Saturday, June 16, 2012

11:16 PM - No comments

Nokia Sustainability Challenge Day #7

Summary:
Yesterday I was off to the green side of my city to create awareness among the people residing there and also got the rain water storage tank fixed. This is the final day for Nokia Sustainability Challenge. The seven days on Nokia Sustainability week went so fast. I can remember the first day when I planted a new plant with my 2 yr old niece.

Day #7 The Finale



I have informed you that I had switched to my laptop as the desktop PC consumes more power. Unfortunately, while rendering the video I think I had killed my laptop. I got this notification in my laptop and it got switched off automatically half an hour later and never turned on. I learnt later that I had to replace the battery with a new one to continue the project. I didn't mean to disappoint you as I had informed that I will show off the video today. 


I will replace the battery as soon as possible and will continue the rendering and will upload the video in a couple of days. Meanwhile I didn't want to waste this day. Hence I designed a notice and took printouts and distributed to the people in our residential area. I hope it will make them aware of our environment. 


I am really sorry guys. I tried my best to complete the video in time. However as I took an oath on the Day #1 itself to continue to work for the goodness of our Environment, I will update here every week how I am making our Environment more sustainable. 

I had always wished to do something good for our Environment from my childhood and this Nokia Sustainability Challenge boosted me to begin my dream to save our environment. You can also do your part to save our Environment. You can join our group and organize campaign to create awareness. If you are interested to join, drop your wish below in the comments. I am always happy to hear from you. 





9:30 PM - No comments

Nokia Sustainability Challenge Day #6

Summary:
In the previous day, I have got the Incandescent light bulbs in my apartments replaced with CFL ones and also insisted on installation of solar panel to power the water pump to draw water. I went to the sub-urban regions of my city to do something good for our Environment.

Day #6 Going to the green side



If you are living in Chennai, you can hardly find any trees inside the city. I traveled to the sub-urban regions of my city Chennai where you can breathe fresh air and find people living in harmony with the Environment. But the condition has changed now as Urbanization has begun in those regions. The people sell their lands for money and the buyer just cuts away all the trees and projects a multi-storey building.  


It would be effective if I could talk with the people of those region on their issues and why to stop cutting of trees. I jumped in to a train to go there. Below is a video I recorded during the journey. As you can see below, the place is so green. However you can also find uprising of new buildings and many trees disappeared.



This is heaven. One of the Eco destinations which is pollution free and you can breathe fresh air and feel the cool sea breeze.




I called the people over there and explained the need for trees to maintain our Environment sustainable. A few people understood my speech while many just left away. However I was satisfied that I made atleast around 10 people to realize the consequences of deforestation and also to protect the Environment. 

Monsoon is coming :-) I got the rain water storage tank fixed before that. It is our sole duty to maintain the balance in our ecosystem and not to disturb it. A single plastic bottle can remain inside the soil for years and is non-degradable. Instead, one can recycle them for reuse or stop using them and go with eco-friendly ways.

The day went so fast as most of the time was spent in the journey itself. While I'm performing these tasks, the "Nokia Sustainability Project" I was creating is getting rendered in my laptop. I think I am almost going to kill  my laptop by giving it a massive task. Here is a image I have rendered for Nokia Sustainability Week :)

Click on it to enjoy the pic in full resolution:


Tomorrow will the final day of Nokia Sustainability Challenge and I am hoping to do more better tomorrow. Stay tuned for Day #7








3:45 AM - No comments

Nokia Sustainability Challenge Day #5

Summary: 
Yesterday, Its one man show of me cleaning up a waste land into beautiful place. If you have missed it, you can check it out here. Today I raised up my voice in my apartments meeting to make it one of the best meets by giving my ideas on reducing the power usage.


Day #5 Raise your voice



In my apartment meeting today, I have given my opinions and ideas to reduce the power usage by a wide range of methods. There are 24 homes in our apartments and I raised up my voice against their acts and finally made it to save the energy usage and also did something green today.

First of all, I asked the secretary of our apartment to replace the Incandescent light bulbs with CFL ones. Though it is a bit costly compared to the Incandescent bulbs, the CFL reduces the power usage to a greater extent. He had agreed to do this and I replaced them immediately with the CFL :)




Say Hello to the new CFLs 



I have found in Wikipedia that CFL consumes a power of 9-13 watts whereas Incandescent bulb consumes 40 watts for the same light output. There are totally 20 light mountings in our apartment. By replacing the incandescent ones with CFL, our apartment can save hundreds of watts of power.

I have also asked the secretary to install solar panels in the roof to power the water pump. Its green and also saves energy. 

Day #5 has been short as I was preparing to get ready for tomorrow's adventure. Tomorrow I will be going off to the sub-urban part of Chennai creating awareness. So stay tuned for Day #6. 

Here is an image that I found in a website which was really innovative and awesome:





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