Ananya Sangameshwar
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The community organised a multilingual poetry session at the Banyans of Chevella to celebrate nature and also highlight the cultural significance of the Banyans.
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Coverage of the event in Siasat
https://www.siasat.com/nature-lovers-read-poetry-to-protest-felling-of-chevella-banyans-2241205/
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Check out some event highlights and snippets.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXdBGrEvEwI/?utm_medium=share_sheet
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Watch the full event here, live on the Fridays for Future Hyderabad Facebook page
Part 1 –
https://fb.watch/9SFcDjm-Df/Part 2 –
https://fb.watch/9SFgTcSfqS/
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Do wear your traditional best and join us as we light Diyas and celebrate Deepavali with the Banyans.
Date: Sunday, 31 October 2021, 4 to 6 pm
Location: Under the Giant Banyan, ahead of Taj DriveIn on the Hyd- Vikarabad Highway
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Here are the demands of the petition to Save the Banyans of Chevella.
Join us again to demand that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and NHAI:
1. Replan the project to save, in toto, the best stretches with large, mature banyans. The trees can be retained as medians with road expansions carried out on either side.
2. Totally bypass the areas where the banyans are most well-grown and at their most mature. Translocation is not an option for large, mature trees. Earlier attempts have shown that such trees have a poor chance of survival. It would also destroy the biodiversity these trees sustain.
3. Declare the stretch of the highway till Vikarabad, which includes the reserve forests/scrub habitats at Mudimyal and Kandlapally abutting NH-163, as the Telangana Biodiversity Heritage Road.
Sign and share the petition now! Support the cause!
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Here’s an article in The Hindu today (22 October, 2021), by Prabalika M. Borah.
“Cry, the beloved mighty banyans of Chevella”
This article discusses the issue and also solutions for the same.
It highlights the citizen action to Save the Banyans of Chevella.
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The podcast series #SIY (Speak It Yourself) is a part of the campaign #TapForChange, a campaign on sustainability, initiated by the Centre for Social Action (CSA), where I was a volunteer.
I’m the guest speaker for the #SIY Episode 3: People, Planet and Policy episode of The CSA Podcast hosted by Sanjana Mukund, another CSA volunteer.
Making lifestyle switches for sustainable living is the way to go… And how do we bring about macro changes?🏡🔧
Enjoy an engaging conversation as we look at economically viable sustainable solutions and precedents in this episode of #TapforChange! 🎙️✨👁
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMwxYe5Dv9s/?igshid=v3iqxfwhghbd
Watch all the podcast episodes by various speakers here, and enjoy insightful and interesting conversations on sustainability!
https://open.spotify.com/show/1gOTbMIe0xdBXBfqYoto5z?si=JZS8M4YLSympe0qUU3tSAA
Happy Listening! 🎧
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In this podcast episode, we discuss similar dilemmas, as mentioned in previous posts on this thread.
For instance, simply banning plastic doesn’t help without sensitisation and creating a proper ecosystem of alternatives.
For, when plastic was banned, then people just started using paper or NWPP, which aren’t sustainable either (and charged for them too).
Plus, small brands started shifting to multi-layer plastics (MLPs) for packaging. These weren’t banned, as there weren’t really alternatives for packing food. Moreover, big brands lobbied and campaigned for letting MLPs remain. However, MLPs are even harder to recycle. So the point of the measure of banning plastic was lost in the process.
Thus, while introducing an environmental policy, we need to look at the bigger picture, by nurturing the entire ecosystem.
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Citizens make a pledge to #Save KBR National Park from unplanned and unsustainable development.
This video highlights the importance of KBR park, being our lungs, the carbon sink and water sink of Hyderabad and a bed of rich biodiversity. The construction of the flyovers would mean a threat to the buffer zone that protects KBR park.
Watch this video to understand why we need sustainable solutions and listen to the voices of our citizens!
Please watch, like, subscribe & share this video on the citizen movement to #SaveKBR
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The 3R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, are some important aspects of sustainability.
While following these tenets, we try to use things mindfully.
We don’t buy too much, overconsume clutter our lives with things we don’t need.
We prefer reusable options always, to single-use ones.
Here’s our campaign @byob_bengaluru encouraging the practice of reusables and BYOB – Bring Your Own Bottle/Bag/Box/others over single-use plastic.
https://instagram.com/byob_bengaluru?utm_medium=copy_link
While being sustainable, we try to optimise the usage of the things we have and prevent them from going to the landfill as much as possible.
Let us live responsibly.
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I feel sustainability is about looking at everything from a long-term perspective and also looking at the bigger picture.
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Insightful comments. Thank you for sharing.
Indeed, there is no easy answer.
Here’s an article from the TOI which highlights a similar dilemma.
Organic cotton bags were pitched as eco-friendly and even began to be used as a branding tool. They were much sought after when plastic was condemned. However, this article showcases the problems that arise without looking at the bigger landscape. Making organic cotton tote bags has a high ecological impact and the process is water-intensive. So it remains questionable whether they really are sustainable.
(Here’s a counterpoint to that article – https://magazine.promomarketing.com/article/the-internet-is-freaking-out-about-the-tote-bag-crisis/)
Also, as you said, I wouldn’t recommend paper bags as it’s difficult to reuse paper as it’s not durable. Moreover, it leads to more tree cutting.
Everything comes with an ecological impact.
Perhaps one way to navigate this is to keep reusing whatever we already have – whether it’s cloth or plastic or anything – but not to manufacture or get any more. Reduce and Reuse is the way to go.
What are your thoughts on this?
