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• Solid Waste Management by ‘Swachh Cooperative’: This green project is wholly owned by waste pickers. The
Cooperative has members who are engaged in door step collection of waste in Pune. This integrates informal
waste pickers into Pune city’s Solid Waste Management System.
• Biotoilet by ‘Green Solution Foundation’: GSF (Green Solution Foundation) has created a bio-toilet solution
for hygienic sanitation in villages and slums that lacked sewage systems.
• Feeding India: This green project takes leftover food to the poor. This is done by helping the needy get access
to excess cooked food from restaurants and caterers.
• HelpUsGreen: This green project recycles waste flowers. Kanpur-based HelpUsGreen makes 'flowercycled'
natural and certified organic products from flowers. They collect flower waste from places of worship and even
the Ganges river and repurpose it into vermicompost, incense sticks and bathing bars through proprietary
methods.
• SayTrees: This green project conducts tree plantation drives: SayTrees is a professionally-run group of people
that is determined to protect the environment by sensitising others towards the importance of environment
conservation.
• Fourth Partner Energy: This green project makes solar energy accessible. It was founded 2010 by Vivek
Subramanian, Saif Dhorajiwala and Vikas Saluguti. Fourth Partner Energy (4PEL) focuses on financing and
building rooftop solar projects for commercial, industrial and residential clients. It recently raised $125mn in
equity funding from Norwegian investment fund Norfund and existing shareholder, The Rise Fund.
At a Glance
• Environment refers to our surrounding consisting of physical, chemical and biological elements that maintain a
balance between the living and non-living components.
• An Ecosystem is defined as a community where living and non-living organisms interact with each other and
their surrounding environment to form a balanced system.
• The resources that exist without any intervention of humans and are present in abundance in our surroundings
are called natural resources.
• Earthworms are considered as a farmer's best friend. By introducing more earthworms, we can increase the
fertility of soil.
• The modern waste management techniques using 3R's— Reduce, Reuse and Recycle will definitely help in
managing our waste sensibly.
• Global Warming is an increase in the average temperature of the earth mainly due to greenhouse gases (mainly
carbon dioxide) produced by a lot of human activities.
• Well-being and prosperity for all people by providing good education, decent livelihoods and jobs is one of the
characteristics of Green Economy.
• There are six basic components of Green Economy: Renewable Energy, Green Buildings, Green Transport, Water
Management, Waste Management and Land Management.
• The specialised skills which are important for developing Sustainable Green Economy are called Green Skills.
• Green Jobs protect and restore our ecosystems.
• The environmentally friendly projects that aim to reduce pollution, reduce fossil fuel consumption or some
other positive effects on the environment are called Green Projects.
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