Nampally Exhibition

The sudden unplanned visit to All India Exhibition in Nampally which happens every year has turned out to be a very fruitful one.

a) I was looking for a place where the wooden

disposable plates can be procured from. I saw this plate for the first time when I went to Adilabad Kala Ashram on Ugadi in 2009. Since then I have been enquiring now and then but I could not find a place from where they come. Finally I got a contact in the stall setup by APEC(AP Environment Connect) stall.

These wooden platets, cups are priced at Rs 2-4/- and in bulk I am sure the price can be lower. They can be a very good alternative to the plastic plates disposed in most of the parties and functions these days. The contact for the same is Mr. Suresh from Palam Packers (+91-9849364539). I have not checked this yet though.

b) There was a THRIVE solar energy solutions stall selling Solar Lights. It was designed for farmers to go into the fields in the night. The brightness is adjustable too. They had solutions for urban areas too where the person said he can give 2-3 tubelights, 1 fan and TV from solar power. The installation costs were around 20000 and it is expected to go on for long without issues. Added to the "for future" list ! (http://www.thrive.in/led_lighting/led_home_lighting.htm)

c) The most important thing that happened was that there was a register put up in the APEC stall and I write my name and email ID to get updates related to environment. The next day onwards I started getting some very interesting mails. I am suddenly in touch with like minded people working towards environment. Many of them have already experimented things that I was planning to do. That helped a lot in getting insights into issues. apenvconnect@googlegroups.com is the group name and those who want to join this group should send an email to apec365@gmail.com

Trees Planted and Adopted

26th Januray's tree plantation this year was a confluence of many nature enthusiasts. Sriram, Shilpi and me, we bought saplings from a nursery in Telecom Nagar. We bought some saplings of Jack fruit, Amla, Bel (Bilva), Custard Apple, Lemon. First year students from Shilpi and Sriram's groups started the work by 2Pm and it went on till 6PM. These were planted around the felicity ground(kalakshetra).

Parallel to this was another group headed by Neelima ma'am. 10-15 varieties of medicinal herbs and plants were taken from the garden between NBH and GH. These were planted in OBH lawn.

The whole show included search for gardening tools, collecting them from some faculty houses, some of them were "discovered" behind some bushes where the gardeners have hidden them.

It was great fun. Now, lets see how well these trees and plants would be taken care by the first year students.