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by Rohan Kapur | 15-12-2014 21:29
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I am a committed environmentalist. I love to Recycle, Reuse, Reduce & many a times there is 4th R in this process, i.e. Redeem. Folks, we all love to be praised & rewarded. Especially after working hard. You all will agree to me that after studying hard for a full year the marks sheet excites you as it carries excellent marks & high grades. Likewise, If we get rewarded for our actions the motivation level shoots up for a better performance next time. The same happened this Friday The 12th Dec. 2014. Emirates Environmental Group, Dubai [EEG] has awarded me 3 trees to be planted under my name. This was a token of appreciation from EEG towards my efforts for recycling in the year 2013. I recycled 83 Pieces of Mobiles & 120 KG of Beverage Cartons, with EEG. Besides that I am recycling Newspapers, Plastic Bottles and Aluminium Cans also on a regular basis with another very active environmental agency Beeah based in Sharjah. Coming back to the Tree planting ceremony. It was attended by many Tunza Ambassadors, My School Mates, Friends, and people from big organisations. EEG has organized this event in an organized manner. The ceremony was planned in Al Manama Police Station, Ajman as more than 400 trees were to be planted. Ajman Municipality has kindly consented to co-ordinate the care of plants after planting. The tree planting does not end at planting the plant & abandoning it later on. The authorities informed us that to put or Name Placard besides a sapling placed near a pit. The pit was made to plant the sapling at a later date. They have not made the arrangements to irrigate & maintain the plants. The necessary infrastructure was to be put in place. They instructed us not to shift the plants as this may disturb their schedule of watering them. There were Damas & Neem saplings available. I selected Damas as it is the local shrub of the UAE & take very little water to grow. I symbolically put them in pits & later on kept outside so the they can be planted carefully in a proper manner by the municipality.I have planned to go there after 2-3 months to look at the progress of my saplings. As I informed in my earlier report, this is my 5th annual Tree planting awarded by the EEG. The process started in 2010 & I am fortunate to cover 5 Emirates out of 7 in the UAE. The Trees with name are growing in Dubai, Sharjah, Ras-Al Khaimah, Abu-Dhabi & now in Ajman. All this was prudently planned by the EEG in consultation with local authorities so that the plants can be well taken care of after the saplings are planted. It is my ardent duty to spread awareness about the networking platform of Tunza Eco-Generation, therefore I Joined my friend and fellow Eco Gen Ambassador Arushi Madan & helped her to keenly explain to the august gathering the benefits of caring for environment. I explained the excellent methodology of Tunza platform where the world is united with passionate ambassadors on a single portal. And the motive of all these persons is unique i.e. Environment & sustainability. This is aptly decorated with monthly events & competitions. During such discussion, Mr. Faroukh Sunny, General Manager of Savoy hotel posed several questions to me such as, How do you spread awareness in your community, neighborhood & school? How do you collect recyclables? Etc. etc. I managed to satisfy him in all respects. He in turn promised us to support our initiatives & gave his contact details to pursue further. It was a memorable & exciting experience to plant trees at Al Manama Police Station, Ajman. As such I am a child but still I consider these plants & saplings as my children which will grow up & give me satisfaction & joy when they flourish. I took an oath by the saplings to carry on my environmental activities in full zest & dedication in the future as well. Thanks for reading |
         
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18 Comments
@Aysha, Thanks for encouragement.
Posted 25-12-2014 14:14
@Venkatesan, Thanks. We all are dedicated towards sustainability. Keep it up.
Posted 25-12-2014 14:13
@Bindu, Thanks fir your motivation. The sapling will be taken care of by the Ajman municipality. They will make all the arrangements. I'll visit after 2-3 months to see the progress of the growth of all these saplings.
Posted 25-12-2014 13:48
Well done Rohan..keep it up
Posted 20-12-2014 16:22
I do feel the same way ad u do.
Posted 19-12-2014 17:13
WOW :) Congrats Rohan ! Your hard work and dedication deserved to be rewarded. Keep up your good deeds and take care of the sapling you planted :)
Posted 18-12-2014 23:55
@ Mary, Thanks for your lovely comments. We are indeed Thankful to EEG for being so effective & professional is their events & sustainability practices in Recycling.
Posted 17-12-2014 20:06
@Abhilash, Many thanks for your kind comments. Tree planting is really a solid step towards sustainability.
Posted 17-12-2014 19:58
@Muhammad, Thanks for your overwhelming praise & careful reading of my reports. Congrats to you for planting tree in Indonesia.
Posted 17-12-2014 19:56
@ Manav, WoW! this is great job towards sustainability. Well done, looking forward for your report. Thanks for commenting.
Posted 17-12-2014 19:52
@ Rahul, Thanks for your kind comments. This is indeed encouraging.
Posted 17-12-2014 19:50
This is a very effective event organized by EEG to give recognition to the dedicated environmentalists. :) And being qualified for this event is surely a great honor and a "morale-booster". Congratulations Rohan and Arushi! You deserve the award! :D
Posted 17-12-2014 16:48
This one is seriously a great effort. Congratulations Rohan for the wonderful achievement. Planting trees is the best thing one can ever do for the environment.
Cheers!
Posted 17-12-2014 16:09
Rohan you sure are a committed environmentalist! I see a lot of your activities, and i have to say you have tons of contribution in raising awareness of environment, i did the plant the trees thing also in my institute, but the ratio was 1 tree for 10 people, and you did it yourself, well maybe because there's also different condition between your country and me, but after all i want to say great job! keep it up!
Posted 17-12-2014 12:31
Great Report, Rohan! Even I participated in the Neighbourhood Recycling Campaign this year and recycled 530 kgs of paper (target-500kgs) and won the battery collection campaign with 69kgs of batteries (3 trees) . But my chance for the tree planting ceremony will be later this month. Excellent work, Rohan!
Posted 16-12-2014 23:04
80 pieces of mobile and 120 kg of beverage cartoon. That's great amount and Congrats Rohan. Getting to plant 3 trees in your name. Preety awesome way to rewarding 😊
Posted 16-12-2014 21:35
@Arushi, I reciprocate your feelings.
I like being rewarded in this manner.
Posted 16-12-2014 19:01
We are grateful to EEG for encouraging us every year to coillect recycleables and for providing us opportunity to plant trees under our names. When I was planting my trees , it was such a pleasant feeling of accomplishment. After all , tree plantation is the best way to reduce the impact of global warming. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Posted 16-12-2014 16:20