Green Kerela Express is one of a kind initiative which would award prizes to villages which are going green. The show will be aired on Doordarshan and will be aired in Kerela to begin with. The show which starts from 1 March has already 250 entries working on sustainable development.
Among the contestants is a village which has adopted organic farming, another competitor is a household that is converting bio degradable waste into bio-fuel. The program's anchors will travel on bicycles covering a number of villages in Kerela to shoot its 105 episodes. All the participants will be judged by an expert committee using the flimed documentation of their project. Selected participants will then face questions from judges in the studio and viewers will also get an opportunity to choose the best entry by sending sms which would be added to the score given by the judges. The winning entry will pocket a cool amount of $213, 000 which would be funded by the state government.
An initiative like this would certainly encourage a large number of people to work on ideas and projects aimed at sustainable development. With time, such a concept should be taken to other states and cities as well as this would ensure creating a pool of people working on sustainable development ideas and knowledge sharing between states which would further bolster this movement of environment revolution.
For anyone reading this blog, if you have a green idea and you wish to take it to the stage of implementation, please write to us at info@simplygreens.com.
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteI have a some queries mentioned below ;-
1) On one hand we say replace plastic by paper bags, and on the another paper is made by cutting trees, why don't we spread the word for other substitutes such as JUTE etc.
2) I have seen renowned govt. hospitals still using plastic to cover their feet while doing operation. Can we reach there too.
Please respond to my queries, may be I can give you some splendid ideas to work on.
Cheers
Hi Rajat
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your comments. Our answer to your queries are as under:
1. You are absolutely right in saying that the use of jute bags should be is more environment friendly and therefore should be encouraged. The only thing that is hindering its mass use is its high cost. Also, in some cases the paper bags are made from recycled paper which again is an environment friendly option and hence they can be used. But yes, fancy paper bags made from fresh papyrus should not be used more often or their use should be repeated and these should not be wasted.
2. This is really an excellent observation. Ideally the kind of plastic used by the doctors is of a recommended thickness and therefore not so dangerous to our environment. But being a government hospital, the use of healthy plastic is highly questionable. If you have any ideas on how we can stop the same, kindly write in to us at info@simplygreens.com and we can work together on this initiative.
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Team i-dream