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Second School Awareness Programme At St. Shanthal

City Cleaner — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:06:06 +0000

TidyCity is conducting its second school-awareness programme on July 17, Saturday at St. Shanthal, Trivandrum.

After the success of the first school programme, we hope that the second will prove just as fruitful.

In addition to the sessions, TidyCity is also having a poster competition with topics related to the cause. We hope it would make the children reflect on the real-life situation as far as waste management is concerned, and inspire in them a desire to make a difference.

Awareness programme at BVB, Trivandrum

City Cleaner — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:31:03 +0000

– Cris

TidyCity on 20th Feb 2010, conducted an awareness programme at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School in Trivandrum. This is TidyCity’s first school visit.

Sessions were taken for students of class 6, with the help of presentations, videos and interactive activities.

The event was a big mark for TidyCity and we hope to visit more schools in the coming months.

Bus Ticket Campaign on December 13

City Cleaner — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:04:14 +0000

–Cris

On Sunday, the 13th, TidyCity started a new campaign called the Bus Ticket Campaign. Volunteers waited at the bus stop outside Museum, and asked the people getting down from buses what they do with the tickets. Though many admitted they discarded it on the streets, they were all eager to sign the campaign and support the cause: never to discard bus tickets anywhere except in dustbins. They also promised to spread the word.

Hopefully, TidyCity can extend the campaign to cover more areas and more objects: we start from a bus ticket and develop it as a habit not to throw away things everywhere.

Those who would like to join this campaign can leave their comments here.
We could add a separate page for it soon.

October 2 Rally: Report

City Cleaner — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:47:16 +0000

–Cris

The rally on October 2 started from Secretariat, Trivandrum, at 5:30, soon after the human chain organized by the CPI (M) was over.

In TidyCity T-Shirts and carrying placards, the small gang started walking. More members joined on the way. Onlookers stopped to read the messages on placards and some asked what this was about. And that exactly was the intention of the rally. To get the word around, to spread the message, to remind everyone about their little duties to the city they live in.

We winded up at Manaveeyam Veedhi by around 6, where the members of Abhinaya and Chilla were waiting for us to conclude our event in grace. The children from Chilla sang enthusiastically, bringing out every word in the songs large and clear for the world to hear: “Ini varunnoru thalamurakku ivide vaasam saadyamo” (Is it possible for the next generation to live here).

Abhinaya too joined hands with TidyCity taking extra efforts and time off from their busy schedule to work with us with the songs and the planning of the day.

Between each song, TidyCity members gave a 2-line reminder to the audience about keeping our surroundings a clean and nice place for the sake of the children who were growing up around us.

We finished the day’s activities with a round of cool drinks, hoping to work together and increase our number to see a healthier world around us.

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Tidycity interview by club FM on Oct 1

anju — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:53:23 +0000

– Anju Kurian

RJ: October 2nd being Gandhi jayanthi is a special day and we have tidycity here who are going to do something special for Gandhi jayanthi. Tell us what your plans are for the day.

TidyCity member(TCM): Well, we have organized a rally for tomorrow. It’ll start from secretariat and end at manaveeyam road. The close of the rally will be marked by a performance from abhinaya which is a theatre group. We have had such a rally even before, but considering the importance of Gandhi jayanthi, we thought a major event such as this should be conducted on the day. The rally will begin at 4.30pm.

RJ: Alright, so what do you people intend to convey through your activities.

TCM: We just want to spread the message that it is the duty of each one of us to keep our surroundings clean. We want Trivandrum to be a clean city. And every one of us should work together to achieve this objective. We want to create an awareness about the need for a cleaner city through the rally and hope it reaches more people.

RJ: And do you want more members to join up for the cause?

TCM: Definitely, it is open to all and we want more people to take up the cause and work towards it. You can join up by registering on our site www.tidycity.org

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Rally on October 2, 2009

City Cleaner — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:32:15 +0000

TidyCity is planning a small rally on October 2nd, from Secretariat, Statue to Manaveeyam Veedhi. Like we did on 15th August, the rally will be organised so as not to disturb the public in any way. We carry placards, walk in one line and there shall be no slogan-shouting.

The rally will be concluded at Manaveeyam Veedhi, with performaces by the Abhinaya group.

Those who would like to participate in the rally, please send an email to mail@tidycity.org ASAP.

Further details of the rally will be posted soon, after all arrangements are complete.

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Sep 19: International Coastal Clean Up

City Cleaner — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:42:19 +0000

– Cris

TidyCity tied up with WWF to do a clean up of Shanghumugham beach today.

On the occasion of International Coastal Clean Up Day, members of TidyCity clubbed with WWF in their event of a clean-up drive. This was followed by a segregation exercise and finally the count of the different objects collected was noted.

Starting a little after 7 am, the team was divided into a single line to cover a stretch of around 100 metres in an hour’s time. Instructions were given to collect every little thing from a tiny piece of paper, to cigarette snubs to huge plastic sheets. The items mostly picked were plastic spoons, icecream sticks and covers, plastic covers, cigarette snubs, plastic covers and wrappers, thermocol, and even clothe.

After segregration the WWF team noted the numbers so it can be used to survey what contributes to the garbage at beaches. TidyCity would also be giving out the numbers soon.

Apart from the exercise, we saw jelly fish remains, fishermen pulling nets, and ticket collectors. Srijith was affectionately called ‘njanjool’ (small worm) by one of them, which TidyCity decided to accept as his TidyCity name.

Sivakumar Sir from WWF treated us to coffee and snacks at the Indian Coffee House afterwards.

TC members who attended: Srijith, Manu, Rasika, Bindu, Ashith, Aneesh, Anil, Joji, Swapin, Cris

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Letter to the Corporation of Trivandrum

Nithin Rajan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:19:56 +0000

TidyCity has made a formal request for installation of waste disposal facilities in public places within Trivandrum city. This request has been submitted to the Secretary of the Corporation on the 19th of August (Ref# 43556).

Here’s a transcript of the request:-

Sir,

Tidycity is a voluntary association formed with the objective of promoting the idea of a clean surrounding around us. Our aim is to spread awareness and drive actions that will help keep our cities clean.

From surveys and interactions we have had with the public in Thiruvananthapuram, we have discovered that there is a perceived shortage of waste disposal points in the city, particularly in public spaces. We request that you take the necessary action to install waste disposal facilities at all public places in Trivandrum city where such a shortage exists.

To list a few places:
• Shanghumukham beach
• Veli Lake Resort
• Museum premises
• Zoo premises
• Aakkulam Resort

In places where plastics are not banned, we recommend that there be separate bins provided for non-biodegradable waste and bio-degradable waste.

We have also come across a general lack of awareness among the public regarding the necessity for segregating waste, and in general, about city waste management and the problems faced by the system thereof. To address this, we recommend that information boards be placed adjacent to the waste disposal facilities – these boards should provide general information (in Malayalam and English) on city waste management with the aim of educating the public.
An indicative list of information items that could be covered is given below:

• How city waste is processed
• Dos and Don’ts for citizens
• Details of a complaint/suggestion system.

TidyCity would be delighted to provide any assistance in the design of the waste bins and the information boards.

We request you to provide a written response to this request, with a time bound plan as to when the necessary action can be taken OR, if action cannot be taken, the reasons for the same. We intend to publish a copy of this letter and your response to this on our website (http://tidycity.org/).

An Onam message for all of us :-)

Vids — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:25:12 +0000

By Bindu Philip

On August 30th on our museum discussions, we met Soorya Krishnamurthy, who told that Onam should be celebrated only by those who love their land – those who love kerala and not by anyone whose dreams ends in the four walls of their houses, place of work etc. And I support him because those who don’t love Kerala and her trees, plants, rivers, seas and forests must not even think about Onam because Onam is the celebration of nature when all the trees, plants and animals including humans are in harmony with the nature, when millions of flowers bloom together and millions of butterflies and birds sing together to celebrate.

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But today 99 percent of the Keralites forget everything about Kerala and makes Onam just a time for purchase So what right is there for those who make our Kerala unclean and who destroy her beautiful rivers, lakes, ponds, sand and forests to celebrate Onam?

Let us keep our Kerala clean and love her and then celebrate Onam

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TidyCity Surveys – the beginning

City Cleaner — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:25:39 +0000

– by Anju Kurian

After the successful bout with clean-ups, tidycity has initiated a novel angle to spreading awareness by conducting surveys in public places. This way, we directly reach out to people and any impact positive or negative can be gauged to a certain extend through conversation itself. The survey

included basic questions about whether they litter, how they manage plastic and also the star question of ‘do you spit’. Well, that wasn’t intended to be a comic relief but in fact a crucial question to examine the civic sense in people:D.

Few groups of people were sympathetic with the sad state of our city while few considered trivandrum relatively clean and tidy as compared to Ernakulam which in their opinion is the maximum waste accumulator. Everyone unanimously stated that they do not litter.:| Surprise surprise! We were left with the thought of where does all the littered stuff come from?! But one thing that was clear is that people are aware that they shouldn’t litter. Many said they would use a waste-bin if they find one. Not many people seem enthusiastic about taking waste back home to dispose it off. They’d rather throw it away at places not ‘inconvenient’ to others which might even include neighboring plots! Reminded me of Thanal Shibu’s class where he mentioned the NIMBY syndrome. People were mostly diplomatic in their answers which clearly depicts that they know what the right thing to do is. There is just the delay in putting it to practice. About spitting, we initially got negative responses. Many were assertive in the statement of they don’t spit (in public places ). Few however accepted the fact that they do spit if it is absolutely necessary and they see to it that it isn’t a public nuisance.

Reuse of plastic bags doesn’t seem an option to the majority. Few groups mentioned that they take bags of cloth or plastic when they go shopping so as to avoid buying more. Some say they don’t consciously try to reduce plastic but as the shops charge people for the plastic covers, they take covers with them. So that is indeed a good measure to reduce usage of plastic. The waste disposal inquiries yielded mixed responses. Almost all the places have kudumbasree services. People from the outskirts of the city or from villages had given varied answers in the form of disposal in pits, use of vegetable wastes for plants etc. The city dwellers mostly prefer giving all kinds of wastes to kudumbasree either due to lack of space or because of fear of rats :O. We even encountered a family who did not know about the hazards of burning plastic. We were successful in convincing them about the ill-effects but the mere thought of other such people who do the same because of their ignorance is shocking!

One line that was repeated by people all over was the ‘malayali mentality’ of letting their mother-land be dirty while being extra cautious about cleanliness when at other places. Considering the fact that all those people talking about the mentality are malayalis themselves, why can’t they themselves think about being the change! Why is there a collective blame when it is an individual responsibility! If they can do it elsewhere, why not make it a habit here? Questions unanswered! Nevertheless, we got to meet really erudite people who gave us many valuable suggestions. They emphasized on teaching by example which has been our trial so far. They also asserted on the awareness being spread from a young age. Schools seem to be a good platform to extend our activities. The necessity of more ‘accessible’ trash bins was voiced throughout.

When asked whether a law or rule regarding the same would be effective, some felt it wasn’t their responsibility at all and that as a law abiding state, there was scope for improvement only by government intervention. Others opposed the view saying that a social commitment cannot be forced upon people and as citizens we ought to imbibe the essential civic sense so as to achieve the social objective.

As a whole it was definitely an enriching experience. It is not reasonable to generalize since we are just in the early stages of the survey. Still, we had the satisfaction of interacting with people and hearing things from their perspective. We also got numerous suggestions and a general idea of what we are up against. Hope this helps us move further in our cause and bring about a marked change in the attitude of people.Old Hag dvd The Order buy

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