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Books are the gateway to a world beyond imagination, a place never heard or dreamt of. In many households, it is not considered appropriate to throw them away. Instead, I have noticed that these are stored away on shelves and in cupboards, and are forgotten forever. Instead of being stored on shelves, these books can be put to better use. Keeping this in mind, I started a campaign called, ?Give a new life to your old books?. My aim was to not only prevent books from going to waste, but also to preserve the environment. I keep collecting old books from my neighbours, relatives, friends and community. I won?t accept books that are stained, missing some pages or filled with writing. If books are so decrepit that no one can have a good use for them, recycling is the best and most environmentally friendly option. After collecting them, I donate these books to charity organisations or the old book sale organised in our school every year, the proceeds of which, are used for the noble cause of improving the standards of education for underprivileged children. It plays a pivotal role in impacting thousands of lives. I also donate books to various libraries or give them to my friends and neighbours. These books, which otherwise would have been collecting dust on the shelves, are now used to impart knowledge, free of cost. Many parents were grateful for the initiative as their children now love to read the books given to them through this campaign. I am glad to see that with this practice, children are able to enhance their knowledge at no extra cost. Furthermore, this initiative is helping someone cultivate one of the greatest gifts of all, that is, a love of reading and learning. This process is eco-friendly, too. It reduces the amount of garbage headed to the landfills, energy is conserved as printing of new books is not required, and trees are also prevented from being cut down, as the wastage of paper is reduced. This initiative helps me convey the message of ?recycle, reduce and reuse?. So dear Tunza Eco Generation friends try your best to give a new life to your old books, too, and put them to better use, rather than just storing them on their book shelves. I shared my initiative with Gulf News and they liked it too much and published it in community Report .You can read it on the link given below: http://gulfnews.com/your-say/your-reports/give-a-new-life-to-your-old-books-1.1545572 |
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17 Comments
Thanks Eco Generation for appreciating my efforts.
Posted 11-07-2015 13:41
Great Job, Mohit! :D
Posted 09-07-2015 08:53
@ Bindu di Thanks.
Posted 08-07-2015 19:44
Thanks @Christy,
@Sabin we even were using e-books till Grade-10 as much as possible and I think we did our bit to conserve our natural resources and continue to do so.Good to know your eco-friendly practices and keep it up.
Posted 08-07-2015 19:43
Thanks @Christy,
@Sabin we even were using e-books till Grade-10 as much as possible and I think we did our bit to conserve our natural resources and continue to do so.Good to know your eco-friendly practices and keep it up.
Posted 08-07-2015 19:43
Dear Brother Mohit first of all I would like to salute and congratulate you for this noble effort- Give a new life to our old books. Much happy that the books collected are donated to library or underprivileged students. I also donate books to my junior cousin sister Sunita since childhood which saved money as well as eco- friendly.
This is very effective and feasible way to make best use of books. So happy to see you for this noble cause :)
Keep serving, keep reporting dear :)
Posted 08-07-2015 14:27
It is very good Mohit for recycling books. It has got many advantages and I am glad that you were able to realize this and take initiation to recycle the books.
I also recycle the books , giving away the old books to the juniors and taking books from seniors.
Nowadays I own eBook reader which has helped me a lot to conserve loads of papers and thus thousands of trees.
Posted 08-07-2015 13:09
Congratulations Mohit! I am really proud that you've been shared knowledge with needy children. There's nothing better than giving books to nourish one's life. You did a great job, you truly deserve the spotlight from the distinguished media. So happy that your long time effort gets appreciated.
Posted 08-07-2015 10:29
@Rahul,We are also following these practices like passing all our course material to our juniors so they don't have to buy new books.All sort of other books also are shared by us on different platforms.Thanks Rahul for going through the report.
Posted 08-07-2015 01:41
Thanks @Yagya
Posted 08-07-2015 01:37
Thanks @Yagya
Posted 08-07-2015 01:37
Thanks @Luiz bro
Posted 08-07-2015 01:35
Thank you @ Arushi
Posted 08-07-2015 01:34
Kudos to your effort. Mohit
Are you and Arushi both together at 'Students for Earth'. That's beautiful name :)
often we give our study books to juniors.
Library system are not much effective so novel and other books are simply circulated among each other. I guess that's better option instead of being stacked in corner of the rack.
Our SOS Alumni established library at rural school by collecting the old books, novels and all sort of kid magazines and likewise ^_^
Posted 07-07-2015 23:24
Really impressive. Good work!
Posted 07-07-2015 18:40
I am proud of your job Mohit!!! Keep it up and together we shall be the change of the world!!! =D
Posted 07-07-2015 04:04
I was glad to read it in today's paper , Mohit. A very well written report , promoting 3 Rs.
You are doing a good job by disposing or recycling your old books in an eco-friendly and people friendly manner. At community level also , our group "Students for the Earth " organised an event "Old Books , New Life" and collected more than 800 books which were given to Dubai Public Library and I remember your contribution was good for that event too. Thanks for sharing your inspiring efforts.
Posted 07-07-2015 01:48