Yestderday was Earth Day.
If there was one sound that Bangalore did NOT want to hear, it was the rustle of plastic. Thousands of friendly ‘Green-Coders’ sacrificed their Sunday sleep to make a plastic-free point to their fellow Bangaloreans.
The Green Code walkathon that started from Cubbon park meandered into Lal Bagh, Bangalore’s pride possession- a park with many species of old trees. Operation Green Code flagged off in Lal Bagh with food and fanfare. The Who’s who of Bangalore- painters, to Home Guards to eminent IPS officers, to senior corporate officers were all there in jeans and tees.
Members of the Art of Living Foundation led teams to different zones in the park where they picked bits of plastic debris and shot ‘em straight into wicker trashcans. The message to the average city-zen was to say no to plastics bags and use eco-friendly shopping bags instead. Especially imporant in a country where the cows roam freely and dip their noses into trashcans all t’ time to pick out the choicest plastic bag to chew on.
Green Code plans to continue the plastic-picking activity for the next few weeks with the hope that the average Bangalorean will turn over a new leaf. Now that’s an eco-friendly thought indeed!
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