From the day I born, I got so many things from nature like Water,
Food and so on. But in return I haven’t done anything to conserve nature nor
concentrated on any social activities. And then the thought of social awareness
arise inside me few years back... If I need to change the person around me and
get them in to social helping tendency, I should first change myself... I
started to change (Helping people around me, Caring about the nature and mainly
coming outside of comfort zone).
In Keystone (The
corporate where I work), with the support of few people we formed a Social Welfare
committee... Initially the participation was less but as day goes by we got
good support from peers... We organized few events which Includes helping the
blinding people in Mitra jyothi, Segregation of wet waste and Dry waste,
Suggestions from people were pinned in the notice board about the conservation
of environment and the journey is Still going on … Apart from these events till
date, the big event we had was Plant sapling events and it was great success. When
I talked to raju the building owner to get the permission he was so surprised and
said that his support will there for this good cause. The Work started as a
part time.. Initially the plan was to get few big pots and planting few roses
and decorative plants. Later I thought it would be good if the plants are
planted in the ground, which not only increase the ground water level but also gives
free space for plant roots to grow deeper.
Waseem, being the financier. Collected the money from peers,
for bachelor’s 50 INR and married guys 100 INR... In day or two we had ample
amount of money to get the plants... Building Owner took the responsibility of cleaning
the space for planting and maintenance of the plants in future... Planting is
not a big thing but maintenance is where the real pain is... if a plant dry up,
the effort goes waste...
Just a day before the World environment day, Me with few peers
(Waseem, Ramesh , Vinay , Ashish) gone to the nearby plant selling shop and
started picking the one which looks attractive (Rose , jasmine , hibiscus and
few more) , Medical Plant (Thulasi) and Rich Oxygen giving plant (Neem). Plant shopping was done and took
the plants to office through a cart. The next beautiful day arrived, my plan
was to hand over the first sapling to a kid (The next generation)and asking him
to plant it...Since the security guy son went to school, the plan changed and
it was handed over to Ravi (One of the key person in keystone , the Founder)...
He started to dig the ground and planted his first saplings and waterd it... I
was able to see the leaves in the plant started smiling and waving their hands...
Of course they too have life and breath... The event continued, everyone done
their part... Instead of keyboard and mouse, in software engineer hand crowbar
and gardening equipment was there... Pubic on the roads started to watch us and
gave tips how to plant it...
Within 60 minutes,
we are able to plant around 40 saplings. After the event, People Posed for
photographs with their favorite plant and the event ended with heart filled happiness
and we are back to work “The Systematic life”…
“The earth was not given to you by your parents, it was
loaned to you by your children’s”... Preserve and conserve it...
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