How can we implement "Green India"?

Every Indian should be held responsible to plant one new tree in a public place and maintain it permanantly.

Every Indian who owns more than one car should be asked to pay for one new tree to be planted and maintained by him / her

Every Indian who consumes more than stipulated amount of electricity or fuels or gas should pay for planting new trees apart from his / her regular electricity bills

Every corporate, that is environmentally unfriendly should be assigned the responsibilty to plant new trees every year in public places and maintain them

Great Idea Contest Himanshu & thanks for the referral Japan Shah.....

Already you guys have stated feasible ideas, so here is my take: Going green should be looked as a corporate advantage and an opportunity for humanity to enable change. I can see Green India if we invest in Green Power, Green Fuels & Transport, Green Buildings and Green IT. India should extensively invest in these areas in terms of research & innovation.

Companies in India are pursuing the green agenda in small, disjointed rather should be very aggressive & carry out in a purposeful way like:-

1. Everyone should strive for Leed Certification.
2. Companies with glass buildings should go in for nano-tech film and generate small amount of power themselves. It seems six thousand square feet of glass face can generate 108 kw of power every day.
3. One should go for e-bill rather than the paper bill.
4. Instead of paper, everyone should look at pen drives as an eco-friendly substitute.
5. As IT Companies have to deal with lot of data, they should look at putting up plants inside the server rooms to keep them cool & also it would be great if data center is in an underground facility.

It is a good start & we should go full hog when it comes to energy conservation.........

We are talking about green India but the actual meaning is different. We need to give up our luxurious life first and then talk about the global warming because the major carbon gets emmitted from the Air conditioners which is in the maximum use these days compared to the last decade. On an average in a single house there are atleast 2 A/C's and @ A/C's in single office.

So just calculate the amount of carbon we are emmitting daily. So before going green by simply planting it's better we reduce carbon emmission in the environment which would have rapid effect on global warming.

Wow, grey cells certainly have worked overtime. Let's form a group, work out a plan and get into action.

We now have to reach more remote villages situated in the deepest part of the country which are not even heard familiar with us, because there lives the poorest people of the country who have not even ever seen the bright light of the day.

We also have to concentrate on the present issues of the urban areas such as increased carbon emission,availability of water, pollution in different aspects etc.

The achievements of Greenathon is that they have provided solar lamps to numerous students in villages, planted trees in plain lands, cleaned the beaches etc. & roped many celebrities to be part of their programme.

How?

This is the stance every Indian should practice-

I will respect other people’s property

I will not take a leak by the road side, no matter how urgent the call of nature may be!

I will drive my car and listen to the music myself instead of imposing it on others.

Reduce to blow horn, be patient.

Not park my vehicle at the place marked for green plants and trees.

Will not break the bifurcations and create a short-cut of my use.

Every Individual counts when we talk of Green India, Therefore if multinational  companies who have their products being sold all over India print environment improvement messages which will educate the masses will help, Petrol, Diesel, Kerosane, oil etc are required by every individual be it urban or rural india and hence at petrol pumps and ration stores if material on how to get the best from these product without emitting green house gases can be explained  it will help. It a big effort, but has to be started, and the first issues which are vital like co2 emmision, fresh water scarcity, Global warming should be dealt with. Schools should start educating and social activities highlighting that natural resources are not permant should be made clear to everyone.

I believe that whatver we do on our own is our responsiblity i.e planting a tree, saving energy, etc.

What is more important is to create awareness among the people, this is what NDTV did and got success. Once you will saart creating awarness, steps will be taken by people, because still lot of people are not aware why are we going for the GREEN inititaves.

In India also there are severalk other important problems other than this, i belive that creating awarness is need of the hour...

humm lots n lots of ideas n suggestions made in an AC room,or while sitting in a car,or in a flat.i feel like laughing while reading them.i m sorry if i hurt anyone n don't take personally but i doubt if any of u is at anyother placewhile adding ur comments than the above mentioned places.i don't know how to talk big but while typing this i m sitting in a room under a fan n have got a small place infront of my house where an old tree is planted.i personally believe bfor giving suggestions to others its better to implement on urslf 1st n see whether its feasible or not. generally its d job of politicians to talk in air n this doesn't suit to us,d comman man nor do we like to do so.

I was thinking about it for vey long time. In Tamil nadu, rain water harvesting system was successfully implemented by law, every house have it now.

Like that every house and plot owner should raise one tree each, failing should cause problems in accessing government services. This will definitely create greener india within 5 years and will eleminate most of health problems caused by excess hot weather.

We can put efforts in our areas individually & by making teams to talk to "Nagar Nigam" for finding place for plating trees. And i bet one sat-sun if we will work with full plan, we can do this...in our city, areas and for our country....

1) Provide LPG and alternate fuel to the nomads and tribal community.  They will stop cutting trees for fuel.

2) Implement paper-less office everywhere, as a rule.

3) Do not force children to buy copies and books.  Inculcate e-education.  Make their education a fun-filled journey.  Give them skill-oriented education, rather than bookish knowledge. 

4) Develop the cycling habit and impose regulations to use cycles on the road.  Reduce the number of automobiles that ply on the road.  Modernise public transport system and make them user-friendly.  Give public transport contracts only to the top-notch private players who would organize and regulate mass traffic without any fuss. This will limit emission of green house gases.

5) Every child who attends public school should be asked to plant one sapling every month, either in the school, or his colony or at his residence or the area where greenery is possible.  Make it a compulsory habit. 

6) Shift Government offices to the outskirts in order to de-congest the main cities. 

7) As a Corporate Social Responsibility, we should inculcate "Citizen Social Responsibility" and every citizen should contribute at least 2% of his annual earning on the village he belongs to.  Reverse talent flow will force the government to think for the villages for the villagers would be the informed citizens on every sphere of activity that affects/effects them. 

Now a days I see a debate on how India can go green. I had posted some simple 'DOABLE' steps that can be started at HOME. But nobody seems to be reading it. So here I am presenting it in the form of a new IDEA. kindly participate.

Going 'GA GA' over short term histerias is not enough. Planting a tree is not enough. Next day a neighbourhood cattle grazes it away! OR you are more concerned to dust off your car than to pour water to it. Now let us think of some realistic steps which can be implemented at home and if implemented can do the effect of planting 100 trees by one family. Let us go point by point:

1. Avoid wastage of water. Dont be lavish with water while in bathroom. 'WHO' says one bucket of water is enough for a healthy bathing. Fix all the plumbing problems and leakages. Dont procrastinate on this matter.

2.Switch off electrical appliances when not using it.

3. use only energy saving appliances at home like CFL for lights and star rated electrical appliances.

4. Use your car only when going with family. Alone, use your bike. Even try bicycle for nearby destinations and stay fit as a free offer!

5. Print only when extremely required. Use e filing effectively instead.

6. Switch off refrigerators for 3-4 hours in the evenings. Nothing will happen to your food..instead you will save your compressor and save electricity.

Let us start with these simple 'DOABLE' things first. Then we can think about big steps. If every one who reads this tries to implement these steps from now onwards we have already planted a million trees.   

I feel  a mass awareness is needed to be created towards trees, functions should be organized at all possible levels of society, State governments and NGOs should work extensively to protact nature by planting trees.

Moreover just planting is not only concern, saving of trees and maintaining them after plantation should also been importance.... some examples should also pused in soceity like:-

Everybirthday shoudl be celebrated with atleast one tree planted or adopted

Everyone should atleast have one or two trees to be fostered ( Care)

Strict laws should be enacted to stop deforestation

awaeness amongst mass is needed to be created

Only one man can't make a change. There has to be different rules working at a time. Government should make strict laws against "Tree Cutters". Also, social awareness has to be promoted. People also should be inclined towards nature and leave their luxuries which is harming the nature. Also, Laws should be made so that if a man cuts one tree, he should plant two trees in its place.In this way, Green India can be made.

No one can withstand The high temperatures we are presently enduring.

Its all because we are ruthlessly extracting the "free" fossil fuel calmly stagnated deep inside and burning it out creating a number of reactions which are dangerous to ourselves.

Let us follow the system of our forefathers-Ayurveda.-it says prevention is better than cure.

globally every one has fallen to the fossil fuel trap.lets make an effort to minimise the use of this fuel in our homes first by self rationing.

Its easy.if we can avoid certain foods because of BP or Cholestrol or diabetes,why not aviod fossil fuel because it contributes to warming

Only it needs consideration to self and others

forget about what will do other? just do simple thing plant atleast one tree for your self

As we keep ourselves busy in our day to day duties, it would be worthwhile to leverage the sense of responsibiltiy, determination and focus of children and growing students.

Governemnts and corporate sectors should encourage the initiaves of children and students that resembles the idea of a Green India.

India has a bad mix of illiterates in the areas that are green, and who with their burning and subsistence farming methods have destroyed all vestiges of greenery and forest cover in the country. States like Haryana have indulged in rapacious destruction of tall tree covers etc. for furniture and Gurgaon consumption.

I personally dont subscribe to the idea of planting plants by every urban individual as there are other ways to contribute by not doing destructive activities. For 98 percent of Mumbaiites this is not a practical idea, nor do they know how long it takes for a tree to grow, and what it needs. It will just finish off with a few placards, film industry ka publicity bhooka items and hand holding ceremonies, candle burning activiteis and end of the story.

Mumbai - Hiranandani destroyed the Powai ecosystem which had hills, green cover, lakes, rock climbing facilities through indiscriminate quarrying activities resulting in Powai lake Water Hyacinth problems. The Malad Mangrove is a major area under threat by large builders, a engineering or some such college coming up, and other such stuff.

So all in all there is government, BMC, builder, bankers nexus in systemic systematic rapacious destruction of conservative land cover. Concrete roads buildings and A/C usage further trap heat and do not allow it go upwards, A/cs add to ozone layer destruction. Chloro-floro carbons from A/cs are documented destroyers of the ozone protective layer and Mumbai does have a bad cover, exposing our skins to harmful radiations which next provides industry for skin lotions, something unheard of, and not required 20 years back.

Usage of bottled water and plastic bottles has created a 100 billion USD industry in US that is wrecking envrionment and the Pacific Ocean beach area - this is one area where we can clearly contribute by avoiding wide spread purchase, and provide disposal systems of this. Remember, valuable oil reserves are also utilized in   plastic manufacture. 

Cheap washing powders, bar soaps, plastic covers non biodegradable types needs to be stopped.

Ensure your bus and jeep contractors transporting s/w or airline workers have proper pollution checks and certifications of their vehicles, refuse to hire over 15 year vehicles just because Accounts is not willing to subsidise.

Wherever possible, subscribe for e-books and e-bank statements, e-cheques and e-paper, this will save a few trees. Encourage BYOB shops - Bring Your own Bags. These are popular overseas, however in India, the shops are more keen to use large plastic bags to advertise their own brand. (it would help if this paragraph is sent to Mr Biyani :-) - no  personal offense ).

America and Canada individual wise contribute to 20 units of per capita destruction of the envrionment on account of their development. China and others come a distance down between 5 and 10. India comes much lower, but we have 1/5 of the world   population, and even less land cover, our water management is extremely poor, and our civil / civic sense in cities contribute to maybe higher figures. In 5 years, we will have 40% of population in our cities, so one can imagine how many Dharavi's each city would be having destroying water and land resources, ground water just under the ground cover which will go saline due to over usage and borewelling activities.

There is lots and lots more ... this topic requires a 200 page textbook with studies and   practicals in 10th - 12th curriculum compulsory for all lines whether arts / commerce / sciences. Mass mobilization without proper education will  have only pockets of educated preventive activities which will not benefit taking into account the problems involved.

ETRM Energy Trade Risk Management is a new science in India, some companies like TCS - Wipro - Infosys - Sungard are workign around areas to help the corporate sector to clean up their work in exchange for commercial gain and brownie   points and savings in   regulartory and compliances.

THE BASIC FIVE ELEMENTS SPACE, LIGHT, AIR, WATER, EARTH ARE BASICS OF HUMAN LIFE, THERE IS NO DISEASE BEYOND THESE FIVE ELEMENTS.

CAN ANY ONE THINK OF DISEASE

SOLID RELATED (FOOD/EARTH ELEMENT)

WATER RELATED(EVERY MATURE ADULT  KNOWS WATER BORNE DISEASE)

AIR BORNE DISEASE

LIGHT BORN DISEASE(MIND RELATED DISEASE)

SPACE DISEASE

THESE FIVE BASICS ARE THE ONLY CAUSE OF ENTIRE LIVING, 

ELIMINATE ONE AND LIFE IS GONE.

BUT HUMANS LIVING IN THE SYNTHETIC OR ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT HAS LOST THE SENSE OF BASICS, AND IS GETTING DISEASED.

ONE OF THE ELEMENT IS AIR FOR WHICH GREEN AWARENESS IS NEEDED.

LIFE STYLE CHANGES CAN BRING DOWN THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION LEVELS.

START WORKING EARLY IN THE MORNING, FINISH YOUR JOB BY DAWN,

AND PRAY TO GOD FOR HEALTHY LIFE FOR ALL.

IT WILL SAVE HOW MANY KW AND HOW MUCH GREEN. ITS BEYOND ESTIMATE.

JUST CHANGE THE WAY ONE THINKS, CONNECT EVERYONE TO BASICS.

CHANGE IN THOUGHTS CAN BRING RE EVOLUTION AND SAVE US FROM

DESTRUCTION.

It is very important to understand the importance of nature and benefits.

To Put Environment education syllabus is not enough. Every school must plant at least 100 plants and Protect them till they are not become a healthly tree.

Every member of street and colonies must take step to sapling of new plant and nourish them till become healthly tree.

At Mass level contribution change the scenario of an environment.

Believe me , we care one plant and that Plant care N numbers of our lives.

I appeal to every citizez either young or old , please plant more tree in order to save our lives.

One step of ours to protect environment leads to Green India

Going 'GA GA' over short term histerias is not enough. Planting a tree is not enough. Next day a neighbourhood cattle grazes it away! OR you are more concerned to dust off your car than to pour water to it. Now let us think of some realistic steps which can be implemented at home and if implemented can do the effect of planting 100 trees by one family. Let us go point by point:

1. Avoid wastage of water. Dont be lavish with water while in bathroom. 'WHO' says one bucket of water is enough for a healthy bathing. Fix all the plumbing problems and leakages. Dont procrastinate on this matter.

2.Switch off electrical appliances when not using it.

3. use only energy saving appliances at home like CFL for lights and star rated electrical appliances.

4. Use your car only when going with family. Alone, use your bike. Even try bicycle for nearby destinations and stay fit as a free offer!

5. Print only when extremely required. Use e filing effectively instead.

6. Switch off refrigerators for 3-4 hours in the evenings. Nothing will happen to your food..instead you will save your compressor and save electricity.

Let us start with these simple 'DOABLE' things first. Then we can think about big steps. If every one who reads this tries to implement these steps from now onwards we have already planted a million trees.   

Whether an individual plants a tree are not but he/she should not cut down the existing ones.Because in India for every hour thousands of trees branches touch the roads.If we control this we can achieve "GREEN INDIA" in a fast manner.

why i am saying this is if some one plants a tree the next day some one will cut it.so the main ambition in front of us is to stop cutting the trees.

In addition to this every individual shoul plant a tree.

The Government should give tax benefits for Tree Planting Campaigns

We (India) have very good environmental law, but execution and our corrupt system are the problems.

Indian people is also not a responsible citizen. Hamare yah sab chalta, attitude is big hurdles. Hope all have read Dr. Kalam speech for NRI. He mentioned in his speech that Indian who live in foreign, they pay for every thing, and expect, all thing free in India.

great intiative to move with

off course the day really demands us to save the existance of mankind and also the other voiceless species. i think today everybody want to showoff the status it might be casting votes or adopting slum children. let make it a matter of status quo that could include youth, celebs and everyone who are really concerned with the changing environment.

let give opportunity to everyone to show their bit they have done to save environment. its not force or responsibility, it is something that they will like and would like to do on their own. no preach no speech nothing.

it could be like having papaer bags instead of polythene bags.

designing a website or plateform where people can really interact and talk about their carbon footprints that is carbon emmision while performing different activity.

they can make friends and also earn credits on exploring their wings to enlarge their friend circles who are active green doer.

distributing certificates, lapels and batches to motivate people who has done a great job in the field concerned.

motivating people and specially celebs to use public transport for good cause at least once in a weak.

i mean pay them 10 rs for looking after 5 trees 4 one month

This is a global concern which has to be introspected by each individual. No Government or organization alone can do this.

Individuals must check on their carbon footprints and ensure that no natural resources are being RAPED!!! (Apologies for my language, but could not find a better word to use!)

Corporates must be taxed heavily and penalized even more heavily for their Carbon & Chemical Emissions to the nature

All Corporates who are eating up our natural resources which help in reproducing the natural resources should be reprimanded from doing business anywhere in the world!

All politicians who indulge with these corporates who are after money and don't care about natural resources being killed, should be banned from any indulgence in business & politics of the country, region or county.

As an individual, if we know that a certain company or product is being made by killing our natural resources, must not purchase, thereby decreasing sale and ensuring that the company/ product winds up from the market sooner than ever.

When everybody'l understand the value of their own life as Action Aid Nandini said.