Chennai Coastal Cleanup 6 - Plastic Facts & Quiz 3

June 3, 2015, 2:32 am

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup 6

Register here if you wanna join forces with us to clean our beautiful shores on coming Sunday June 7th. Register your Group/Organization here !!!

As we are fast approaching the 6th edition of Chennai Coastal Cleanup, the organizing team is all geared up and doing several awareness programs to promote sustainable living as a lifestyle.

Check out #NoPlasticChallenge to see how many CTCians, over the past few weeks, have actively started avoiding the use of plastics in their daily lives.

Say NO to paper cups, order your personalized CTC - Chennai Coastal Cleanup Mugs here !!!

Below are some interesting facts and Quiz questions which highlights interesting facts that will help you to get a better understanding on the "nature" and impacts of how our daily plastics usage is affecting our environment.

Did You Know ?

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QuiZ Questions

Answers will follow in the next update !!!

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Prep mailer

June 3, 2015, 11:13 pm

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Thank you for registering for this Sunday's Chennai Coastal Cleanup - 6. Please read carefully through the prep mailer below in order to ensure a smooth proceeding on Sunday morning.

Assembly/Timing/Contacts

To avoid delays in start we request you to report sharp on time at your respective assembly point at the indicated timing below. In case of any doubts / queries feel free to contact the corresponding coordinator. We will be car/bike pooling together from these assembly points to the respective beach zones where the cleanup will start 6am sharp.

Assembly Point	Time	Coordinator	Contact
Adyar - Rainforest restaurant near flyover	5:30am	Shyam	9003074440
Ashok Pillar - Udayam Theatre	5am	Ganesh	9003259872
Besant Nagar - Eliot beach police booth	5:50am	Arunajadesh	9489775471
Guindy - Mount Road opposite railway station	5:15am	Mano	9840652404
Koyambedu - petrol bunk opposite CMBT	5am	Chellababu	9940095978
Marina lighthouse - behind lighthouse	6am	Ashok	9382577264
Tamabaram - bus stand	5am	Manojkumar	9551055536
Tirunmangalam signal - Anna Nagar West bus depot	5am	Arun	9791179205
Tirunvanmiyur - Adyar Bakery	5:30am	Balaji	9941615365
Velachery - opposite Vijayanagar bus stop	5:15am	Velmurugan	9944225211

To recycle and reuse maximum garbage collected we will be segregating garbage in three main categories. Familiarize yourself with each of these:

1. Glass Bottles : (Alcohol Bottles, Broken Glass pieces, Broken Glass bottles, Glass Medicinal Bottles and other Glass Items)
2. Recyclables : (All polythene wrappers, Carry Bags, PET Bottles, Plastic Containers, Water Pockets, Thermocol, Milk Covers, Shoes, Slippers, Papers, Card-boards and all kind of Plastic materials)
3. Others : (Fishing Nets, Styrofoam, flowers, Co-count shells, Organic Wastes, Cloths, wooden scraps, ropes and anything not covered in the above two categories)

FAQ

1. Why do we have this classification of garbage into three categories

There is one and only one reason -To recycle and reuse the garbage collected.

To enable recycling to the maximum extent, source segregation is the key and hence the classification.

2. Do I pick the garbage with my bare hands?

No way will we let you do that. You will be given one glove (Not a pair. Optimum utilization you see! ). Wear it before you pick up anything.

3. How do I collect the garbage I pick?

Step 1: Choose a partner

Step 2: Collect a re-usable collecting bag from your coordinator

Step 3: Share the bag with your partner and start picking garbage. Teamwork :)

4. Do I collect glass bottles with the same gloves? Won’t it hurt?

You have a valid point! You cannot collect glass bottles with the thin gloves. So if you are assigned the category one, then ensure that you get the separate thick gloves to pick glass and a separate jute bag to collect.

5. What do I do when my bag is full?

Collection points will be assigned for your zone of which your coordinator will inform you about. A volunteer will be stationed at the point to guide you.

If you are collecting glass, just leave the filled up bag at the collection point and get a new bag.

If you are collecting plastics or others, dump them into the big bags kept at the collection points and resume your work with the emptied bag.

6. What happens to the collected garbage?

Ok now you are getting to the point! This is the question we love to answer.

As we already said, our mission is to recycle the maximum (We recycled 80% of the 50 ton garbage that we picked up last year). So all the piles of garbage mounted at the collection points will be loaded onto trucks. The recyclables – glass and plastics – will be taken to the recycling yard of our official recycling partner EARTH RECYCLER, where it would be recycled. ( We have been contributing to the Madambakkam panchayat to lay plastic roads)

The others category waste will be sent to the dump yard of the Chennai Corporation where it will be let to decompose.

7. Do you guys sell the garbage? Are you guys earning money from our efforts?

We wish we could make some money (Just kidding). The truth is No. We are not selling the garbage.

It costs us way too much to arrange for the event, the transportation and all other necessary items. We make hardly anything to cover-up these expenses. All these years we have managed the show only with the support of our sponsors and patrons. As we would like to put it, this is not a business; it’s a team effort to bring about some self-realization to the people.

8. What will you guys do if you get money out of the garbage this year?

Party?!?! Ha ha.. Without any doubt, the collections would be directed towards next year’s cleanup.

9. Seriously! What do you guys get out of this event?

The satisfaction that we tried. That we made a difference. That we were able to start a change.

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India Clean Sweep II - Tirunelveli & Kanyakumari

June 4, 2015, 12:09 am

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India Clean Sweep - 2015

India Clean Sweep - an annual event organized by Chennai Trekking Club. Started in 2014, in its first year 10 different cities spread all over South India participated in various environmental cleaning cum conservation activities.

This year we are spreading across to several other cities with several cleaning cum conservation activities in plan on June 7th.

We are introducing the teams behind these activities on a periodic basis.

Few days back we shared the first 6 cities that are participating in India Clean Sweep - II.

(Coimbatore, Thanjavur, Visakhapatnam, Madurai, Hyderabad & Dharmapuri)

Now its time to introduce the next list of cities and the teams which will be coordinating the event in their city.

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Tirunelveli

Team : Nellai Nature Club

Location : Aanaiyar Kulam

Nellai Nature Club a group formed by nature loving souls of Nellai. The club arranged regular Cycling trips, Bird watching, Photography, Trekking & Tree Plantation activities. The passionate team was part of India Clean Sweep 2014 where they cleaned up river Thamirabarani. This year the same passionate team is planning to cleanup Aanaiyar Kulam.

For updates follow : https://www.facebook.com/NellaiNatureClub?fref=ts

Interested to volunteer for the event, contact : Hari Prathan @ 9944958100

Kanyakumari

Team :Sacred Heart International School

Location : Colachel beach

Sacred Heart School is a family of over 4200 students and 210 staff members. Started in 1971 at Marthandam, the school prepares their student and equips them to be a courageous, smart and good citizens of future India. The Student and staff volunteers of SHIS will be cleaning "Colachel Coast" as part of India Clean Sweep - 2015.

For updates follow:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sacred-Heart-International-School-Marthandam/807797439317362?fref=ts

Interested to volunteer for the event, contact : 9677064727

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6

June 4, 2015, 5:10 am

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Catch The Wave As The Countdown Begins For One Of The Biggest Cleanup Activities In Chennai Coastline

June 4, 2015, 2:43 pm

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What began as a movement to clean up Tada with 150 CTC volunteers in 2009 to promote ‘Eco-tourism’, has now taken the shape of one of the biggest volunteer-driven cleanup activities in the Chennai Coastline. As more hands joined this initiative, these cleanup activities made their way to the beautiful beaches of Chennai along a 15km coastal stretch from Marina till Injambakkam, markingthe first edition of Chennai Coastal Cleanup (CCC) in 2010.

From then on, with every passing year, the movement has gained momentum, with volunteers covering the entire stretch of Chennai coastline, segregating, recycling the waste, exploring alternatives for plastics and taking a conscious effort to reducing the garbage footprint.

There are plastics everywhere from the landfill in your own street to the beautiful blue beaches. There are continents of floating garbage in the massive oceans. A whopping 6 million straws were collected in CCC5 in just few hours of cleaning up.These plastics are polluting the deep seas, killing the turtles and fishes, poisoning the birds and messing up our environment. One of the first of a kind initiatives of CCC - ‘#NoPlasticChallenge’ challenged Chennaiites to avoid plastic usage and to encourage reduce, re-use and recycle.

With a huge response to the #NoPlasticChallenge this year, next proposal was to invite interested residential colonies, apartments and corporates to set up their own long term Solid waste Management system by partnering with recyclers. To limit the waste landing into sewers and landfills, a Kabadiwala connect was needed, and an online form was shared in Social media for gathering information to create a local recycle shop network. The team also organized a weekend event to arrange doorstep collection of segregated thin/thick plastics and cardboards on 30-May, 31-May.

Every year has been a new learning experience for the team, starting from mere collection of waste in 2009 to progress to a stage where they perform waste segregation at the time of collection followed by recycling of the waste.

There have been some trend-setting collaborations with recyclers in the recent editions of the cleanup. The previous two editions of Chennai Coastal Cleanup saw collection and recycling of over 3.3 tonnes of plastics, 4.3 tonnes of Shoes/Slippers, 2.5 tonnes of liquors bottles, 476 Kg of Thermocole and 98 Kgs of metal cans, thus saving 27.8 MWh of energy and over 3, 00,000 liters of water. That’s not all of it, the thin plastics collected in CCC5 were used for laying plastic roads in Madambakkam, a locality in Chennai.

A number of volunteers from Chennai Dive Club, Temple Adventures (Pondicherry) and Coastal Security group scuba-dived for an underwater cleanup in CCC4 and CCC5 to remove the nylon fishing nets and the marine debris.

In 2012, the group made it to the Limca book of Records with a National record of fastest garbage cleaning with a collection of 17.6 tonnes of garbage in a 15km stretch of Chennai coast.

Chennai Trekking Club is the brains behind this massive cleanup effort every year. This movement has seen a spontaneous splurge in the volunteer count with more people joining up to assist with the logistics and event planning in the last 6 years. Many corporates and NGOs have joined hands have supported this movement with each edition of the cleanup. Last year, this movement spread its wings with 10 other Indian cities joining this movement under the name ‘India Clean Sweep’. 2014 edition of CCC5 & India Clean Sweep involved 6200 volunteers from 150 Corporates, NGOs, colleges, schools and individuals and the total garbage collected was 50 tonnes. The 2015 edition of India Clean Sweep will be carried out in 12 Indian cities.

CCC6 Team has gone an extra mile this year to generate awareness about harmful effects of plastic disposal this year to prevent them making their way to landfills and beaches. From street plays, wall paintings, story-telling sessions, flash-mobs, posters, drawing competition for kids and younger generation connect, the team has put in every possible effort to generate awareness on plastics and the need for waste management.

Many volunteers have worked behind the screens in poster design, putting in every possible information in the form of daily quiz, ‘Did you know’ posts, promotional videos and much more on the Chennai Coastal Clean Facebook page. The organizing team has designed a stainless steel reusable water bottle and ceramic coffee mug as a move to prevent a huge number of disposable plastic bottles, cups and wax coated paper cups making their way to landfills. The group has also identified mobile kiosks/water vending machines in public places as an alternative for bottled water.

Few volunteers have also interacted with juice shop and food stall owners, by suggesting them a few alternatives for disposables to go litter-free in their business. Some juice stall owners now have CCC6 posters on their stall to raise awareness to avoid disposables.

Chennai generates 50 tonnes of garbage every day. From the first coastal cleanup in 2010 with 880 volunteers and collection of 8.9 tons of garbage, the team has marched on in the fight against plastics by amassing 50 tonnes in 2014 edition of India Clean Sweep/CCC5. There is yet another ambitious target this year to meet. Wish our team all the luck and do share the post to send a strong message of environmental awareness to our society to preserve our natural inheritances in and around our polluted metros.

An anti-littering revolution has begun. Catch the wave as the countdown begins for one of the biggest Clean up activities along the coastline.

Follow the updates in the ‘Chennai CoastalCleanup’ Facebook page.

#Chennai Coastal Cleanup, #CCC6, #ChennaiTrekkingClub, #CTC, #NoPlasticChallenge

Thanks,

Bloggers Team,

Chennai Coastal Cleanup

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CHENNAI COASTAL CLEANUP 2015 - ROLE MODELS - PART III

June 6, 2015, 2:00 am

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CHENNAI COASTAL CLEANUP 2015 - ROLE MODELS - PART III

In this "Role Models" series of the #ChennaiCoastalCleanup we are sharing some most inspirational stories with you from neighborhoods, companies, individuals with you who are the change:

Ever wondered where “FOOD” comes from?

The origin of food?
The travel it made to reach us?
The people involved in production?
Food shapes cities, and through them, it molds us – along with the countryside that feeds us.
Our ancestors never took food for granted. The bond between man and grain dominated life in the ancient city, with festivals that mirrored the agricultural calendar.

“We are what we eat” said and done by great men. But do we eat what we really need to?
As civilization is city centric it is hardly surprising that we have inherited a lopsided view of urban- rural relationship.
The need for the hour is to REFRESH ourselves. To go back to past and to reconnect with what we were years back. F5 Green is an organization which makes us to refresh, reconnect and revive the urban – rural relationship. A relationship which needs to be re-looked and to be understood to realize what molds us.
We find “ORGANIC here …and ORGANIC there…” but have we ever wondered what it really means? Why organic?

The mission of F5 green answers to all the questions that run in our minds.
Mission of F5 Green:

1. 5 R’s Strategy: Refresh, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Reconnect

2. Farm to farm concept

3. Bring-in cost effective, new technologies in farming methods

4. Promote Public Participation and emphasis on Women Empowerment

5. Sustainable Farming Solution ,Training and on-farm consultancy services

6. Unite & motivate the farmers to switch-over to Organic Farming

7. Identifying potential lands for organic cultivation

8. Create Seed Banks & Farmers Network to share the seeds & knowledge

9. Create water sheds in rain-fed/arid farming regions

10. Promotes locally produced and seasonal food

F5 Green develops a platform to create a Sustainable Farming Solution that Connects Farm & Home in order to provide a balanced opening for improving the livelihood of farmers and easy reach to healthy food for consumers. Sustainable Farming is a timely solution and a major contributor to maintain the beautiful chain of Bio-diversity. It is a wonderful way to reduce the usage of water resources in agriculture, to improve the soil nutrition, to create a sustainable livelihood for farmers, healthy nutritive food, a green planet, reduced risk of chronic life-style prone diseases and creating real wealth to future generation. We being “THE CONSUMERS” need to take a stand in the role we play in building our society and not just exist but CO-EXIST.
Some of the initiatives taken by F5 green are as follows:
The Vision of Green café to is to be a part of the Farm to Farm Concept that brings a Healthy Diet to the Humankind & the Planet and to present Healthy Organic Food to the public under hygienic & aesthetic atmosphere that brings peace & happiness both to the body and mind.
The Vision of organic mudra is to serve as an interface to promote organic products.

After the cleanup on Sunday morning don't miss out to collect your terracotta CCC6 cup with your beach zone coordinator. The mug is sponsored by Organic Green Cafe T Nagar.

Thanks,

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Media Release

June 6, 2015, 2:03 am

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup

On June 7th, 7000 volunteers are expected to clean up 50 tonnes of garbages from 20km of Chennai beaches between Marina and Pondicherry as part of 6th year edition of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup, an initiative to create environmental awareness among the public on the increasing garbage footprint and the negative impact of plastics on our environment and health. More then 120 major Corporates, NGOs and schools will be participating in the event on Sunday morning between 6-9am. Around 85% of the collected garbage will be segregated and recycled to minimize the waste which will move to the garbage dump. The cleanup campaign is organized by the Chennai Trekking Club - a large 25 thousand member volunteer group which organizes several outdoors, sports and environmental events throughout the year.

Sponsors & Partners

We are thanking our official Sponsors and Partners for their support in enabling us to organize the Chennai Coastal Cleanup free of cost for (non-Corporate) participating volunteers:

Flash Mob, Street Play, Mime

CTC's performance team has been out in malls, beaches and IT Parks to spread awareness on the Chennai Coastal Cleanup and sensitize the public on the non use of Plastics.

Every Growing Army

Below list of 120 Corporates, NGOs, schools and other groups are joining forces in our every growing green army in the battle against plastic:

ABCO Advisory Services India Pvt Ltd	Innowave Healthcare	SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL SPORTS ACADEMY
Adityaa Agro	Little Flowers School and Avvai Home	Seashore Town Plot Owners and Residents Association
Ameex Technologies	Isha Homes India Private Limited	SharePoint Frontier
ANCESTORS EDUCATION (P) LTD	J.K FENNER INDIA LIMITED	Shell's colleagues
AROBOT Chennai	Jade payments	sohes
Art of Living	Jeevitham	SPAAAK
Aspire Systems Limited	K2B Solutions	St. Mary's Educational Trust
Atmel R&D India Pvt Ltd	K7 Computing pvt ltd	Students
AWARE	Karky Research Organization	SUBHAS Scout Group
Barclays Shared Services	kidobotikz	Sundram Fasteners Limited
Bharathi Scout Group	L & T Infotech	Symrise Private Limited
Bhumi	Land mark Constructions	Synergy Maritime Private Limited
Care and welfare	Lenox	Tambram thunderbolt running group
Caterpillar - ATS, India	LET US CLEAN CHENNAI	Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai Astronomy Club	Lions Club of Chennai Triplicane	Techdew UX Design & Consulting Firm
Chennai Runners Marina Minnals	Lister Metropolis	Techfront friends forum
Chennai Volunteers	MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD MRV	The Anthem of the Phoenix
Chromepet Cheetahs	Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd	The Crew
CMA CGM Shared Service Centre India Pvt.Ltd	Mobius knowledge services	The Megha Foundation-Saranalaya children
CNSI	Momentive Performance Materials (India) Pvt Ltd	Thiruvalluvar Gurugulam School
Cognizant	My Master, Chrompet	Thomson Reuters
CPS Global School	Namma Beach Namma Chennai	Thozhan
CSC India Pvt Ltd	NiN Society	UST Global
Dell Business Process Solution India Pvt Ltd	Nokia Networks	Verizon
DEVI ACADEMY SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL	OFFICERS TRAINING ACADEMY	Vernalis
Dr.Gupta's Dental Specialties Centre	p.s.senior secondary school	Vibrant Vellachery
Ernst & Young Foundation	Panayur Friends Group	Virtusa Software Services
Federal Bank Ltd	Paperman	Visual BI Solutions
Freshdesk	Pasumai	Visumbu Org
Frost & Sullivan	Patel Scouts & Guides	VRV
GAVS Technologies Pvt. Ltd	PerkinElmer Healtcare	WABCO India Limited
Give Smiles	Ponnovi Creatives	WCCG
GLD MOVEMENT	Prokarma Softech Pvt Ltd, DLF	wipro technologies
Heat and Control (South Asia) Pvt Ltd.	Quadrant 4 Software Solutions(p) Ltd	Xpitax Solution Pvt ltd
HLL Biotech Limited	Rapid Response	Yaavaarkum
HTC Global Services Inc	Royal Bank of Scotland	YOUTH FOR SEVA
Hyatt Regency Chennai	RR Donnelley	Aam Aadmi Party - TNtt
ICON Clinical Research	Saggezza India Pvt Ltd
iNautix Technologies India Private Ltd	Saint Gobain Research India

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

On Sunday volunteers will be segregation the collected garbage in three major categories to enable maximum recycling (estimated 85%) and minimize the waste which moves to the garbage dump:

Glass Bottles : (Alcohol Bottles, Broken Glass pieces, Broken Glass bottles, Glass Medicinal Bottles and other Glass Items)
Recyclables : (All polythene wrappers, Carry Bags, PET Bottles, Plastic Containers, Water Pockets, Thermocol, Milk Covers, Shoes, Slippers, Papers, Card-boards and all kind of Plastic materials)
Others : (Fishing Nets, Styrofoam, flowers, Co-count shells, Organic Wastes, Cloths, wooden scraps, ropes and anything not covered in the above two categories)

Beyond Chennai

10 Regional NGOs in 9 major cities across South India are joining hands with us on Sunday under the India Clean Sweep umbrella to take the awareness to a national level:

City	Participating NGOs	Cleanup Location
Pondy	CTC	Gandhi Beach/Rock Beach
Coimbatore	Environmental Foundation of India, RAAC	Selva Chinthamani Kulam
Coimbatore	MC3Trust	Mettupalayam Road stretch
Dharmapuri	Anbum Aramum	Ramakkal lake
Hyderabad	Great Hyderabad Adventure Club	Khajaguda lake
Tirunelveli	Nellai Nature Club	Anaiyar Pond
Kanyakumari	Sacred Heart Intl School	Colachel Beach
Madurai	Maram Madurai	Awareness Campaign at Apartments
Thanjavur	Natives of Thanjavur	Saamanthaan Kulam
Vizag	MEECONS	King George Hospital

Creating Awareness

As part of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup many other ongoing initiatives are happening to create environmental awareness:

Initiative	Details
Overview	http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/05/chennai-coastal-cleanup-2015-creating.html
Flash Mob, Street plays, Mime	http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/flash-mobs-in-chennai-for-a-cleaner-marina-coast/369466?pfrom=nri_videowidget_cat_5
Kids drawing competition	https://www.facebook.com/PeterVanGeit/media_set?set=a.10205806585306494.1073742041.1312929832&type=3
Green Apartments & Corporates	http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/04/chennai-coastal-cleanup-call-for.html
Wall paintings	https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204024151794071&set=a.2016583184183.2089063.1531976127&type=1&theater
#NoPlasticChallenge	http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/04/chennai-coastal-cleanup.html
Plastic Mela	http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/05/chennai-coastal-cleanup-2015-plastic.html
Green Workshops	http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/05/chennai-coastal-cleanup-2015-creating.html
Awareness through Local Vendors	https://www.facebook.com/chennaicoastalcleanup5/photos/a.309236049233284.1073741830.306147856208770/487541711402716/?type=1&theater
Say no to plastic - mugs, bottles	http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/05/chennai-coastal-cleanup-say-no-to-paper.html
Recycle & Plastic Free shopping	http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/05/chennai-coastal-cleanup-call-for.html

Say No to Paper/Plastic Cups

Have you ordered your personalized CTC #ChennaiCoastalCleanup mug yet to eliminate the use of paper/plastic cups in your daily routine? The average lifespan of a cup is just a few minutes before it adds to our ever growing garbage footprint. If not yet, get it now.

Media

Photo shoots, video shoots, mock cleanups are ongoing in preparation of news promos and articles to carry our message across the city:

Memento

After the cleanup on Sunday morning don't miss out to collect your terracotta CCC6 cup with your beach zone coordinator. The mug is sponsored by Organic Green Cafe T Nagar:

Contacts

Peter - 9600004509

Prabakar - 9840130464

Siva - 9894069761

Vinodh - 9944649994

www.chennaitrekkers.org

https://www.facebook.com/chennaicoastalcleanup5

info@chennaitrekkers.org

Registrations

Individuals -http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/04/chennai-coastal-cleanup6-june-7th.html

Groups - http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2015/04/chennai-coastal-cleanup6-june-7th-group.html

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup - Final Update

June 6, 2015, 7:48 am

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A HUGE army of 7000 like minded volunteers including 120+ Corporates, NGOs, schools, colleges, running and social groups are all set to storm the Chennai beaches from Marina to Uttandi tomorrow morning 6am. 50 tonnes of garbage are waiting for us along 20km of coastline to be removed and segregated in 3 main categories below. We will be recycling an estimated 85% of the collected garbages to minimize the waste that moves to the Pallikarnai marshlands. Find below the 10 assembly points / timings / contacts across the city where we will be assembling to move together to the shoreline.

Assembly / Timings / Contacts

Assembly Point	Time	Coordinator	Contact
Adyar - Rainforest restaurant near flyover	5:30am	Shyam	9003074440
Ashok Pillar - Udayam Theatre	5am	Ganesh	9003259872
Besant Nagar - Eliot beach police booth	5:50am	Arunajadesh	9489775471
Guindy - Mount Road opposite railway station	5:15am	Mano	9840652404
Koyambedu - petrol bunk opposite CMBT	5am	Chellababu	9940095978
Marina lighthouse - behind lighthouse	6am	Ashok	9382577264
Tamabaram - bus stand	5am	Manojkumar	9551055536
Tirunmangalam signal - Anna Nagar West bus depot	5am	Arun	9791179205
Tirunvanmiyur - Adyar Bakery	5:30am	Balaji	9941615365
Velachery - opposite Vijayanagar bus stop	5:15am	Velmurugan	9944225211

Segregation

1. Glass Bottles : (Alcohol Bottles, Broken Glass pieces, Broken Glass bottles, Glass Medicinal Bottles and other Glass Items)
2. Recyclables : (All polythene wrappers, Carry Bags, PET Bottles, Plastic Containers, Water Pockets, Thermocol, Milk Covers, Shoes, Slippers, Papers, Card-boards and all kind of Plastic materials)
3. Others : (Fishing Nets, Styrofoam, flowers, Co-count shells, Organic Wastes, Cloths, wooden scraps, ropes and anything not covered in the above two categories)

Every Growing Army

Below list of 120 Corporates, NGOs, schools and other groups are joining forces in our every growing green army in the battle against plastic:

ABCO Advisory Services India Pvt Ltd	Innowave Healthcare	SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL SPORTS ACADEMY
Adityaa Agro	Little Flowers School and Avvai Home	Seashore Town Plot Owners and Residents Association
Ameex Technologies	Isha Homes India Private Limited	SharePoint Frontier
ANCESTORS EDUCATION (P) LTD	J.K FENNER INDIA LIMITED	Shell's colleagues
AROBOT Chennai	Jade payments	sohes
Art of Living	Jeevitham	SPAAAK
Aspire Systems Limited	K2B Solutions	St. Mary's Educational Trust
Atmel R&D India Pvt Ltd	K7 Computing pvt ltd	Students
AWARE	Karky Research Organization	SUBHAS Scout Group
Barclays Shared Services	kidobotikz	Sundram Fasteners Limited
Bharathi Scout Group	L & T Infotech	Symrise Private Limited
Bhumi	Land mark Constructions	Synergy Maritime Private Limited
Care and welfare	Lenox	Tambram thunderbolt running group
Caterpillar - ATS, India	LET US CLEAN CHENNAI	Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai Astronomy Club	Lions Club of Chennai Triplicane	Techdew UX Design & Consulting Firm
Chennai Runners Marina Minnals	Lister Metropolis	Techfront friends forum
Chennai Volunteers	MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD MRV	The Anthem of the Phoenix
Chromepet Cheetahs	Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd	The Crew
CMA CGM Shared Service Centre India Pvt.Ltd	Mobius knowledge services	The Megha Foundation-Saranalaya children
CNSI	Momentive Performance Materials (India) Pvt Ltd	Thiruvalluvar Gurugulam School
Cognizant	My Master, Chrompet	Thomson Reuters
CPS Global School	Namma Beach Namma Chennai	Thozhan
CSC India Pvt Ltd	NiN Society	UST Global
Dell Business Process Solution India Pvt Ltd	Nokia Networks	Verizon
DEVI ACADEMY SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL	OFFICERS TRAINING ACADEMY	Vernalis
Dr.Gupta's Dental Specialties Centre	p.s.senior secondary school	Vibrant Vellachery
Ernst & Young Foundation	Panayur Friends Group	Virtusa Software Services
Federal Bank Ltd	Paperman	Visual BI Solutions
Freshdesk	Pasumai	Visumbu Org
Frost & Sullivan	Patel Scouts & Guides	VRV
GAVS Technologies Pvt. Ltd	PerkinElmer Healtcare	WABCO India Limited
Give Smiles	Ponnovi Creatives	WCCG
GLD MOVEMENT	Prokarma Softech Pvt Ltd, DLF	wipro technologies
Heat and Control (South Asia) Pvt Ltd.	Quadrant 4 Software Solutions(p) Ltd	Xpitax Solution Pvt ltd
HLL Biotech Limited	Rapid Response	Yaavaarkum
HTC Global Services Inc	Royal Bank of Scotland	YOUTH FOR SEVA
Hyatt Regency Chennai	RR Donnelley	Aam Aadmi Party - TNtt
ICON Clinical Research	Saggezza India Pvt Ltd
iNautix Technologies India Private Ltd	Saint Gobain Research India

Flash Mob / Mime / Street Play

Our volunteers will be performing a Flash Mob / Mime at Marina today 5pm. Come and watch as our team performs a beautiful play to sensitize the public on the negative impacts of plastics on our beaches and ocean ecosystem

Video of our flash mob at Ramanajur IT Park on Wednesday. Watch it here

Wall Paintings

Volunteers from the Chennai Trekking Club and Paint Box created a beautiful wall paining at Marina beach (swimming pool) this morning.

Below the wall painting at Thirunvanmyur beach

Media

The Chennai Coastal Cleanup got featured extensively in yesterday's India Express Indulge. Read it here

Big FM and Live FM Radio is spreading awareness across the FM waves on our Coastal Cleanup

News 7 is playing our Promo Video. Check it out over here

Our volunteers of the Chennai Trekking Club are all excited to welcome you to the 6th year edition of the Coastal Cleanup

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup 6 - Post-event Statistics & Photos

June 7, 2015, 10:11 am

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Thank you for participating in the 6th edition of our Coastal Cleanup.

An initial shortlist of photos from our photography team has been uploaded over here. Do share/tag/comment/like.

Elaborate zone-wise photo albums are be being uploaded on our Facebook Page. Check today/tomorrow for regular updates.

This morning, 5500 volunteers cleaned up 29 tons of garbage from the beaches between Marina and Pondicherry as part of 6th year edition of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup, an initiative to create awareness among the public on the environmental impact of the increasing garbage footprint and health hazards of plastics. 120 major Corporates, NGOs, schools and other groups participated in the event on Sunday morning between 6-9am. The volunteers segregated garbage in three major categories: 13% glass, 32% recyclable waste (plastics, sandals, cardboard, fishing nets, etc.) and 54% of non-recyclable waste. 45% of the total volume of garbage collected will be recycled by Earth Recycler and the remaining garbage will move to the garbage dump.

The cleanup campaign is organized by the Chennai Trekking Club (CTC) in association with Clean Chennai, an initiative from the Chennai Corporation. CTC is a large 25 thousand member volunteer based non-profit group which organizes outdoors, sports and environmental events throughout the year. As part of the event, the Environmental Foundation of India completed their 100^th lake cleanup covering two lakes: Keezhkattalai lake and Mudichur lake.

Zone-wise statistics

S. No	Zone	Volunteers	Glass bags	Recycle bags	Others bags	Total	Weight
1	Marina	840	19	25	47	91
2	Lighthouse	270	4	35	9	48
3	Santhome	450	15	30	65	110
4	Foreshore	600	13	32	28	73
5	Broken Bridge	628	5	60	120	185
6	Besant Nagar	480	14	25	20	59
7	Kalakshetra	120	2	6	15	23
8	Tirunvanmyur	670	11	27	24	62
9	Kottivakam	241	1	12	8	21
10	Neelankarai	168	7	27	14	48
13	Akkarai	125	3	16	1	20
14	Panayur	120	5	8	4	17
15	Uthandi	67	8	3	10	21
16	Keezhkattalai Lake	225					2000
17	Mudichur Lake	50					520
18	Pondicherry	450	13		50	63
		5504	120	306	415	841
	Weight/bag		30	28	35
	Total (kg)		3600	8568	14525	26693	29213
	Percentage		13%	32%	54%

India Clean Sweep

10 regional NGOs in 9 cities across South India joined hands with the Chennai Coastal Cleanup under the India Clean Sweep umbrella to take the awareness to a national level: Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Vizag, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari, Thanjavur, and Dharmapuri. 350 volunteers across these 9 cities collected 5 tons of garbage. Participating NGOs included EFI, RAAC, MC3 Trust, Anbum Aramum, Great Hyderabad Adventure Club, MEECONS, Nellai nature Club, Maram Madurai, Natives of Thanjavur, Sacred Heart School.

	City	Headcount	#bags	kg/bag	total (kg)
1	Coimbatore	20			3000
2	Dharmapuri	20	15	12	180
3	Kanyakumari	50	25	12	300
4	Thanjavur	20	15	12	180
5	Tirunelveli	25	10	12	120
6	Tuticorin	80	15	12	180
7	Vishakapatnam	80	50	12	600
8	Hyderabad	25	20	12	240
9	Madurai	30			250
	Total	350			5050

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Chennai Trail Marathon, Sep 13th - Registrations Open

June 7, 2015, 11:32 pm

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≪ Previous: Chennai Coastal Cleanup 6 - Post-event Statistics & Photos

Some say it as one of the most challenging ultra runs, some call it the most beautiful multi-terrain trail run in South. Come and experience running bliss on Sep 13th near Chennai!

Registration portal - https://www.chennaitrekkingclubevents.org/Events/CTCEvents/ctm2015/ctm2015_Entry.aspx

Headcount limited to 1000 (entry criteria below).

CHENNAI TRAIL MARATHON, Sept 13th 2015 (Sunday)

EVENT SUMMARY

Organizer: Chennai Trekking Club
Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
Facebook: Chennai Trail Marathon
Objective: non-profit event to promote trail running, outdoors, active lifestyle
Venue: Cholavaram Lake near Red Hills, Chennai
Cause: CTC's tree plantation initiatives. In the past 3 years we have planted more then 3000 saplings in and around Chennai.
Target: active long-distance runners. Headcount restricted to 1000 runners
Categories: 21K, 42K, 50K
Registration: 550Rs (all categories) includes free overnight stay, breakfast, refreshments, medal, certificate, photos, timing chip
Runners unable to pay registration fee kindly contact info@chennaitrekkers.org
T-shirt: optional: 250Rs

TIMINGS/ENTRY/CUT-OFF

Entry criteria:

Minimum age 18 years
21K: max. HM timing 2:30 hours (men) 3:00 hours (women) - Open Category
42/50K: max. FM timing 5:30 hours (men) 6 hours (women) - Open Category
Veteran Category (43 years+): no entry criteria

Start timings/Cut off: (eligibility for medal/certificate)

50K: start 4am - cut off: 7 hours (men), 7:30 hours (women) - All categories
42K: start 4:15am - cut off: 6:15 hours (men), 6:45 hours (women) - All categories
21K: start 5am - cut off: 3:30 hours (men), 4 hours (women) - All categories
Start timings are tentative and subject to weather conditions.

RUNNING ROUTE

Track: off-road hard trail
Terrain: lakes, canyons, dams, rivers, paddy fields, forest and grasslands
Route: 21K circular trail
Aid stations: every 3-4K

WEATHER

On rainy day it may drizzle or rain making the terrain wet, slushy and some portions slippery.
On non-rainy day it may be very hot even at 7.30 a.m.

TRAVEL/STAY

Venue: GOJAN School of Business & Technology
Stay: free overnight stay at school. College toilet and canteen facilities available

Car pooling: contact of car owners willing to car pool will be shared among runners from same location

Hotels: list of hotels near venue for out station runners will be shared after registration

REFRESHMENTS/FOOD

Refreshments: available at aid stations every 3-4K
Food: South Indian buffet breakfast at college canteen
Optional: Saturday dinner / Sunday lunch coupons available for runners/friends/relatives (75Rs)

BIB/MEDAL/AWARD

BIB distribution: hotel venue in Chennai city being finalized
Medal: received at finish line if completing within cut-off time
E-certificate: emailed post-event if completing within cut-off time
Awards:

NO price money.
Podium awards for top 3 finishers, all distances, open and veteran age categories, men and women

Photos: extensive photo coverage will be shared free immediately after event

ABOUT CTC

About: The Chennai Trekking Club is a non-profit volunteer-based community which organizes outdoors, sports and environmental events throughout the year
Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
Facebook: Chennai Trekking Club
Media: In the news
Marathons: Chennai Trail Marathon - Sep 13th, Javadhu Hills Ultra - July 12th
Triathlons: Chennai Triathlon - Aug 9th, Chennai Iron Triathlon - Dec 20th
Environment: Chennai Coastal Cleanup - June 7th, Annual Green Day - Nov
Non-profit: Accounts summary of the event will be shared with runners
Green: CTC's green wing Ainthinai ensures that events are organized in a sustainable manner

Happy Running,

Team CTM

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup - Be the Change you Wish to See!

June 8, 2015, 11:11 pm

≫ Next: Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Photo Links Part 1

≪ Previous: Chennai Trail Marathon, Sep 13th - Registrations Open

Sunday was a day to remember in the history of Chennai!

Together We collected and Segregated 29 tonnes of garbage from our beaches out of which 16 tonnes (55%) will beRecycled.

Every single day 6400 tonnes of non-segregated garbage leaves the city (our homes, companies, apartments) to be dumped and burned in our beautiful Pallikarnai marshland, a place which is unique attracting migratory birds from across the world. In one community nearby one of the city's garbage dumps 30% of young women is suffering from breast cancer linked in all probability linked to the contamination of air and groundwater. And we all know that our modern consumption lifestyle started only recently in the last decade. It's gonna take much less time for the situation to get much worse. Statistics show that our city is one of the most polluted in India!

The only way we can change our own fate is by being the change - if we can segregate 29 tonnes of garbage from 20km of our beaches then why can't we find the motivation to segregate our own garbage at home? Once our home waste segregated our job is done - non-profit organizations like Paperman.in and Dailydump.org are ready to collect and recycle dry waste at our doorstep or help us in composting wet waste. Let us start now to work towards a more sustainable green planet for planet, ourselves and our children.

Do share your thoughts with us on the Chennai Coastal Cleanup, our ever growing garbage footprint and possible solutions towards a greener more sustainable planet, etc.

Yesterday's Article in Times of India on the Coastal Cleanup and Segregation

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Photo Links Part 1

June 9, 2015, 1:34 am

≫ Next: JAVADHU HILLS ULTRA, July 12th 2015

≪ Previous: Chennai Coastal Cleanup - Be the Change you Wish to See!

Find below the first set of albums captured by our photography team consolidated zone-wise.

Do share, comment, tag, like to create awareness among your friends.

Marina

Prabu Delhi Babu: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.863335953701574.1073741869.100000755313114&type=1&l=fea452ff6b

Vinith Gandhi: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1462021460775769.1073741832.100009037887673&type=1&l=b177fc06c4

Lighthouse

Balameenakshisundaram: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.864939526909096.1073741891.469642253105494&type=1

Boopathy: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1136832306332788&type=1&l=1152195c99

Sreenath Vasu: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.911385518919684.1073741835.413641658694075&type=1

Balamurugan T: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10203257953609101.1073741832.1817148826&type=1&l=cec0482210

Santhome

Harikrishna: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10204689717948513.1073741842.1403097830&type=1&l=7d3815bfdd

VishnuDayal: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152791705781751.1073741864.713116750&type=1&l=e5bdcbed74

Broken Bridge

S. Sanjay: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.851103524959672.1073741834.827388860664472&type=3&uploaded=47

Karthik Thangavel: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.825401480829353.1073741831.760862277283274&type=1

BesantNagar

Dinesh Kumar R: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.904581022936294.1073741868.452543214806746&type=3&uploaded=70

Rajesh: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1049704975058492.1073741827.100000569991174&type=1&l=43bb1ba779

Kalakshetra

Karthik: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10206076995820413.1073741860.1127686013&type=1&l=401e79bac8

Thiruvanmaiyur

Nivya: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1150439171648786.1073741850.100000481423696&type=1&l=6be3c9b20b

Kotivakkam

Muthukumar Balagurusamy: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153113752204261.1073741915.643394260&type=1&l=2e91d8a576

Neelangarai

Ravichandran: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.436053163240476.1073741849.265688470276947&type=3

Yuvaraj: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.865046290199770.1073741853.100000832225788&type=1&l=eb8e21d4eb

Ragul Sathiyamoorthy: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.898402646883133.1073741833.100001402190424&type=1&l=b70a8bf09d

Akkarai

S.Sunilkumaar: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10203933387407376.1073741855.1602714517&type=1&l=5729590032

Panaiyur

S.Siva Subramanian: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.825373734199235.1073741884.100001798474291&type=1&l=452b778e72

Rajiv Nagarajan: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10206072051456807.1073741859.1127686013&type=1&l=9c509b1e90

Sanjay Bhattacharya: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153137023578145.1073741841.786533144&type=1&l=e857f18bc6

Uthandi

Vinod Bala: https://www.facebook.com/vinod.bala.948/timeline/story?ut=43&wstart=0&wend=1435733999&hash=-2733858647409229397&pagefilter=3

Bharathi Srinivasan: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10206066323433610.1073741857.1127686013&type=1&l=bbd38397ed

Keezhkattalai Lake

Thangasami Sivanu: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1063478393679833.1073741891.100000530477714&type=1&l=85eee43cc2

Facebook Page

An Initiative by the Chennai Trekking Club

www.chennaitrekkers.org

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JAVADHU HILLS ULTRA, July 12th 2015

June 10, 2015, 10:54 pm

≫ Next: Chennai Triathlon - Sprint, Olympic, Half Iron - Aug 9th 2015

≪ Previous: Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Photo Links Part 1

Click here to register: https://www.chennaitrekkingclubevents.org/Events/CTCEvents/JHU2015/JHU2015_entry.aspx

EVENT SUMMARY

Organizer: Chennai Trekking Club
Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
Facebook: Javadhu Hills Ultra
Objective: non-profit event to promote hill running, outdoors, active lifestyle
Venue: Athipet near Jamunamarathur, Javadhu Hills
Cause: conservation of bio-diversity through native tree plantations
Target: active long-distance runners. Headcount restricted to 250 runners
Categories: 75K, 50K, 25K
Registration: 850Rs (all categories) includes free overnight stay, breakfast, refreshments, medal, certificate, photos, NO timing chip (manual)
T-shirt: optional: 250Rs

RUNNING ROUTE

Track: off-road hard trail through paddy fields, remote tribal villages, lush greenery
Route: 25K linear trail
Altitude: 800-1000 meters.
Elevation gain: 1500m, 1100m, 600m
Aid stations: every 4-5K
Weather: mornings / evenings - 18 to 25 degrees. Mid-day 25 to 30 degrees

TIMINGS/ENTRY/CUT-OFF

Entry criteria:

Minimum age 18 years
25K: min HM timing 2:15 hours (men) 2:30 hours (women)
Open Cateory 50/75K: min FM timing 5:30 hours (men) 6 hours (women)
Veteran (43 years+): no criteria

Start timings/Cut off: (eligibility for medal/certificate)

75K: 5:30am - 11 hours (men), 12 hours (women) - All categories
50K: 5:45am - 7 hours (men), 7:45 hours (women) - All categories
25K: 6am - 3:30 hours (men), 4 hours (women) - All categories

TRAVEL/STAY

Travel:

4.5 hour drive from Chennai through Polur
4 hour drive from Bangalore through Vaniyambadi
(recommended to drive previous afternoon and stay overnight)

Car pooling: contact of car owners willing to car pool will be shared among runners from same location
Public transport: last bus from Polur to Jamunamarathur at 6pm
Overnight stay:

St. Joseph Higher Secondary School near Jamunamarathur (free)
Possibility for camping on school grounds
(Non)A/C lodges available at Polur, 1.5 hour from venue (details will be shared)

REFRESHMENTS/FOOD

Refreshments: available at aid stations every 4-5K
Food:

South Indian buffet breakfast at finish (25K)
Sandwiches at 25K/50K + lunch/dinner (50K/75K)

Optional: Saturday dinner / Sunday lunch / dinner coupons available for runners/friends/relatives (75Rs)
Stalls: availability of organically produced millets and honey by local Tribal farmers

BIB/MEDAL/AWARD

BIB distribution: Saturday evening/Sunday morning at venue
Medal: received at finish line if completing within cut-off time
E-certificate: emailed post-event if completing within cut-off time
Awards:

NO price money.
Podium awards for top 3 finishers, all distances, open and veteran age categories, men and women

Photos: extensive photo coverage will be shared free immediately after event

ABOUT CTC

About: The Chennai Trekking Club is a non-profit volunteer-based community which organizes outdoors, sports and environmental events throughout the year
Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
Facebook: Chennai Trekking Club
Media: In the news
Marathons: Chennai Trail Marathon - Sep 13th, Javadhu Hills Ultra - July 12th
Triathlons: Chennai Triathlon - Aug 9th, Chennai Iron Triathlon - Dec 20th
Environment: Chennai Coastal Cleanup - June 7th, Annual Green Day - Nov
Non-profit: Accounts summary of the event will be shared with runners
Green: CTC's green wing Ainthinai ensures that events are organized in a sustainable manner

Happy Running,

Team JHU

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Chennai Triathlon - Sprint, Olympic, Half Iron - Aug 9th 2015

June 11, 2015, 2:26 am

≫ Next: Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Photo Links Part 2

≪ Previous: JAVADHU HILLS ULTRA, July 12th 2015

Registrations Open

Open water swimming classes are ongoing twice a week since December and will continue till August. Venue/Timings/Details on Facebook

EVENT SUMMARY

Event: Chennai Triathlon
Organizer: Chennai Trekking Club
Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
Facebook: Chennai Triathlon
Objective: non-profit event to promote an active lifestyle through sports
Venue: Ottiyambakkam near Chennai
Categories: Sprint, Olympic, Half Iron
Registration: 500Rs/600Rs/700Rs includes free overnight stay, refreshments, sandwich, medal, certificate, photos

CATEGORIES

Sprint: 750m swim, 20K cycling, 5K running
Olympic: 1.5K swim, 45K cycling, 10K running
Half Iron: 1.9K swim, 90K cycling, 21K running

ROUTES

Swim: open waters, 150m length
Cycling: OMR, 22K and 45K U-turns
Running: 10K loop near Agni College
Aid stations: every 5-6K

TIMINGS/ENTRY/CUT-OFF

Entry criteria:

Only good open water swimmers will be allowed (safety)
Ongoing open water practice sessions every Tue and Thu morning at venue (free of cost)

Start timings/Cut off: (eligibility for medal/certificate/finisher tee)

Half Iron: 5am - 10 hours (men), 11 hours (women)
Olympic: 5:15am - 6 hours (men), 7 hours (women)
Sprint: 6:15am - 3 hours (men), 3.5 hours (women)

STAY/FOOD

Travel: Venue is 1 hour drive from Thirunvanmyur, Chennai
Overnight stay: Agni College of Technology (free)
Refreshments: available at swimming, running 5K aid stations, cycle 20/65K point
Food: Sandwiches at run start/finish and 20/65K cycle point

BIB/FINISH

BIB distribution: Saturday evening/Sunday morning at venue
Medal: received at finish line if completing within cut-off time
Finisher T-shirt: can be ordered at finish line if completing within cut-off time (250Rs)
E-certificate: emailed post-event if completing within cut-off time
Awards:

NO price money.
Podium awards for top 3 finishers, all distances, open and veteran age categories, men and women

Photos: extensive photo coverage will be shared free immediately after event

ABOUT CTC

About: The Chennai Trekking Club is a non-profit volunteer-based community which organizes outdoors, sports and environmental events throughout the year
Web site: www.chennaitrekkers.org
Facebook: Chennai Trekking Club
Media: In the news
Marathons: Chennai Trail Marathon - Sep 13th, Javadhu Hills Ultra - July 12th
Triathlons: Chennai Triathlon - Aug 9th, Chennai Iron Triathlon - Dec 20th
Environment: Chennai Coastal Cleanup - June 7th, Annual Green Day - Nov
Non-profit: Account summary of the event will be shared with participants
Green: all events are co-organized by CTC's green wing: Ainthinai

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Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Photo Links Part 2

June 11, 2015, 9:40 pm

≫ Next: The men and women behind Chennai Coastal Cleanup

≪ Previous: Chennai Triathlon - Sprint, Olympic, Half Iron - Aug 9th 2015

Next set of beautiful moments captured by our photography team during last Sunday's Chennai Coastal Cleanup - 6.

All the albums are consolidated zone-wise.

Do share, comment (your views), tag (known faces) to create awareness among your circle.

Marina

Arun Raja Mohan: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152891875430069.1073741843.571395068&type=1&l=3a29a4d2a2

Prashanth Mani: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152780097151114.1073741850.640881113&type=1&l=1539e25261

Santhome

Dinesh Kumar: https://www.facebook.com/dineshkumar.soundararaj/media_set?set=a.950806351617835&type=3

Foreshore

Sundar: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10205739265458398.1073741828.1158665772&type=1&l=487fdc1509

Dakshinamurthy: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10205440566707509.1073741828.1050451871&type=1&l=338f90033b

Hari Ramachandran: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.999187510094131.1073741825.377855538894001&type=1&l=190b02424a

Infancia Sylvia: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.930879063628817.1073741848.100001201956734&type=1&l=e5a56c35ec

Broken Bridege

Mohanakrishnan: https://www.facebook.com/blacky.kettavan/media_set?set=a.908678035821823.1073741840.100000389048334&type=3

Prakash C: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153372737163147.1073741836.664128146&type=1&l=b70405db91

Besant Nagar

Mahizhnan: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1138755406151465.1073741839.100000510494095&type=1&l=3ee7ff8b90

Kalakshetra

Manikandan: https://www.facebook.com/manikandan.kumaresan.39/media_set?set=a.834158160004036.10737418

Akkarai

Krishnakumar: https://www.facebook.com/krishnakumar.rajan.5/media_set?set=a.10203032868701182.1073741847.1789031113&type=3

Panaiyur

Sairam: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1500060900283812.1073741838.100008397488007&type=1&l=74be50d5c7

Mudichur Lake

Praveen Jayakaran: https://www.facebook.com/praveen.jones/media_set?set=a.10206633583029294.1073741842.1564146716&type=3

Regional Photo Links - India Clean Sweep II

Hyderabad: Great Hyderabad Adventures Club
https://www.facebook.com/Ra.Aravindh/media_set?set=a.893574220699674.100001413130385&type=3

Dharmapuri: Anbum Aramum
https://www.facebook.com/DharmapuriNambaOoru/posts/797092410398620

Thanjavur: Natives of Tanjore
https://www.facebook.com/Thanjavur/posts/1128313680528596

Coimbatore: EFI

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.898844793483961.1073741889.259271880774592&type=1

Kanyakumari: Sacred Heart International School
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/110324285606526513246/albums/6158461570832721297

Tirunelveli : Nellai Nature Club
https://www.facebook.com/NellaiNatureClub/posts/860422397371272

Tuticorin: Vikasha School
https://www.facebook.com/NellaiNatureClub/posts/860888273991351

Facebook Page

An Initiative by The Chennai Trekking Club

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The men and women behind Chennai Coastal Cleanup

June 13, 2015, 9:51 pm

≫ Next: Happy Birthday CTC Ainthinai - Ainthinai turns 3 !!!

≪ Previous: Chennai Coastal Cleanup/6 - Photo Links Part 2

The 6^th edition of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup was one of the largest events organized in CTC’s entire history. Numerous like-minded souls with a shared passion for the environment and a vision for a green future worked tirelessly behind the scenes for 2 months to make it a big success. In this email I wish to recognize a few of our key contributors. Apologies upfront if I missed out anyone among these hundreds of volunteers:

Personalities from Mission CCC/6

Siva – One of CTC’s most selfless and tireless volunteers behind the scenes, driving force in our green team. Siva took care of a myriad of things day & night in CCC

Vinod Sundar – Main coordinator for registrations, working with corporates and participating groups, event mailers, involved in numerous aspects of the event

Nambi – driving force behind our youth awareness programs in schools through drawing competitions

Sinthu - took full responsibility for CCC’s awareness programs . Member of the flash mob, writing articles, etc.

Abirami – organized awareness programs in schools through drawing competitions, coordinated with Chennai Corporation for Marina wall paintings

Manoj – creative Davinci who created beautiful artworks, videos, mug designs, posters as part of our ongoing awareness

#NoPlasticChallenge – the awareness campaign which went viral on the social media. Original idea came from Lakshmi Narayanan and was further refined/enhanced/executed by Vinod Sankaran Rathnam Vinoth also roped in our radio partner.

Thilak - Media & Permissions

Ra.Aravind – coordinated with 10 regional NGOs and 9 cities across South India who joined forces alongside mission CCC under the India Clean Sweep umbrella campaign

Designers – Rajiv, Yazar, Shaik Hameed created numerous impactful designs, posters, banners which help us in carrying our message to the public

Kannan from ePageMaker provided his office space as a frequently visited venue for our ongoing planning meetings and practice for the flash mob teams

Deepak & Gupta – helped us in getting permission for the Flash Mob in Express Avenue Mall

Murugesan – provided lot of support, sponsorship, permissions

Aarthi – individually took interest in creating posters and printing them

Chithra – ever active & energetic girl with lots of enthusiasm & cheering others, active member of flash mob and contributor to other initiatives

Sudhir Sambandam - choreographer for Flash mob

Shyam Sundar – video recordings, arranging audio system for flash mob

Arun Krishnamurthy, Skits/Street play. Ex-Googler, founder of Environmentalist Foundation of India who is trying to restore numerous lakes around the city.

Bharathi scouts - MIME show

Mani Kandan - Approaching kabadiwala for recycling of plastics

Bala/Ram - Plastic Quiz, poster design to educate us on the impact of plastics

Masu - CTC Mugs, the paper cup terminator

Ela - CTC Stainless steel bottles, eliminator of the single use plastic bottles

Eswari, Ram - Apartment complexes segregation & recycling

Dawood - CCC/Corporates/Apartments waste mgmt – founder of from Earth Recycler

Sandhya Sourirajan – active CCC blogger. Her posts were shared on various new sites and blogs

Kannan, Dakshniamuurthi, Aswhin, Mathew, Parthasarathy, Radhika - presenters of various workshops on green sustainable practices

Manikandan – t-shirts

Ganesh Gags – editing of promotional videos

Neelambari – creation of promotional videos

Aravind Krishamootrhy – refreshments and lots of other supporting activities

Poonkathirvelan Boopalan – transportation

Hema & Sundari - Event day coordination

Photography – Noel / Nivya

Karthik and team – first aid support through Alert !

Krishna – Yellow bags, plastic monsters

Karmu, paint box - wall painting at Marina and Thirunvanmyur.Fabulous job.

Manoj kumar – nearly single handedly segregated the inventory materials that was distributed to all zone leads on Saturday

Praveen Kumar – garbage collection and transportation. Stayed back till corporation lorries returned back to recycle site

Chennai Corporation – for providing necessary permissions & lorries for trasporations. Chennai Police for permisions & Nisha Thota from Clean Chennai for Coordinating with CTC.

Flash mob team - Abhishek, Ankita, arjun krishnan, arun karthik, Ashok kumar, ashwanth, Bhavya, chellababu, Deepak, dharm, Dinesh, Divya, Eswari, guru, gururaj, Hari, kaamaa, kaavya, Kamal kumar, karthik, karthikeyan, kathir, krishna, krithish babu, kumaresh Vinoth, Nikita, Peter Felix, Poorani, Praveen kumar, Praveen Kumar Sethu Madhavan, Praveen Perumal, Priya, raagavsai, Rishita, Santosh, Saranya, Shanu Divya, Siva, Sonia, Sudhakar, Sudharsana, Sudhir, Suganya, Suresh babu, swati, Vanathi, vighnesh, Vijay, Vinodh Balasubramaniam, Vinoth Langudurai, Vishnu Dayal, Vishnu Sharmam VithyaV, vizznu, yazar, balaji

All our zone leads who coordinated 5500 volunteers during Sunday’s beach and lake cleanup: Durai, Gokul, Venky, Swetha, Arul Lakshman, Kavith Janardhanan, Sulai , Prabhu Delhi Babu, Ganesh Kumar, Pratap, Ashok Rajendran, Jack, Vijayakumar Selvam, Gayathri, virapandy, Mahesh Kumar, Sheik Hameed, M.Balameenakshisundaram, Ganesh, Chitra, Karthik, Vinoth Sankaran, Velmurugan, Chellababu, aPrasanna Ravindran, Girish Chandran, G Arun Prasad, Sreenath Vasu, Satheesh, Sathishsayee, Ganesh, Muthu Kumaran, Aravind Srudhi, Satheesh, Elanchezhiyan, Harikumar S, Dakshinamurthy, Satheesh, Abdul, Vikram, Sanjeev Ramki, Muthamizhan, Sathish, Nambi, Ananth RamBaskar, deepak, mohanakrishnan, Praveen, Silambarasan, Vadivel, Arunajadesh, Yazar, Prabhakaran , Aarthi Rangarajan, Dinesh Kumar R, Srikrishna T V, Praveen, Arabind, Shyam, Ruthra, Magesh, Vibin, Manikandan, hemant vijayraj, Manikandan, Balaji Gunasekaran, Sheik Sameer, Anil Sharma, Vibrant Velachery team - Ram / Sudip, Kannan T K, Rajasekhar Reddy, R.Pramod Chakravarthy, Rutira, Titus, Mano, Shamini, Lakshminarayanan, Thanigaivel M, Anitha, Muthu Kumar Balagurusamy, Rutira, Karthik, Manikandaprabu, Ram, Gautham Chelladurai, Kathi, Muthukumar, Ravi Kumar, Vignesh, thomas, yuvaraj, Sundar, Karthik Thangavel, Ravi Kiran Reddy, Pugaz, RK, Karthik, Pramod Harith, Nakkeeran, Chitra Sharma, Krishnakumar, Ravi Kiran Reddy, Gowtham, Manojkumar P, Bala Paz, Shantha Laxmi, S. Siva Subramanian, Ravi Kiran Reddy, Yasmin (Namma beach namma Chennai), Murali Rangarajan, Vinodbala, Ravi Kiran Reddy, EFI,Thangasami Sivanu, Pallavi, Reeki Mishra, Vinoth Kumar, Sairam J, Aravind Krishnamoorthy, Dilleeshwara

Regional partners - Environmental Foundation of India, RAAC, MC3Trust, Anbum Aramum, Great Hyderabad Adventure Club, Nellai Nature Club, Sacred Heart Intl School, Maram Madurai, Natives of Thanjavur, MEECONS

Sponsors – Federal bank / Isha Homes / Olympia Tech / Green cafe / ACT / Ramco / GAVS / Saint Gobin / Cognizant/ Big FM / Thadani / ISKON

Partners – EFI / Earth Recycler / Uber / News 7

Pondicherry

CTC’s Pondy chapter rocked for the 2^nd continuous year in organizing numerous awareness initiatives as part of the Pondicherry Coastal Cleanup:

Sathish, Manikandan, Kannan & Dheebika: Presentation to the School & College Students

Kalai, Arun, Santhosh: Video Screening at Beach Road

Siva, Geetha & Raji: Walkathon & Cycle Rally

Kannan, Ilampirai & Santhosh: Flashmob & Cultural Events

Manimozhi, Vasanth & Prasad: Writeups & Posters

Puthuvai Saravanan, Venkat Siva & Padmanaban: Mime acting

Nikhil, Dharani & Madhavan: Photography

Arun JP, Ramanujam, Dharani, Sathish & Manikandan: Permissions

Brinda, Manimozhi & Kannan: Participants confirmation & Call Coordination

Participating Companies

ABCO Advisory Services India Pvt Ltd	Innowave Healthcare	SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL SPORTS ACADEMY
Adityaa Agro	Little Flowers School and Avvai Home	Seashore Town Plot Owners and Residents Association
Ameex Technologies	Isha Homes India Private Limited	SharePoint Frontier
ANCESTORS EDUCATION (P) LTD	J.K FENNER INDIA LIMITED	Shell's colleagues
AROBOT Chennai	Jade payments	sohes
Art of Living	Jeevitham	SPAAAK
Aspire Systems Limited	K2B Solutions	St. Mary's Educational Trust
Atmel R&D India Pvt Ltd	K7 Computing pvt ltd	Students
AWARE	Karky Research Organization	SUBHAS Scout Group
Barclays Shared Services	kidobotikz	Sundram Fasteners Limited
Bharathi Scout Group	L & T Infotech	Symrise Private Limited
Bhumi	Land mark Constructions	Synergy Maritime Private Limited
Care and welfare	Lenox	Tambram thunderbolt running group
Caterpillar - ATS, India	LET US CLEAN CHENNAI	Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai Astronomy Club	Lions Club of Chennai Triplicane	Techdew UX Design & Consulting Firm
Chennai Runners Marina Minnals	Lister Metropolis	Techfront friends forum
Chennai Volunteers	MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LTD MRV	The Anthem of the Phoenix
Chromepet Cheetahs	Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd	The Crew
CMA CGM Shared Service Centre India Pvt.Ltd	Mobius knowledge services	The Megha Foundation-Saranalaya children
CNSI	Momentive Performance Materials (India) Pvt Ltd	Thiruvalluvar Gurugulam School
Cognizant	My Master, Chrompet	Thomson Reuters
CPS Global School	Namma Beach Namma Chennai	Thozhan
CSC India Pvt Ltd	NiN Society	UST Global
Dell Business Process Solution India Pvt Ltd	Nokia Networks	Verizon
DEVI ACADEMY SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL	OFFICERS TRAINING ACADEMY	Vernalis
Dr.Gupta's Dental Specialties Centre	p.s.senior secondary school	Vibrant Vellachery
Ernst & Young Foundation	Panayur Friends Group	Virtusa Software Services
Federal Bank Ltd	Paperman	Visual BI Solutions
Freshdesk	Pasumai	Visumbu Org
Frost & Sullivan	Patel Scouts & Guides	VRV
GAVS Technologies Pvt. Ltd	PerkinElmer Healtcare	WABCO India Limited
Give Smiles	Ponnovi Creatives	WCCG
GLD MOVEMENT	Prokarma Softech Pvt Ltd, DLF	wipro technologies
Heat and Control (South Asia) Pvt Ltd.	Quadrant 4 Software Solutions(p) Ltd	Xpitax Solution Pvt ltd
HLL Biotech Limited	Rapid Response	Yaavaarkum
HTC Global Services Inc	Royal Bank of Scotland	YOUTH FOR SEVA
Hyatt Regency Chennai	RR Donnelley	Aam Aadmi Party - TNtt
ICON Clinical Research	Saggezza India Pvt Ltd
iNautix Technologies India Private Ltd	Saint Gobain Research India

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Happy Birthday CTC Ainthinai - Ainthinai turns 3 !!!

June 9, 2015, 10:58 pm

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What is Ainthinai ?

Per Ancient Tamil Sangam Literature our landscape has been divided into 5 categories which are Kurinji, Mullai, Marutham, Neithal and Paalai. Each of these five geographic thinai's are named for a flower that is characteristic of that landscape.

குறிஞ்சி / Kurinji – மலையும் மலை சார்ந்த இடமும் / Mountainous Region

முல்லை / Mullai - காடும் காடு சார்ந்த இடமும் / Forest Region

மருதம் / Marutham - வயலும் வயல்சார்ந்த இடமும் / Crop land or Agricultural Region

நெய்தல் / Neithal - கடலும் கடல்சார்ந்த இடமும் / Sea Shore Region

பாலை / Paalai - மணலும் மணல் சார்ந்த இடமும் / Drought or Desert Region

How is Ainthinai related to CTC ?

Ainthinai is the active Green Wing of The Chennai Trekking Club. It consists of a large group of volunteers, from the 25k member CTC group, who actively engage themselves towards the conservation of Mother Nature. Over the past 3 years our Ainthinai team has been involved in various social and environmental conservation activities including but not limited to Tree Plantations, Sapling maintenance drives, Tree walk programs (to know about our native trees), Organic Farm Visits & Volunteering, Cleanup Programs in beaches, lakes and forests, Organizing Terrace Garden Workshops. In short people who are concerned about Mother Nature are part of Team - Ainthinai.

How it all started?

There is a start to everything. Few years ago, our CTCian Sridhar and his friends(from outside Chennai) were involved in a casual discussion about Chennai. It was during this discussion his friends started complaining about how hot Chennai is. That made him realize the reality that people from other cities/states are facing in Chennai due to hot weather. He joined with other CTCians and started discussing about the reason behind Chennai's hot climate, reducing green cover inside the city, no. of trees that are being cut down for infrastructure improvement, etc. That kickstarted our first Tree Plantation activity on June 16th 2012. After that over the course of time it got support from many CTC volunteers and now we have a dedicated group of volunteers team which is what we proudly call as "Ainthinai".

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What is the Objective of CTC Ainthinai Team?

The main objective of CTC Ainthinai Team is to increase the green cover in our city and conserve the above mentioned five types of lands in all possible ways, be it planting as many trees as possible or promoting organic farming, . We are constantly involved in conducting various events to make sure our Planet Earth remains a better place to live in for us and our future generations. We try and spread awareness to as much individuals as possible about the importance of conserving our Mother Earth.

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What Ainthinai has done so far?

Tree Plantations - As mentioned earlier, Ainthinai Team was formed with the motive of increasing the green cover in our city. But as we progressed we spread outside of our city and presently we have planted over 6100 saplingsaltogether in Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Thiruvannamalai, Karur, Cuddalore, Pondicherry, Tindivanam and few other locations. We always make sure that we plant indigenous saplings instead of any hybrid or non native trees.

Saplings Maintenance Drives - Ainthinai strongly believes that planting a sapling is not just enough, we also need to make sure that they are maintained well and it grows out into a tree. To ensure that we conduct regular maintenance drives at our plantation locations. Typically we carry out tree plantation activities during monsoon season (June-December) and follow it up with maintenance drives at the same locations during January - May months. Our maintenance activities usually involves removing weeds around the saplings, adding mulching to the saplings, watering, adding manure, fixing/removing tree guards and installing water management techniques (drip irrigation).

Tree Walk Programs - In our daily life we go in search of a shady tree to rest, stand or park out vehicle safely away from the sunlight. These are the trees that provide us the much needed protection from sunlight, yet standing silently and producing Oxygen for us to breathe in. But have you ever wondered about what is the kind of tree that we are standing under or we have parked our car under ? Tree Walk programs are conducted to address this and promote awareness about the kind of trees that we come across in our daily life, learn about the benefits they provide us, etc. We conduct periodic Tree Walk programs for volunteers with the help of experts. As of now we have conducted multiple Tree Walk programs in MCC (with the help of Prof. Narashimman), Kotturpuram Tree Park (with the help of Nizhal team) and Yerankadu Arboretum.

Volunteering Lake Cleanups - Lakes are nature's way of harvesting rain water and the current polluted status of our lakes are something to be really worried of. In collaboration with Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI)we are involved in clean-up drives across various lakes of Chennai in the hopes of reviving them.

Organic Farm Visits - Ainthinai strongly believes that “Agriculture is our Culture”. We conduct volunteering activities in various organic farms in and outside the city. This is done with the motive of educating our current generation about our Roots, hence these events are named as "Back to our Roots". This initiative provides wonderful platform to volunteers to learn more about agriculture, organic way of doing it, etc. Our typical volunteering activities in farms includes Paddy Transplantation, De-weeding, Harvesting, Ploughing, Preparing Organic manures, etc. We take this chance to thank Organic Ville (located near Camp road) and Mr. Kannan for providing a opportunity for our volunteers to learn more about agriculture.

Waste Segregation in CCC - Chennai Coastal Cleanup - India's biggest yearly cleanup activity conducted by The Chennai Trekking Club for the past 6 years. More than 5000 volunteers participate in this cleanup and collect garbage spread across from Marina to Uthandi. An approx of 50 tonnes of garbage is being collected as part of CCC every year. In this initial two years of CCC the collected garbage was being sent to our corporation dump yards, until the third edition of CCC which is when our Ainthinai team came up with the idea of segregation of our garbage and recycling as much as possible. Our lead volunteers during the cleanup make sure that the garbage is collected on a segregated basis, so that it can be recycled as much as possible and help reduce the overhead on our recycling partner. Last year more than 80% of the garbage that was collected as part of CCC was recycled with the help of our recycling partner Earth Recycler and only the remaining 20% was sent to dump yards.

Terrace Garden Workshops - With the motive of "Lets grow our own food", Ainthinai team conducts regular workshops, events and provides opportunities for volunteers to learn about Terrace/Kitchen Gardening. With the help of these workshops many of our volunteers have started setting up their own terrace gardens and grew their own vegetables thus ensuring a healthier life by consuming vegetables that are grown free of artificial chemicals and other pesticides.

Nursery Maintenance Drives - Ainthinai grows its own saplings in its Nursery. Nurseries are the birth place of every sapling, which will eventually grow into a tree one-day. In order to provide our volunteers the knowledge about relationship between a sapling & soil and how a sapling is being grown, we let them work in our nursery, where they get hands on experience on how a sapling is being grown. We conduct such periodic nursery maintenance drives to provide a platform to our volunteers for understanding soil, mother bed, sowing, packing the sapling along with the soil, transplanting them, etc.

Volunteering - Being a member of Volunteering Club, Ainthinai believes that volunteering is fun :). So we as a team never hesitate to lend our hands and extend support for those who are working on conserving Mother Nature. During one of our visit last year to Coop Forest (Salem) our volunteers planted around 1000 saplings inside Coop Forest and Puvitham. Similarly we conduct volunteering events to Sadhana Forest (Auroville) to learn techniques which have been successfully implemented there and also lend our volunteering support in their daily community activities and constructing water conservation bunds along the stream, etc.

Green Treks - 'Practice what you preach'. We believe in this. Thats why Ainthinai initiated the concept of Green treks in CTC. Apart from the regularly followed principles of CTC, which includes no littering, we also started procuring supplies that are needed for the trek with no plastic wrapping and chose to carry them in paper/cloth bags. To eliminate the ill effects of using PET bottles we introduced Stainless Steel bottles for trek volunteers and participants.

Milestones of Ainthinai

Over the past 3 years, Ainthinai has involved in so many activities. Among those few important and major ones are listed below.

Ayyangarkulam, Kanchipuram

Ayyangarkulam is a village in Kanchipuram district. CTC Ainthinai identified a suitable location to conduct tree plantation drive there and executed the plan on March 24, 2013 wherein our team planted 50 saplings around the lake bund. With the continuous support from locals and maintenance drives by our volunteers during that summer, most of the saplings have grown well. Ainthinai conducted another Anniversary Tree Plantation drive on June 29, 2013 at the same village and planted 250+ saplings with the help of around 200 selfless volunteers. An major corporate company have lend their support on planting another 750 saplings at the lake bund. With the continuous effort of CTC Ainthinai, Ayyangarkulam is in the process of becoming a perfect eco spot with lots of green cover.

Green Day at Thenneri

This is one of the recently initiated signature event of CTC Ainthinai. We are in the progress of creating a eco-forest in Thenneri. This village is one of the anciently significant and culturally important village. Its believed that the name “Thenneri” drives from one of the early Cholas named “Thirayan” who constructed a huge lake in this village. Ainthinai was so blessed to execute its project of “Forest in Making” at this same lake. With the help of Forest Department and selfless volunteering effort from 200+ CTC volunteers we planted over 1000+ saplings in the lake bund of Thenneri. We took much care on choosing the saplings that are suitable to the soil and in turn increasing the Bio-Diversity of this place. Till date we have conducted 10+ regular maintenance drives over the summer to ensure maximum survival rate of total saplings planted. Hard work always pays. As a result of these constant maintenance activities, over 80% of the saplings have survived this hot summer and are waiting to witness their first monsoon. A forest is getting created. J

Tree Plantation at Gangai Konda Cholapuram

Chola Dynasty is one of the ancient kingdoms which ruled Ancient Tamil Nadu. As a celebration to mark 1000 years of King Rajendra Cholar, CTC Ainthinai got the golden opportunity to conduct a Tree Plantation drive at the ancient Capital of Chola Kingdom, which is Gangai Konda Cholapuram. With the help of Mr.Gomakhan, CTC Ainthinai Team planted 87 saplings in the Memorial Park of King Rajendra Cholar which is being constructed to mark the occasion of King Rajendra Cholar’s 1000 Years Festival.

Team Ainthinai

Do join us in our future events. Look out for CTC event mailers marked with the name Ainthinai.

Cheers,

Team Ainthinai

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Ainthinai - Back to our Roots : Organicville - Paddy Transplantation on 14th June 2015

June 24, 2015, 3:23 am

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ஐந்திணை நாற்று நடவு முகாம் 14-ஜூன் 2015 – ஒரு பார்வை.

OrganicVille- கு புறப்பட்ட குறிப்பு

வலக்கம் போல நான் வைத்த அலாரம் 4.15 AM கு அடித்து என்னை எலுபியாது. நானும் எலுந்து ஐந்திணை முகாமிருக்கு செல்ல ஒரு வலியாக தயாராகி கிண்டி டொயோடா ஷோரூம் முன்பு 5.03 கு வந்து சேர்ந்தேன். அங்கு யாருமே இல்லை . சரி நமது கிண்டி ஒருங்கிணைபளர் சுந்தர் கு ஒரு ப்போன போட்டேன். அவர் 10 நிமிடங்களில் வருவதாக கூறினார். அதுபோலவே வந்துவிட்டார். அதற்குள் சதீஷ் அவர்கள் அவரது மகனுடன் அவர் காரில் வந்துவிட்டார் . எங்கள் கிண்டி பகுதியில் இருந்து 14பேர் (6 பைக், 2 கார்) 5.40 புறப்பட்டோம். நான் சதீஷ் சார் உடன் காரில் கிளம்பினேன். செல்லும் வலியில் ஒரு 25 நிமிடம் சாலை போக்குயவரது நெரிசலில் செலவிடவேண்டியதாயிற்று.

நாங்களும் மற்ற பகுதிகளில் இருந்து வந்த நண்பர்களும் தாம்பரம் கேம்ப் சாலையில் சந்த்து ஒன்று சேர்ந்து பயணிக்க ஆயர்தம் ஆணோம். அடுத்த 10வது நிமிடம் நாங்கள் OrganicVille யை அடைந்தோம். அப்போலுது நேரம் சரியாக 6.40. நாங்கள் வந்த்தவுடன் சாந்தலக்ஷ்மி எங்களிடம் காலை உணவுக்காக ஒவ்வொருவரிடமும் ரூ 30 ஐ பெற்றுக்கொண்டார்.

ஒற்றை நாற்று நடவு முறைகளயும் அதன் விளக்கங்கலும் ( )

பிறகு ஒற்றை நாற்று நடவு முறைகளயும் அதன் விளக்கங்களையும் நன்றாக எல்லோருக்கும் புரியும் விதமாக கோபிநாத்அவர்கள் விளக்கமாக சொல்லி கொடுத்தார் (எனக்கு இதை பற்றி முதலிலேயே நன்றாக தெரிந்திருந்தது ). செயல் விளக்கம் முடிந்தயுடன் வந்திருந்தவர்கள் இரு குழு வாக பிரிந்து வயலின் டொடக்காதில் ஒரு குழு வும் பாதியில் இருந்து ஒரு குழு வும் நாற்றுகளை நட ஆயர்தம் ஆணோம். தாமதமாக வந்தவர்கள் இனொரு குழு வாக சேர்ந்து விடுபட்ட இடத்தில் நட முற்பட்டனர்.

பின்பு நான் என் ஒரிஜினல் சஷ்டியும்க்கு மாறிவிட்டேன் (தலப்பா கட்டு மற்றும் வேட்டி ).

நாற்று நடவு

காலை 7 மணி நாங்கல் வயலில் இறங்கி நாற்றை நட ஆரம்பிதோம்.கேசவன் (அந்த வயலில் முலுநேரமாக இந்த வேலையை செய்பவர் ) அண்ணனின் உதவியோடு வயலின் இருபுறமும் பக்கதிர்க்கு ஒருவராக பிடிதிருந்த சனல் கயிரில் இருந்த அடயாளங்களின் உதவியால் சீரான 22 செந்திமீட்டர் இடைவெளியில் நாற்றுகளை நாட்டுக்கொண்டிருந்தோம் 20 பேர் வரிசையாக நின்று நாற்று நாட்டு கொண்டிருந்தோம் .நான் (பாலாஜி ஜோதிமணி), சதீஷ் மற்றும் அவரது மகன், கணேஷ்,நிரஞ்சனி , ரகு , இன்னும் சிலர். மாசு , பிரசன்னா மற்றும் சில தோழர்கள் நாங்கள் நடுவதற்காக நாற்றுக்களை கொண்டு வந்து கொடுதனர். இதில் நாத்து வாங்கலியோ நாத்து என்று கூவி கூவி விற்பனை செய்தபடியே அங்கும் இங்கும் திரிந்துகொண்டு இருந்தனர். நாற்று நடவு கலைக்கட்டிக்கொண்டிருந்தது . அப்போலுதுதான் காமிராவுடன் பிரியாவின் என்ட்ரி.

(இது நாந்தனுங்கோ )

காமிரா கேர்ள் ப்ரியா

பிரியா எல்லா கோணங்களிலும் நாற்று நடுவதை மிகவும் அழலகாகவும், சிறப்பாகவும் படம் பிடித்துக்கொண்டிருந்தார். நாங்கல் அவரை எங்களை நன்றாக படம் எடுக்க சொல்லிகொண்டே இருந்தோம். அக்கா அக்கா நான் நல்லா தெரியுறேனா, என்னையும் நல்லா படம் எடுங்கன்னும், வரலாறு முக்கியம் அமைச்சரே என்றும் ஒரே தொல்லை பண்ணிட்டோம் . அப்பொலுது ப்ரியா“Hai don’t call me akka akka , Just call me priya OK”ன்னு சொல்ல அதையும் நாங்கள் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டோம். பிறகு அவர் எங்கள் கோரிக்கையை மறுக்காமல் எங்களுக்காக செய்தார். வயலில் இரங்கவும் மிகவும் பந்துகொண்டே இருந்தார் எங்கு கிலே விலுந்து விடுவோமோ என்று. ஷோ சேட்

நண்பர்களின் கொலைவெறி.

நான் முதலில் வயலின் நடுவில் நின்றுகொண்டுதான் நடவு செய்துகொண்டிருந்தேன். எனது உடைகளை பார்க்க அப்படியே கிராமத்து அழகான இளைங்கன் போலவே இருப்பதாக கூறி (சரி விடுங்க விடுங்க )என்னை புகைப்படம் எடுக்க வயல் வரப்பின் ஓரமாக நடவு செய்ய சொன்னார் பிரிய. கரும்பு திங்க கூலியா வேணும். நானும் அவ்வாரே செய்தேன். விதவிதமாக போஸ் குடுதேன். நிறைய கோணங்களிலும் படம்பிடிதார் பிரியா. எனையும் அழகாக படம் பிடித்த பிரியவை வாழ்த்த தோன்றிய ஒரு டயாலாக்

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நீயெல்லாம் நல்லா வருவா மா ! நல்லா வருவா !

பிரியா என்னையே நிறைய படம் பிடிப்பதை பார்த்து வெறுப்பான நமது மற்ற நண்பர்கள் என்னை திட்ட ஆரம்பிதனர். ஒருவன் சொன்னான் டை பாலாஜி ஓட வேட்டிய உருவுடா னு. நீங்க இப்டிஎல்லாம் பண்ணுவீங்கன்னு தேரிஞ்சுதான் ஒரு ஷார்ட்ஸ் போட்டு இருந்தேன் என்று சொல்லி அவர்களை சமாளித்து விட்டேன் .

திரிகடுகம் தேனீரும், உளுந்து வடையும்:

நாற்று நடவு செய்துகொண்டு இருக்கும் போதே 2 பேர் கொண்ட குழுவொன்று வரிசையாக நடவு செய்யும் நண்பர்களுக்கு திரிகடுகத்தால் செய்யபட்ட தேனீர் கொடுத்தனர். என்ன ஒரு சுவையான தேனீர் , வெகு நாட்களுக்கு பின்னர் என் அருமை பாட்டிக்கு பிறகு இங்குதான் இந்த திரிகடுக தேநீரை சுவைக்க வாய்பு கிட்டியது .

திரிகடுகம் - சுக்கு , மிளகு , திப்பிலி இவை மூன்றும் சேர்ந்த கலவை ஆக்கும். இந்த திரிகடுகத்துடன்

பனைவெல்லம் சேர்த்து இந்த தேனீர் தயாரிக்கபட்டு இருந்தது.

இன்னொரு தோழர் அனைவருக்கும் உளுந்து வடை கொடுதுகொண்டே வந்தார். எங்கள் கரங்கள் சேறும் சகதியுமாக இருந்த காரணத்தால் அனைவருக்கும் வடையை வாயில் வைது ஊட்டி விட்டபடியே நகர்ந்தார் . என் அம்மா,அப்பா,பாட்டிக்கு பிறகு எனக்கு ஊட்டி விட்டது இவரே.

வினோத் வந்ததே லேட் இதுல வயலில் இறங்கி வேலை செய்யாமல் வடை தருகிறேன், நாற்று தருகிறேன் என்று ஒபேதிக்கொண்டே இருந்தார்.

சேறு விளையாட்டு:

நாங்கள் முக்கால் பாகம் எங்கள் நாடாவை முடிதிருந்த சமயத்தில் சில தோழர்கள் பிரசன்னா உடன் சேர்ந்து கொண்டு வயல் சகதியில் குதித்து விளையாட ஆரம்பிதனர் . கடைசியில் சேறுடன் குழு வாக புகைப்படமும் எடுதுகொண்டனர். எனக்கும் போகவேண்டும் என்றுதான் தோணியாது. இருப்பினும் நடவை பாதியில் விட்டு வார மனமில்லாமல் நடவை தொடர ஆரம்பித்தேன். நான் நடவை முடித்துவிட்டு பார்த்தால் ஒருவரும் சேற்றில் இல்லை. அனைவரும் கேணிக்கு குளிக்க சென்றுவிட்டனர். அப்போலுது என் மனதில் தோன்றிய சில வரிகள்.

டேய் நீங்கலாம் நல்லாவே இருக்க மாட்டீங்கட !!! நல்லாவே இருக்க மாட்டீங்க!!!

பின் நானும் கனேசும் சேற்றில் இறங்கி சிறிதுநேரம் புரண்டுவிட்டு குளிக்க சென்றோம்.

பானகத்தின் சுவை

நடவு செய்து முடித களைப்பில் இருந்த எங்களுக்கு சுவையான பானகம் தயார் நிலையில் இருந்தது . நாங்கள் அதை ஆளுக்கு ஒரு குவளை வீதம் சுவைத்தோம் .

பானகம் –

பின்குறிப்பு : ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் ஒரு குவளை பானகம் என்று ICU வார்டு நர்ஸ் மாதிரி ஸ்ட்ரிட் அஹ பேசிட்டு கடைசியில் ஓட்டு மொத்தமாக 10 குவளை பானகம் குடித்த நமது சுந்தர் அவர்களுக்கு வயிற்று வலி வரவேண்டும் என்று இறைவனை வேண்டிக்கொள்கிறேன்.

சுய அறிமுகம் :

பின்பு சென்று கேணியில் குதித்து உடம்பில் இருந்த சேற்றை நன்கு கழுவிக்கொண்டு வந்து அனைவரும் நிழலில் அமர்ந்தோம். சுய அறிமுகம் தொடர்ந்தது . Chennai Trekking Club கு முதன் முதலில் வந்த தோழர்கள் தங்களின் அனுபவங்களையும், CTC-ஐ பற்றி தெரிந்து கொண்டது எப்படி என்றும் கூறினார்.

மறுவயலில் நடவு:

சிறிதுநேரம் இளைப்பாறிய பின்னர் பாதிப்பேர் பிரம்படிக்கபட்டு நீற்பாய்ச்சி தயார் நிலையில் உள்ள மாறுவயலில் நாடாவை ஆரம்பிக்க ஆயர்தம் அனோம். என்னுடன் சஞ்சய் சார் அவரது மனைவி மற்றும் அவர்களது செல்லாக்குட்டி மூன்றே வயதகும் சிறிய மகள் அனைவரும் சேற்றில் இறங்கி நடவு செய்ய ஆரம்பிதனர். சஞ்சை சாரின் மகள் தொடர்ந்து பல கேள்விகளை அவளுக்குரிய மலழை மொழியில் கேட்டவண்ணமே இருந்தால். அனைத்து கேள்விகளுக்கும் சஞ்சய் மிகமும் அழகாக விளக்கம் அளிதபடியே நடாவில் ஈடுபட்டார்.

இந்த நடவின் போதுதான் வினோத் வயலில் இறங்கி நாற்று நட ஆரம்பிதார்.

காலை உணவு கம்மாங்கூழ்

நாங்கள் பாதி நடவை முடித்திருந்த சமயத்தில் காலை உணவிர்க்காக கம்மாங்கூழ் தயார் செய்திருந்தனர். நாங்கள் சென்று கூழ் குடிக்க ஆரம்பித்தோம். நான் 7 குவளைகாளை முடித்து 8 வது குவளை தொடங்கும்போது கணேஷ் என்னை தடுத்து, குளித்து விட்டு வந்து மறுபடியும் குடிக்கலாம் என்று சொல்லி என்னை மறுபடியும் அருகில் இருந்த கேணிக்கு அலைத்து சென்றார் .

கேணியில் ஆனந்த குளியல் :

கேணியை நெருங்க நெருங்க ஆர்வம் அதிகமானது . அங்கு ஏற்கனவே சில தோழர்கள் குளிதுக்கொண்டிருந்தனர். நான் மேலே இருந்து “தலைகீலாகதான் குதிக்கா போகிறேன் ” என்று கூறியவாறே தலைகீலாக குதிதேன்.

கேணியினுள் தயிரியமாக சில நீச்சல் தெரியாத நண்பர்களும் இருந்தனர் . 25 அடி விட்டம் கொண்ட சிறு கேணியில் ஒரு முனைல் இருந்து காலில் ஒரு முளு விசை கொடுத்தாலே அடுத்த முனைக்கு சென்றுவிடலாம். இதையேதான் ஆனந்தும்செய்துவிட்டு நானும் நீச்சல் அடித்தேன் என்று அனைவரிடமும் கூறிக்கொண்டிருந்தார் . நீச்சல் தெரியாத பெண் தோழிகளும் தயிரியமாக கேணியினுள் இறங்கி குளிதுக்கொண்டு இருந்தனர் . இடையில் கேணிக்குள் ஒரு தண்ணிப்பாம்பை பார்க்க நேர்ந்தது. அதை கொஞ்சம் கூட பொருட்படுதாமல் தொடர்ந்து குளிதுக்கொண்டு இருந்தோம். குளிக்கும்போது சில நண்பர்கள் காமிராவில் புகைப்படம் எடுத்துக்கொண்டிருந்தனர். பிறகு ஓரளவுக்கு நீச்சல் தெரிந்த நண்பர்களுக்கு நீரில் எப்படி நிற்பது என்றும் சொல்லிக்கொடுத்தோம். ஆனந்த் குளிக்கும் பொது தான் பாக்கெடில் இருந்து ஒரு கடலை மிட்டாய் பாக்கெட்டை எடுத்தார் . அதையும் சண்டைபோட்டு பிடுங்கி தின்றாய்ற்று. கடைசியாக சாந்த லட்சுமி மற்றும் காயத்திரி ஆகியோர் கிணற்றில் இறங்கி படியில் உட்கார்ந்து குளிதுவிட்டு மேலேறினார். அவர்களுக்கு நீச்சல் தெரியாததால் நான் ,கணேஷ் மற்றும் சில நண்பர்களும் பாதுகாப்பாக கிணற்றினுள் இருந்தோம்.

இனிமையான உரையாடல்கள்:

நாங்கள் குளித்துமுடித்து வந்தபோலுது சில நண்பர்கள் நடவை தொடர்ந்துகொண்டிருந்தனர். மீதமுல்ல நண்பர்கள் வேப்ப மாரத்தடியில் அமர்ந்து பேசிக்கொண்டு இருந்தனர். எனக்கு மறுபடியும் பசிஎடுக்கவே நான் மறுபடியும் 6 குவளை கம்மாங்கூழ் மிளகாய்யோடு குடிதேன். பின் நண்பர்களுடன் பேசிக்கொண்டிருந்தேன். அப்போலுதுதான் என் அலுவலக (TCS) நண்பர் அருணை சந்திக்கும் வாய்பு கிடைத்தது. மேலும் பல விடயங்களை பற்றி பேசிக்கொண்டிருந்தோம்.

மறு குளியல்.

நடவு முடிந்ததும் நண்பர்கள் குளிக்க கேணிக்கு சென்றனர் . ஆசை யாரை விட்டது , நானும், கணேஷ் அவர்களுடன் சேர்ந்து மறுபடியும் குளிக்க சென்றேன். ப்ரியா மற்றும் சஞ்சய் அவர்கள் எங்களை கேணியினுள் குதிக்க சொல்லி புகைப்படம் எடுத்துக்கொண்டிருந்தனர். அருமையான புகைப்படங்கள். கடைசிவரை பிரியா பயந்துகொண்டு கிணற்றினுள்ளும் இறங்கவில்லை.

மாசாணமுத்து என்கிற மாசு எங்களை கேணிக்குள் விடாமல் தாடுத்தவண்ணமே இருந்தார். நாங்கள் அவரை ஏமாற்றி ஏமாற்றி குதித்துக்கொண்டே இருந்தோம். ஒருவலியாக கடைசியில் எல்லோரையும் கேணியிலிருந்து வெளியேற்றி அனைவரையும் அலைதுசென்று ஆலமரத்தடி நிழலில் ஒன்றுதிரட்டினார் ஒரு சிரிய கலந்துரையாடலுக்காக.

நினிகழ்ச்சியின் இறுதி கலந்துரையாடல் :

ரத்த தானம் :

கல்ந்துரையாடலில் காயத்திரி ரத்த தானம் பற்றி பேசினார். எக்மோர் குழந்தைகள் மருத்துவமனையில் புற்றுநோயால் பாதிக்கப்பட்டு உயிருக்காக போரடிவரும் சின்னஞ்சிறு மலழைகளுக்காக ரத்தம் தொடர்ந்து தேவைபடுவதாகவும் அதற்க்கு உதவும் படியும் CTC புதிய நண்பர்களுக்கு வேண்டுகோள் விடுத்தார் . பிரசன்னா ரத்த தானம் செய்வதற்கான தகவல்களை பதியும் இணைப்பை மின்னஞ்சலில் பகிர்ந்தார் . நீங்களும் உதவுமாறு மிகவும் தால்மையுடன் கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன். நீங்கள் பதிவதற்க்கு இங்கே சொடுக்கவும்.

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மூலிகை தேனீர் :

பிறகு GTS டிரஸ்டில் இருந்து வந்திருந்த தணிகாசலம் என்ற நண்பர் நாங்கள் காலையில் குடித்த திரிகடுக தேனீர் பற்றி விளக்கம் அளித்தார். திரிகடுக தேனீர் எப்படி தயாரிப்பது என்றும் உடம்பை குறைக்க, சர்க்கரை நோயை கட்டுபடுத்த என்னென்ன பொருட்கள் சேர்க்கவேண்டும் என்றும் விளக்கமாக கூறினார். 80 குவளை தேனீர் தயாரிக்க தேவையான திரிகடுக தேநீர் பொடி நிறைந்த பாக்கெட்டை ரூ 80 கு விநியோகம் செய்தார். அதாவது ஒரு குவளை தேனீரின் விலை வெறும் ஒரு ரூபாய் . நாங்கள் அனைவரும் திரிகடுக தேனீர் பொடியை விரும்பி வாங்கினோம். அவர் அலைப்பு என்னை இங்கே பதிகிறேன் உங்கள் நலனிற்காக. இந்த திரிகடுக தேனீரை நீங்களும் வாங்கி பயன்பெறுங்கள். ஆடரின் பேரில் உங்கள் வீட்டு விசேசங்களிலும் இவர்கள் இந்த திரிகடுக தேனீரை செய்து தருகின்றனர்.

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இறுதியில் அனைவரும் குளு புகைப்படம் எடுதுக்கொண்டோம், எனக்கு தெரிந்து ப்ரியா இந்த ஒரேயொரு புகைபடதில்தான் இருப்பார்கள் என்று நம்புகிறேன்.

பிறகு நான் சஞ்சய் சாருடன் அவரது காரில் CIT நகர் வரை சென்று இறங்கிக்கொண்டேன் . அங்கிருந்து 5E பேருந்தில் என் வீட்டிருக்கு(மேட்டுப்பாளையம், மேற்க்கு சைதாபேட்டை ) சென்றுவிட்டேன். இங்கு என் நண்பர்கள் மீன் குளம்பு வைதிருந்தனர் , அதை நன்றாக ஒரு பிடி பிடித்துவிட்டு தூங்கிவிட்டேன். மாலை எலுந்தவுடன் முதல் வேலையாக இந்த பதிவை எலுத துவங்கினேன். நண்பர்கள் பகிர்ந்தத புகைப்படங்களை என் பெற்றோர்களிடம் பகிர்ந்தேன். அவர்கள் மிகவும் பூரித்துபோனார்கள். நாற்று நட்ட சிறு குழந்தைகளையும் வாழ்த்தினார்கள்.

நான் ரசித்தவை :

ü என் ஊரை நியாபகபடுத்திய அந்த வயல்.

ü சேற்றில் இறங்கி நாற்று நாட்டது .

ü பிரியா எடுத்த புகைபடங்கள் மற்றும் என்னை புகைப்படம் எடுக்கும் போது சக நண்பர்கள் என்மீது கொலைவெறி ஆனதும்.

ü சஞ்சய் சாரின் குட்டி மகள் நாற்று நாட்டதும், அவளின் மலழை கேள்விகளும் அதற்கான சஞ்சை சாரின் விளக்கங்களும்.

ü நடவின் இடையில் அவசர அவசரமாக குடித்த திரிகடுக தேனீரும், உளுந்து வடையும், சுவைமிகுந்த பானகமும்.

ü காலை உணவான கம்பங்கூழும் , பச்சைமிளகாயும்.

ü நண்பர்களின் சேற்று விளையாடும் , பிரசன்னாவின் கால் உடைந்த்ததும். (என்ன சேக்காம விளையாண்டிங்கள, நல்லா வேணும்)

ü கேணியில் தலகீலாக குதித்ததும், 3 முறை குளித்ததும். (நானெல்லாம் எண்ணக்கி ஞாயிற்று கிளமையில் குளித்திருக்கிறேன்)

ü இறுதியில் திரிகடுகம் தேனீர் பொடி, மிளகு, மாம்பலம் வாங்கியது.

இந்த நாற்று நடும் முகாம் பற்றிய எனது கருத்துக்கள்.

Ø கிடைக்கும் விடுமுறையில் சினிமா, பார் , பப் , டூர் என சுற்றித்திரியும் வயதில் இது மாதிரியான நிகழ்ச்சிகளில் கலந்துகொள்வதூம், அதர்க்காண அணுகுமுறைகளும் இந்த காலத்து இளைங்கர்களுக்கு நமது சமூகத்தின் மேல் உள்ள மதிப்பையும், அக்கறையையும் நன்றாகவே பிரதிபலிக்கின்றது. இது ஒரு நல்ல துவக்கம்.

Ø விடுமுறைல் தாங்கள் வருவதோடு மட்டும் இல்லாமல், மனைவி மற்றும் சிறு குழந்தைகளை அலைத்து வருவதென்பது சிறப்பிலும் சிறப்பான விடயம். மலழைகளுக்கு சிறுவயதிலிருந்தே தரமான உணவு முறைகளை கையாள தரும் நேர்தியான பயிற்சியே இது.

Ø காலையில் சிற்றுண்டி மற்றும் கம்மாங்கூழ் ஏற்பாடு பிரமாதம்.

Ø சேற்று விளையாட்டு அபாரம், எங்களையும் ஒருதடவை கேட்டிருக்கலாம் அல்லது அனைவரும் வரும் வரை காதிருந்திருக்கலாம்.

Ø ஒரு சிலரை தவிர மற்றவர்கள் எடுத்த புகைப்படங்களில் ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட சாரார் மட்டுமே இடம் பெற்றிருக்கின்றனர். மற்றவர்கள் ஒரு சிறு இடதில் கூட இடம்பெறவில்லை என்பது மனதிர்க்கு சற்று உறுதலாகவே இருக்கிறது.

Ø மற்றபடி அனைத்தூம் சிறப்பாகவே இருந்தது. நிகழ்ச்சியும் இனிதே நிறைவு பெற்றது.

என் கருத்தில் ஏதேனும் பிழையிருப்பின் தெரியபடுத்தவும், தெருத்திக்கொள்ள முயற்சிக்கிறேன்.

என் நன்றி

v இந்த நிகழ்கியை ஏற்பாடு செய்து எங்களுக்கு சிறப்பான வாய்ப்பளித CTC- ஐந்திணை கு என் முதற்கண் நன்றியை சமர்பிக்கிறேன்.

v என்னை OrganicVellai வரை காரில் அலைத்து வந்த சதீஷ் சாருக்கு நன்றிகள்.

v நடவின் பொது தேனீர், வடை தந்த நண்பருக்கும் ஒரு நன்றி.

v என்னையும் அழகாக புகைப்படம் எடுத்த ப்ரியா, சஞ்சய் சாருக்கும் என் நன்றியை தெரிவிக்க கடமைபட்டிருக்கிறேன்.

v திரிகடுகம் தேனீர் தந்த GTS International Trust –கும் என் நன்றி.

v இறுதியில் என்னை CIT நகர் வரை தன் காரில் A/C போட்டு என்னை அலத்து சென்ற திரு சஞ்சய் மற்றும் அவரது மனைவிக்கும் மிக்க நன்றிகள்.

v புதியதாக கிடைத்த நட்பிர்க்கும் , முன்பிருந்தே இருக்கும் நட்பிர்க்கும் என் நன்றிகள்.

நிறைய புது நண்பர்கள் வந்திருந்ததால் அனைவரின் பெயர்களையும் நியாபகம் வைத்திருக்க முடியவில்லை. அதர்க்காக மண்ணிக்கவும். மறுபடி சந்திக்கும்போது நியாபகபடுதிக்கொள்கிறேன்.

எழுதுபிழை இருப்பின் மன்னிக்கவும்....

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India Clean Sweep II - Dharmapuri

June 24, 2015, 9:32 pm

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Dharmapuri

Team : Anbum Aramum, Pasumai Payanam & Thalirgal

It all started on a full moon day during the course of a casual conversation when we were on a trek to Velliangiri hills. Siva was talking about CCC with lots of enthusiasm and he was way too excited and committed on making CCC 6 a great success and reaching out to more people. He then asked me why don't i do it in my hometown and mentioned that we can cover it under India Clean Sweep which is an initiative by Team CCC to spread the awareness to more cities. The very idea of doing such an event in my home town excited me and to add with it the fact that am gonna work with like minded people. "Sure machi, Kalakidalam (definitely will do it pal)" said I. Siva then handed me over the SPOC contact which is Aravindh who is taking care of ICS.

Being a strict officer that he is, he regularly followed up with us on the arrangements and other progress, up until i completed this write up and sent it to him :)

Even though we gave the commitment to Siva that we will do the cleanup, we were just 2 people, myself (Vijayakumar) and my buddy Vijay Anand. Then Vijay Anand brought Sharath - an energetic engineering student into this planning activity. Initially we had planned to do a clean up at Ramakkal Lake which is one of the main lakes in Dharmapuri. We started putting up event in facebook and invited our friends and foes to join hands with us. Sharath was the man behind all this which he did with the guidance of Aravindh.

In the meantime, I had the opportunity to discuss about this with one of my facebook friend - Niyas, who is a reporter in Indian Express. I was and am a regular follower of his posts in facebook. Most of his posts really made me think out of box giving varied views. As i went on explaining about this cleanup to him, he appreciated our efforts and gave some suggestions and inputs as well.

"Vijay we already started working in Lakkiyampatti lake. We are doing it on a regular basis there, it would be helpful if you guys join with us and help us in finishing this lake cleanup. It will be a ongoing process instead of one day cleanup, since this lake is getting polluted continuously" said Niyas. It made sense to us and so we started working with him.

On the day of the cleanup we reached Lakkiyampatti lake. Niyas welcomed us and showed us the work they have done till date and explained how we are going to progress on the cleanup. He is doing the cleanup of this lake in association with Thalirgal team. The ideas and plans that he is having for the lake was very inspiring, from building a yoga center, a walking lane, a children library, etc. With his speech he almost visually brought up a cleaned lake in front of my eyes.

We were around 20 people in the lake at 6.30 and we got started with the cleanup. We collected around 50 bags full of plastics and papers around lake. Most of us met each other for the very first time and we never felt like we were strangers. Since it was our very first cleanup in our home town, we were not able to bring in big attention or awareness to the people. But ...................

"It is just the beginning :)"

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India Clean Sweep II - Tirunelveli & Tuticorin

June 24, 2015, 9:34 pm

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Tirunelveli

Team : Nellai Nature Club

Location : Aanaiyar Kulam

Nellai Nature Club a group formed by nature loving souls of Nellai. The club regularly arranges Cycling trips, Bird watching, Photography, Trekking & Tree Plantation activities. The passionate team was part of India Clean Sweep 2014 where they cleaned up river Thamirabarani. This year the same passionate team has conducted a cleanup drive at Aanaiyar Kulam as part of India Clean Sweep II.

It was a gathering for a better, cleaner India. People from all age participated with lots of enthusiasm. Especially kids, who continuously popped out many interesting questions to our volunteers. Questions like "Why are we cleaning?""Whats the use of Cleaning?""What will happen if animals eat the plastics and other garbage that we throw ?". All in all it was a great awareness event among the children who were explained clearly on the ill effects of Plastics that we throw in our daily life. Most of the volunteers were first timers, but despite they all very actively participated in the cleanup. At the end of the day the entire pond area was much cleaner than before and all our volunteers left with a satisfied heart filled with happiness.

Few beautiful moments captured during the event :

https://www.facebook.com/NellaiNatureClub/posts/860422397371272

Tuticorin

Team : Vikasha School in partnership with Nellai Nature Club

Location : Tuticorin Beach

In Tuticorin, Vikasa school children were interested in cleaning tuticorin shores as part of India Clean Sweep II. 80 selfless students along with volunteers from Nellai Nature Club participated in the cleanup. Garbage varying from plastics to glass bottles were collected from the shores of Tuticorin. Kids were confessing that we generally throw plastics and other garbage around when we come here for a outing with our families but from now on they wont repeat the same and they all took a pledge that here after they wont throw garbage around and not let anyone in their vicinity to throw as well. It was a great awareness event for children of Vikasa School. Totally an approx of one km stretch of the beach was cleaned up on June 7th.

Few beautiful moments captured during the event :

https://www.facebook.com/NellaiNatureClub/posts/860888273991351

Regards,

Vinodh Sundar

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