SAVE SOUTHERN AVENUE 2009
Today was Day 1 of the SAVE SOUTHERN AVENUE CAMPAIGN. As they say ‘Begin with a Bang’…and so we did…we expected a turnout of 35-40 people but managed around 25 of us, that did not deter us one bit…we took our gloves and rug sacs and made are way to four corners of the safari park. Dividing ourselves into to groups or teams sure did arouse a lot of excitement among the young ones, but the plan didn’t work out as ultimately the garbage was all mixed. At the end of the day we all are together in this so it did not really make much of a difference as we achieved a good target of 82 kgs on Day 1 of the collection.
There were many of us who could not make it today but the collections and our work are all uphill from here on. We were to set out at around 6 o’clock in the morning but managed to begin only by 6:30….this is something we must get used to as someone or the other is always a little delayed. Another point is allocation of duties; we have to be little bit more organized with all our proceedings.
Sustainability of the campaign is of prime concern as we can’t let our cry fade away. We have to make it happen. We have to attract the morning walkers. We have to make them realize it’s their mess that we little ones are cleaning up and then they will join us in making Southern Avenue totally plastic free. For instance the chaiwalla felt guilty that we were picking up all the plastic cups that he threw around and vowed to keep a dustbin next to his stall. Mr.T.B.Jain came up to us and offered us jute bags from his factory the next time around and also said he would bring volunteers with him to clean up the area. These small little things are all going to come together to make one big dream into a reality. Spread the message in your schools, buildings in the entire locality.
Let’s aim big, let’s go on increasing our score…next time we should be “oh..! 82 kgs that was nothing yaar...See how much I’ve got this time...” Let this catch on. We have to have notices ready so that we have volunteers other than just us who are willing lend a hand. Practice what we preach is a must. We need to organize a few jute hand bags and we must stop people from entering the lakes with plastics bags. If people don’t enter with those bags the question of them littering doesn’t even come into the picture.
We have the vision, we have the power to do it….the only thing left for us to do is to sustain it.
‘JOIN THE REVOLOUTION BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION'
Contact:- Arman Sood-9830433663 (soodarman@gmail.com)
This is a wonderful revolution we have come up with and the pleasure we felt when people asked for gloves and joined in was one in a million.Thinking is much easier than doing and we are happy to have achieved that the tuff way round.
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Its honestly is a great feeling....the three questions you have asked are really true because most expect someone else to do the dirty work and ultimately there no one doing it...which just leaves the dirt to get dirtier. Its high time we realize the gravity of the situation and start changing things around us....
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