Dear Roopa, All power to you and fellow volunteers in the good work to have a blessed Chaturthi and cleaner environment ...specially the water bodies .... thereafter. May Lord Ganesha remove all obstacles in your path and help preserve the soil and water that shapes him perpetually.
Mog asundi Miguel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: roopa bandekar <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:18 PM Subject: Nirmalya composting in Vasco To: [email protected] Dear All, Focussing then on nirmalya collection this *Anant Chaturdashi*..... *Earthworm* is facilitating a systematic *Nirmalya Collection* and composting Project *in Vasco* along with the *MMC *and various *individuals *and* organizations in Vasco.* *MES college Zuarinagar* has agreed to take the nirmalya collected for composting at their college composting pits. *Roopa Bandekar* *Please call me for more information* *9766358343* *Ganpati Bappa Morya, Lets Transform Our Nirmalaya.* *The PROJECT: RESPONSIBLE COLLECTION OF NIRMALAYA- VASCO (2010)* * * BACKGROUND: Ganesh Chaturthi is a festival celebrated with passion in Goa. At the time of immersion, along with the faith and purity of our devotion, we also give to the earth POP and chemical painted Idols, thermacole and plastic adornments of the Mandal and Nirmalaya that chokes and slowly spreads harmful chemicals into the waters, be it of the sea, rivers, lakes or your own backyard wells. When Wet or dirty, the non-biodegradable waste (such as plastic) cannot be recycled and lands up into a landfill. One of the main things that must be taken into account here is also the *religious sentiments of the people* that have reservations to put their sacred Nirmalaya into a bin, however well intended. The Project: It is observed at the time of segregation, the contents that are generally found in the Nirmalaya are food items such as *coconuts and fruits, flowers and garlands mixed with plastic and thermacole.* The Nirmalaya Recycling Project campaign has been divided into 3 parts. PART 1: AWARENESS AND EDUCATION: 1. Creating awareness about the ecological aspect of the festival, laying stress on the significance of it in relation to the earth. 2. To propagate the adverse results of our past Nirmalaya Visarjan practices 3. To inform and educate as many people through media and word of mouth about the RESPONSIBLE NIRMALAYA COLLECTION PROJECT PRIOR to the Ganesh Visarjan days. 4. To join hands with as many like-minded volunteers, who would spread the word trough Posters, local TV, Newspapers, Private publications etc, Schools, Sarvajanik Mandals, Temples etc. PART TWO: *COLLECTION, SEGRAGATION AND RECYCLING OF NIRMALAYA * 1. To segregate and donate coconuts and other food items to the lesser privileged, the flowers and garlands for composting and collect all non- biodegradable material to proper recycling stations. THE SPIRIT OF THE CAMPAIGN: The individuals and organizations involved in this campaign 1. *Respect the religious sentiments of the people during this festival * 2. *Understand that change in the mindsets of the public will take its time and that force or criticism is not the way to create that change.* This campaign is an inclusive, optimistic, transparent process that invites participation from all Organizations, individuals, schools, colleges, clubs, children, adults, teachers, Ganesh mandals etc. to help spread the word. THE CORE TEAM: *Roopa Bandekar (Earthworm Eco store), Lalita Joshi (MES College), Kevin(MES College) Daji Salkar(MMC) , Shammi Salkar, Namdeo Chopdekar (Patanjali Yoga), Anju Gulati (Navy), Vasco Watch, MMC, Roshan Gunjal ( Inner Wheel Club), Dinesh (Vinsan Graphics), Pallavi Shirodkar, Rotary Club.* -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S-1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mapusa 403507 Goa Ph +91-9822982676;91-832-2255913 www.ofai.org www.pgsorganic.in Horticulture.Facilitation.Networking -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ VascokarsUnited for a plastic-free Vasco. 26th Jan 2006,a day in the history of Vasco health. VASCO LETS GO GREEN Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VascokarsUnited/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VascokarsUnited/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
