On campus Updates

JOG week preparations took over the on campus team from the end of the term exams. But still, the green initiative teams grew in the midst of all the preparations for the Joy of Giving Week. Tree plantation and the Solid waste development found a place for their birth in the JOG week.
For the tree plantation drive, a total of 80 saplings were bought at a total price of Rs 2800, 40 being Rain Forests trees, and 40 being Neem trees (due to the popularity of our small flying friends). Tree plantation was conducted on the 30th Sept and 2nd Oct 2009. A total of 45 saplings were planted- thanks to the effort of many LIBAities. In fact, many students have adopted most of the saplings planted. The rest of the saplings didn’t get their chance at being planted due to many small reasons burgeoning into a large one – lack of clear communication. So there will be a last (hopefully) tree plantation drive on the 20th Oct 2009 to finish this program. Let us join together and give the trees a home. Who knows, maybe the third time will be the lucky charm.
The Tree plantation drive also initiated the “Adopt a Tree “campaign, informally. It is a variant of the proverb “Little drops of Water make a mighty Ocean”. All you have to do, when you sign up, is to water the sapling that you have “adopted” twice a day. Once while coming to class, and the other while going back. Is it so difficult?? No way. On the other hand, think of the plus points... After 5-10 years, you could come back and show proudly “This is the Tree I have planted”, and maybe in that future, the only trees standing will be ones you planted. So, be on the look out for the “Adopt a Tree” campaign.
The solid waste program started on the 28th Sept 2009 with the newspaper collection drive and the clothes donation drive. This drive was continued throughout the week thanks to the enthusiastic response from the LIBAities. The newspaper collection, at the end of the week, yielded Rs 1000, and the clothes donated made a lot of people at the Goonj happy. Let’s keep up the good response. To make most of this enthusiasm, there will be a newspaper drive every month. Please be on the lookout for it and participate whole heartedly, for a newspaper free room (in your case) and a sustainable effort (on our part).
The last team of the green initiative is the energy efficient LIBA drive. The main objective of this drive is to reduce the power consumption of LIBA. We are in our first phase, which involves the analysis of the consumption patterns for the LIBA buildings. This phase will continue till the 14th of October2009.
Disclaimer: Radius is a LIBA initiative. The Radius members are only the facilitators to make the change in society easier. We are here to make your suggestions and ideas into reality. Please join hands with us and help us make the change quicker.