GO GREEN DRIVE: Recycling Paper through A Creative Touch!

Hello friends, We are back!

After the 'Navratri Fun and Frenzy', 

 'Rejuvenated and Recharged', 

         for many more 

'Meaningful Activities' 

for our 'Go Green Drive',

'Determined to make a Difference'

to the world around us and  

'To Do Our Bit for the Environment'.

In continuation with our activities of 'Recycling Paper through our Creative Touch',

 Shubha Sagar along with Suhani Shirsulla,Tisya Soneta and Gauri Thimmankatti 

spent the Saturday afternoon, 24th October 2015, 

'Creating Bookmarks with Meaningful Captions' out of waste materials,

at Ekta woods, Raheja estate, Borivali East , Mumbai.

Have a look :

BOOKMARKS MADE OUT OF WASTE CARDS,

A CREATIVE WAY OF RECYCLING PAPER

To 'Refresh your Memory' about 

the'Purpose and Plan of the Activity, 

Read below:

Keeping the flag of 'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods' 

flying high, we engaged ourselves in yet another activity of

'Recycling Paper and Creating Useful and Ethnic Items'

Did you all know that every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees?

So the  advantages of reusing and recycling paper are:

1. Saving Trees 

2. Saving Water and Energy.

2. Reducing the Greenhouse  Gas Emission that is destroying the 'Earth's Protective Ozone Layer'.

Therefore, with  ''An Aim of Creating and Spreading Awareness" about these important facts to others, Shubha Sagar 'Proposed, Planned and Plunged into this activity along with a bunch of creative, caring and conscious teenagers, Suhani Shirsulla, Drishti Kakkar, Tisya Soneta and Gauri Thimmankatti 

Current Plans:

1. Making envelopes from left over A-4 size papers. 

2.Using old greeting cards and wedding cards to decorate the same.

3. Making notepads/booklets from left over pages in exercise books.

4. Making decorative book marks conveying  important messages from old greeting cards.

5. Newspaper bags carrying environmental friendly messages written on them.

Future Plans:

6. To make decorative clay and wax diyas,some new and some by recycling old stuff.

7. To make paper lanterns and festoons from recycled paper.

8. To put up a Diwali Sale of all such items created

And the Most Important Thing:

9. To use the money earned for a social cause. 

Have a look at the creative and enthusiastic activities :

THE PLEASURE OF CREATING ETHNIC STUFF FROM SHEER WASTE MATERIAL

EXCELLENT COORDINATION AND TEAM WORK BETWEEN SUHANI AND SHUBHA

TEAM WORK AT ITS BEST,SMILING ALL THE WAY!

THESE PICTURES OF THE ACTIVITY BELOW,

 ON 24th OCTOBER, ARE A LITTLE HAZY

 BUT THE 'ENTHUSIASM AND ENERGY', 'CRYSTAL CLEAR AND VERY HIGH', 

AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE!

So you see, we are moving ahead with 'Small yet Sure Steps', 

super excited to put up 

'The  Sale' of 'Úseful and Ethnic Items' 

created out of Waste Paper and Materials

 thus 

Recycling  Paper through our Creative Touch, 

and thus Reducing Paper Wastage 

and 

Restoring the Environment 

in a

 'Small yet Significant Way'.

So all of you, get ready to buy some of these items very soon

 and be part of a social cause!

 As the proceedings of the sale of these items,

would be used

 to feed 30 girls in an orphanage

 and make them feel 'Super Special this Diwali! 

Join hands in helping us spread the message of 

'A Pollution Free and Selfless Diwali!

This is Shubha Sagar and her team of enthusuastic girls,

 reporting to you from Ekta woods,Raheja Estate, Borivali East, Mumbai.

TRIPLE JOY THIS NAVRATRI

Navratris are always very special for me, 

lighting the lamp and fasting for nine days 

takes my mind,body and soul to another level,

 a totally divine feeling comparable to none!

This Navratri,  the joy escalated even more and I experienced Triple Joy !

ONE...of a complete make over of my temple, as you can see in the picture below.

Soak in the divine beauty of  the Trimurti, Ganesh, Sai baba and Durga Maa!

TWO, of having three divine brahma kamals blossoming within 24 hours of the navratri. 

Also this is the third time in the year 2015 that these flowers have blossomed in my garden,

( the power of three you see) 

THE THREE BUDS APPEARED A WEEK BEFORE NAVRATRIS

THE FIRST ONE BLOOMED ON 12th OCTOBER MIDNIGHT

THE OTHER TWO BLOOMED ON 13th OCTOBER ,MIDNIGHT!

THREE, the sheer joy of sharing my debut book with family and friends!

Call it a coincidence, call it divine providence or divine incidence, call it whatever,

but blessings like these need to be counted and cherished! 

I am feeling completely blessed and humbled at the same time.

Just when I felt I could not have asked for more,I had yet another divine experience on the Third Day of the Navratris...

 I was instrumental in bringing healing, hope and joy in someone's life and witnessed divine intervention at its best.This reinstated my belief that these nine days are full of blessings for one and all.

May Durga Maa bless each and every one and may each one

 'Rejoice and Revel' in Her Divine Glory! 

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Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods

Hi, friends,we are back as promised!

Keeping the flag of 'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods' flying high, we engaged ourselves in yet another activity of
'Recycling Paper and Creating Saleable Items'

Did you all know that every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees?

So the  advantages of reusing and recycling paper are:

1. Saving Trees 

2. Saving Water and Energy.

2. Reducing the Greenhouse  Gas Emission that is destroying the 'Earth's Protective Ozone Layer'.

Therefore, with an ''Aim of Creating and Spreading Awareness" about these facts to others, a team of five members,Shubha Sagar, Suhani Shirsulla, Drishti Kakkar , Tisya Soneta and Gauri Thimmankatti set out on two days,Saturday,10th October from 5 to 7 pm and Sunday,11th October from 10.30 am to 1.00 pm
at Ekta Woods, Raheja Estate, Borivali East, Mumbai to conduct this activity:

Current Plans
1. Making envelopes from left over A-4 size papers. 
2.Using old greeting cards and wedding cards to decorate the same.
3. Making notepads/booklets from left over pages in exercise books.
4. Making decorative book marks conveying  important messages from old greeting cards.
5. Newspaper bags carrying environmental friendly messages written on them.

Future Plans
6. To make decorative clay and wax diyas,some new and some by recycling old stuff.
7. To make paper lanterns and festoons from recycled paper.
8. To put up a Diwali Sale of all such items created.
9. To use the money earned for a social cause. 

Have a look at the creative and enthusiastic activities done:

SEE WHAT WE CREATED TODAY, AND WHAT FUN AND LEARNING TOO!

JUST ONE WEDDING CARD CAN BE USED TO DECORATE

THREE ENVELOPES AND TWO BOOKMARKS,AND A LOT MORE!

                                   DECORATED A BOOKLET AND AN ENVELOPE 
                                             FROM A SINGLE GREETING CARD!

SUHANI, IS DEFINITELY A STAR MEMBER OF THE TEAM,
SHE CAME IN STRAIGHT FROM HER HAND BALL PRACTICE AND
WORKED FOR 3 HOURS ON SUNDAY,ALONG WITH SHUBHA SAGAR
TO CREATE 10 ENVELOPES, 2 BOOKLETS AND 2 BOOKMARKS!

EXCELLENT COORDINATION AND TEAM WORK BETWEEN THE TWO !

DRISHTI, JOINED IN LATER TO CONTRIBUTE IN HER OWN SPECIAL WAY!

WE CREATED 25 ENVELOPES. 4 BOOKLETS AND 4 BOOKMARKS

 IN JUST TWO DAYS!

What the children experienced through this Activity:

1. Generally we buy a stack of A-4 size papers for a project and simply discard the ones that are left over.

2. We give and receive expensive greeting cards and just throw them away later on.

3. We collect so many wedding cards and just waste them by dumping them in the bin.

4. What a sheer waste of a useful resource such as paper.

5. What an innovative and creative way to make beautiful and useful items such as envelopes, booklets, bookmarks from all these papers and put them up for sale!

6. We just cannot wait to put up a sale and impress everyone, in and around our building through all these items and our parents and teachers are going to be proud of us too!
7. Moreover, the money we shall collect through the sale of all these items is going to be used for a charitable cause.

Are you not excited to know more about the fun, frolic and great time we would be having in the future through this and other activities?  

This is Shubha Sagar along with other team members of ''Go Green Drive', reporting to you from Ekta Woods, Raheja Estate, Borivali- East, Mumbai. See you soon with more exciting news of  some very meaningful activities! 

Keep following us, thanks !

Go GREEN DRIVE AT EKTA WOODS

Quoting Gandhiji, ''Be the change you want to see in the world!" 

So what better than 2nd October, Gandhi Jayanti,  to bring about ' A Change in Our Surroundings',  through a Cleanliness cum Plantation Drive! 

"No Publicity Gimmick, No Big Talk or Aspirations, a Simple and Sincere Attempt to Do Our Bit for the Environment !" 

A thirteen member team comprising of Shubha Sagar, Neepa Soneta, Monali Shah, Tisya Soneta, Prisha Shah, Suhani Shisulla, Drishti kakkar, Gauri Thimmankatti, Rudram Panchal, Vedant Mahashabde, Nishita Nirmal, Smit Sataval,Ayush Samant,
all residents of Ekta Woods, Raheja Estate, Borivali, East Mumbai
conducted ,'A Cleanliness cum Plantation Drive' on 2nd October 2015 from 8.30 to 10.30 am. 

The Activity was conducted in three stages:

1.Cleaning up 'in and around' Ekta Woods.

2.Cleaning the garden and planting saplings.

3.Discussing simple solutions for resolving the water Crisis

GETTING READY TO BEGIN THE ACTIVITIES

CLEANING THE PREMISES OF EKTA WOODS

STEPPED OUTSIDE EKTA WOODS FOR AN INTENSE CLEANLINESS DRIVE AND PROUD TO HAVE COLLECTED SIX BAGS FULL OF GARBAGE

READY FOR PLANTATION

THE SHEER JOY OF PLANTATION

THE JOY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND BRINGING ABOUT CHANGE

WE WERE REWARDED WITH WADA PAOS, OVER WADA PAOS, WE DISCUSSED WAYS TO RESOLVE WATER CRISIS

WE HAVE PROMISES TO KEEP AND MILES TO GO BEFORE WE SLEEP, SEE YOU SOON WITH ANOTHER ACTIVITY 

The message the children learned and wish to convey: 

1.We as children can bring about change.

2.It is important to keep our surroundings clean. 

3.Every little effort is important and can initiate more change. 

4.We must plant more trees if we wish to save the planet.

5.W e can and must save water,for which we should not: 

let water overflow, repair the taps,use shower only occasionally, use the water used for  washing vegetables and pulses to water the plants, never throw water ,use it judiciously.

So you see ,the 'Go Green Drive at Ekta Woods was a huge success!

   

Shubha Sagar and twelve others reporting from  

Ekta Woods, Raheja estate, Borivali, East, Mumbai .