The project is about reducing carbon emissions through promotion of carpooling and public transport. Air-pollution is causing immense damage to the environment and it is aggravating Global Warming.   We felt we should do something to reduce air-pollution. We noticed that number of cars/ vehicles is increasing by the day adding to the pollution and choking the infrastructure. About 4-5 years back, it used to take 15 minutes to reach school and now we take 45 minutes due to heavy traffic. We chose this topic as it would reduce traffic and pollution. We started working on this project from January 15 th 2012.

PROJECT !--object--IVES -

Desired situation: #   Moving from carbon foot print to hand print would do a lot of good in protecting our nature. ?  People going in the same direction or common destination at the same time should coordinate and pool up their mode of transport so that as many number of vehicles can be reduced on the road. ?  One should walk up or use bicycle for shorter distances. ?  Combining multiple errands into one trip can reduce usage of cars.? Use of public transport would reduce vehicular population on the road.  

Impact on local area: #Cars/vehicles used judiciously and economically, would result in lesser number of vehicles on the road.#Reduced volume of traffic on road means reduced usage of fossil fuels leading to reduced carbon emissions and lesser impact on global warming.# Reduced volume of traffic means lesser abuse of infrastructure resulting in lesser maintenance of infrastructure resulting in savings on expenditure on maintenance of infrastructure.# Judicious use of vehicles would increase the life of the vehicles.# Lesser traffic on road would result in reduced travel time. We will get clean air to breathe and avoid all sorts of respiratory problems caused by breathing polluted air.

PROJECT ACTION PLAN:  ?  We have developed a questionnaire, designed a pamphlet detailing the advantages of carpooling, one slide to be displayed on the digital boards in Infosys, some placards with slogans stressing upon the need for carpooling.#  We have interviewed the employees that are using personal vehicles to commute to office. ?  We interviewed employees travelling by cars at the exit gate when they stop for security check. We also interviewed some employees at the food court when they take a break for snacks.#  During our first visit to Infosys, we noticed that car owners were not willing to carpooling due to lack of basic etiquette among the carpool seekers. So we designed a pamphlet on basic etiquette required for carpooling.#   We designed another pamphlet on the savings due to carpooling.#  Since the employees were not willing to spare time to answer the bigger questionnaire, we developed a shorter version collecting the basic details only.#   The eco warriors at Infosys arranged to display the PPT slide on the electronic display board and the pamphlets were displayed at the entrance of all the office buildings. This activity itself created lot of awareness about the cause and about our project.#   We made 3 visits to Infosys campuses at Gachibowli and Pocharam and interviewed over 350 employees.  

PROJECT RESULTS: 
Anticipated impact : This will help in reducing fuel consumption, air pollution and global warming. It can lead to reduction in volume of traffic on road and fuel efficiency may be improved if taken to the logical end by major corporate offices. The project will internalize low carbon lifestyle as a corporate culture #The project would generate convincing data to show how the efforts of each individual could make a big difference.#Infosys employees have indeed been reminded about their responsibility to protect our nature. #Some employees have admitted that they would carpool from now on.