Maravara Sriram Street (Ward No:5), Mainapillai Street, (Ward No:06), Bathrakaliyamman Kovil Street (Ward No:07) and Thittakudi Street (Ward No:14).
Herbal Garden (Muligai Vanam)
Eswaramooli
Distribution and Habitat
Aristolochia indica L. is a perennial climber with greenish white woody stems belonging to the family Aristolochiaceae. It is found mainly in the tropical, sub-tropical and Mediterranean regions of the world. The plant is native to Andaman Island, Assam, East Himalaya, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Vietnam. In India, the plant is distributed in the plains and low-hilly areas.
Social Capital
Green Rameswaram Trust
Teertha Pooja
Our work of involving community in doing Teertha poojas is going on smoothly. SHG members are trying to take the ownership of the programme. In this month, we could carry out Teertha poojas at 21 Traditional water bodies with 178 volunteers participating in the activity.
