The first Urban forest comes up in Dwarka Sector 7 using Miyawaki Technique- Environment enthusiasts came together to plant 180 trees using the Japanese technique in the green belt adjoining Brahma Apartments in sector 7 Dwarka. Native trees like Neem, Jamun, Amla, Peepal, Guava, Mango, Karonda, Kaner, Bamboo, Calandera etc……. were planted. Using this technique, plants grow very fast and the success rate of tree survival is more than 70%. The oxygen content of the area using this method is 30% more as compared to the traditional method of tree plantation.
The Project is led by Sh Madhukar Varshney and team members (Madhuri Varshney, Deepak Bhardwaj & Munish Kundra) from Rise foundation.
The occasion was graced by Palam Vidhana sabha MLA Sushree Bhawna Gaur, Dr Indra Mani (Senior Scientist, IARI), Sh. Selva Rajan founder of Green Circle, Sh. Ramesh Mumukshu, Environmentalist and several other environment enthusiasts. This project is based on #communityengagement and was crowd funded. We are very much thankful to all generous donors whose contribution and blessing made this project a successful one. We also pay are gratitude to Management of #brahma #apartment #sec7 for their whole hearted support.
Thanks a lot to Madhukar Varshney for sharing this story with Mission Green Delhi audience.
SNEH International School organized “A Talk With An Expert” for the students of Classes 11 and 12 (Science Stream) as a part of ISA Activity ‘Every Step Counts-Carbon footprints’ on August 4, 2020 via a Zoom Meeting. Mr. Ajit Kumar, founder of Khushigram –a sustainable village and an active member of Mission Green Delhi; and Ms. Mrigya Mukaam, an environmentalist and a pioneer member of Mission Green Delhi, graced the occasion and guided the students.
Mr. Ajit Kumar interacted with the students and suggested various methods that could be adopted in our daily lives to help us reduce our carbon footprints. He also laid stress on increasing kindness footprint rather than carbon footprint and insisted on sharing and pooling resources to minimize waste. Ms. Mrigya gave simple examples of things we use not realizing the amount of resources involved in its usage just like a piece of chocolate.
Principal, Mrs Alka Mathur, encouraged the students to use electricity wisely as it is first basic step towards reducing ones carbon footprints. Vice Principal, Ms. Komal Dhingra, also gave many examples like that of online shopping that results in too much of packaging material and add to waste. This interactive session proved to be an enriching experience for the students as they actively participated in the discussion.
MGD Experts Ajit Kumar & Mrigya Mukaam in an online session with students;
It feels great to know that most organizations are taking every possible step to empower their remotely working employees with right tools, planning, and support.
In spite of organizations being showing great care for their employees, many of us are still juggling between goals, deliverable, timelines and work pressure which has increased during this pandemic due to lack of resources and doubled efforts required to meet business requirements. Many of us appreciate this new way of working from home, yet for most of us it has bought isolation, loneliness, burnout and fatigue.
As the time is rolling by, and organizations are trying to do cost cutting and save on resources, employees have started experiencing frequent exhaustion due to continuous hours spent on online meetings and sitting on laptops.
Most of us do not understand these periods of low energy & exhaustion when we start experiencing them but it is something that results from overuse of the brain’s inhibitory attention mechanism. While multitasking and trying to focus on a specific task, our brain try to inhibit all potential distractions or suppress increasing number of stimuli(something that activates functional reaction in cells or neurons). This results in neuro-psychological phenomenon what is known as Directed Attention Fatigue (DAF).
How this affect us and our work ?
Incorrect understanding or interpretation pertaining to projects or tasks which are being communicated
Feelings of restlessness, confusion, forgetfulness while thinking
Impulsiveness and recklessness acting out-of-character while responding
Inability to plan things and make appropriate decisions or make judjements while funtioning
Being short-tempered and feelings of unpleasantness emotionally
Being irritable and antisocial. Avoid social interactions
What could help in recovery from mental fatigue?
Exposure to nature like Forests, Plants, Trees, Mountain landscapes or Beaches could act as restorative functions for attention restoration
Outdoor environmental activities like gardening, terrace farming, organic farming and kitchen gardening might help in reducing fatigue
Getting enough sleep and break from work is also necessary
Attention restoration theory (ART) clearly states the effect of exposing to nature on people’s relationships and health.
Mission Green Delhi(MGD) community help people collaborate to create environmentally sustainable society around them. They nurture themselves to adapt to new climate change and also learn to manage their mental fatigue in the COVID outbreak.
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