SanctuaryAsia-April2018

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The People’s Climate March on September 21, 2014, was the largest climate change march in history, with 31,100 diverse people taking over the
streets of New York City in an attempt to drive global action against a warming planet.

Everyone talks about the importance of saving

water and why we ought to save water, but very

few people focus on how water can be saved. On

day as a barber misted water on my head using a

spray bottle the thought occurred to me: “Why not

use the same spray bottle to clean vehicles?”

I tried it out and it worked. I discovered

that just two litres of water used this

way could clean a sedan car plus three

two-wheelers in just half-an-hour.

Normally ten times that amount is used

for just one vehicle.

Every Saturday, I invite people to my house and

teach them the innovative practice of aquaponics,

a system that combines aquaculture with

hydroponics. In this, water from a fi sh tank is fed

to a hydroponic system, where plants are grown in

nutrient-rich water. This water, once purifi ed

by the roots of the plants, is recirculated

back to the aquaculture system, thereby

reusing water eff ectively. Every weekend, I

teach people how to make this system, in

their very homes, with everyday products.

In my view,

charity begins at

home, as does

cleanliness. I

joined a group

called ‘Clean Navi

Mumbai, Clean India’ as a volunteer and

with others we take to the streets every

Sunday morning to keep our public spaces

clean. While some may consider this a futile

eff ort, we believe that ‘every bit counts‘

and this conviction has driven our purpose

for over two years now.

Shaurya Patel,

Urban planner, Ahmedabad

Varun Hemachandran,

Entrepreneur, Bengaluru

Vaishali Paste,

Public health professional,

Mumbai

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