Stall at "Namma Jathre"

The annual event Namma Jathre was organised at Freedom Park in Bangalore on the 29th and 30th of August. LIFE too was invited to keep a stall with the intention of awareness raising and displaying eco-friendly products. Despite the short notice for preparation (one day infact!), we were able to arrange a good display and were able to draw the attention of many of the visitors.

What was on display -

1) Containers for indoor plants made from used/waste glass bottles, bulbs and CDs. These were made with great innovativeness by contacts of LIFE and were well appreciated by one and all.

2) Terrariums - indoor plants kept in a air-tight container which need no taking care of i.e, self-sustaining replicating earth. These were sold for Rs. 200 and the money was forwarded to the trust fund.

3) Re-usable cotton bags - these were for sale for a price of Rs. 25. The money collected was forwarded to the trust fund. Mainly to discourage using of plastic bags to bring milk/groceries/veg.

4) Terracotta painted pots for indoor plants - display only.

5) Free saplings were distributed - singapore cherry, pongamia, tachoma, bignonia, basavana pada and others.

6) Display of recommended reading material - I brought some excellent reading material on the theme of environment which i had at home just to enourage others to read these books. These included - Magazines like Down to Earth and books like - Silent Spring, Gaia hypothesis, The Origin of Species, Hind Swaraj, From Crisis to Cure and Health for All Now.

A book was also kept for interested individuals to register with us to keep them updated on LIFE's events.

Event was concluded with music by Belaku trust for the economically poor children with a feast!

Many of the visitors enquired about LIFE objectives and activities; and these were well appreciated and encouraged. We hope you will be able to join us in our next event!

This was recoreded in TOI on 31st Aug' 09, page 5 column 6 or

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/City/Bangalore/NGOs-tell-world-what-they-do/articleshow/4952221.cms

Kindly find few pics at the following link.

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/lh/sredir?uname=lets.integrate.for.environment&target=ALBUM&id=5376892777145027937&authkey=Gv1sRgCNfYyfCUmZu9bw&invite=CIDu_64E&feat=email

Participants from LIFE

Harsha, Aditya and Swapna