Author: Vasanthan Panchavarnam
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Encouraging the Embrace of Diversity
A Neighbourhood Cleanup was organised by the Residents of Brooklands Association of Coonoor (ROBAC) in which more than 30 residents participated in cleaning up the surroundings. They were joined by employees and volunteers of Clean Coonoor and the sanitation staff of the Municipality. Today’s cleanup yielded 1090 kg of waste chiefly dumped into wayside bushes…
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Sensitisation for those who are a part of the natural world.
“The more you know, the less you need.” An exposure to waste management for the students of Eklavya Model Residential School, M’ Palada, which comes under of Ministry of Tribal Affairs and offers quality education to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote areas. Keeping in tune with the Australian Proverb that, “The more you know,…
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Learning by hearing a range of perspectives
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t know. A consultative exercise between the District Administration, the Ooty Municipality and…
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Speaking the same Digital Language
As Bill Gates predicted the Internet has indeed become the town square for the global village of today. A google search enabled a group of officials and elected representatives from Attappady Block Panchayat of Kerala to learn about our activities on waste management. They made it a point to come over here for firsthand information…
