Trees

Please join the Arekere (Dorsani Palya) Reserve Forest team on Sunday, 29th June 2014 at 7:00 a.m. The task at hand will be to continue cleaning up from where the volunteers stopped last week. For the exact location, please see the earlier post here. Children are most welcome to go along with their parents/ grandparents.  The Arekere (Dorsani Palya) Reserve Forest    Mr Saravanan, who is coordinating the cleanup efforts, had this to say about the start they made on 21st June: It is quite interesting to see our first baby steps towards this cleanup drive. It was a successful and motivating…

    Read about the efforts at Vibhutipura Lake in an earlier post here.  

    Read about the efforts at Vibhutipura Lake in an earlier post here.  

After planting a few hundreds of trees at Kasavahalli Lake and Begur Lake this month, Say Trees is now going to plant saplings close to Bellandur Lake. The target is 4000 saplings in next 3 weeks, starting on 5th July 2014.  Say Trees is looking for nature lovers and corporates to join hands and to help achieve this massive task.Individuals who wish to participate, please fill the form below.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AqW7DMKbmz7yPjcRj6k-kcJNHlNEqgkUdXxi6KpGdfY/viewformVenue: near Bellandur Lake (close to Koramangala, Bangalore)Date: 5th July 2014For more details, please contact: Kapil +91-9886993070 / Sumant +91-8867391150   

After planting a few hundreds of trees at Kasavahalli Lake and Begur Lake this month, Say Trees is now going to plant saplings close to Bellandur Lake. The target is 4000 saplings in next 3 weeks, starting on 5th July 2014.  Say Trees is looking for nature lovers and corporates to join hands and to help achieve this massive task.Individuals who wish to participate, please fill the form below.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AqW7DMKbmz7yPjcRj6k-kcJNHlNEqgkUdXxi6KpGdfY/viewformVenue: near Bellandur Lake (close to Koramangala, Bangalore)Date: 5th July 2014For more details, please contact: Kapil +91-9886993070 / Sumant +91-8867391150   

Report received from Arvind Keerthi At the tree-planting event at Munnekolala Lake (14th June 1014), it took a hundred+ volunteers less than two hours to set in soil 250 saplings! We are pleased by the unstinted support shown by the BBMP, whose Chief Engineer (Lakes) Shri B. V. Satish and Conservator of Forests, Shri Jagannatha Rao were in attendance, and indeed made possible the entire exercise. The BBMP was of course not the only wind at our backs - citizen-volunteers from the Munnekolala Lake Rejuvenation Association (MLRA), as well as United Way of Bengaluru tirelessly planned and executed the work…

Report received from Arvind Keerthi At the tree-planting event at Munnekolala Lake (14th June 1014), it took a hundred+ volunteers less than two hours to set in soil 250 saplings! We are pleased by the unstinted support shown by the BBMP, whose Chief Engineer (Lakes) Shri B. V. Satish and Conservator of Forests, Shri Jagannatha Rao were in attendance, and indeed made possible the entire exercise. The BBMP was of course not the only wind at our backs - citizen-volunteers from the Munnekolala Lake Rejuvenation Association (MLRA), as well as United Way of Bengaluru tirelessly planned and executed the work…

Join the Begur Environment & Development Trust (BEDT) and Begur /Singasandra residents (BBMP Ward 192) for a massive tree plantation drive. Date: 22nd June 2014 (Sunday)Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Venue: Begur Lake entrance next to Lake Point Tower Apartment (Opposite Subhash Nagar Main road), South Bangalore Planned schedule:9:30 a.m.      –  Assembly10:00 a.m.    –  Welcome and Introduction10:05 a.m.    –  Begur History (addressing about the culture)10:15 a.m.    –  Post card distribution (sending letters to BDA commissioner)10:20 a.m.    –  Lake rejuvenation and protection awareness10:30 a.m.    –  Unveiling of Citizen Centric Begur Lake Development Plan10:35 a.m.    –  Tree Plantating11:30 a.m.    –  Vote of Thanks For any clarifications/assistance, please feel free to call:Prasad 9845014801, Shaji 94498 14441 (MC Road area), Prashanth…

Join the Begur Environment & Development Trust (BEDT) and Begur /Singasandra residents (BBMP Ward 192) for a massive tree plantation drive. Date: 22nd June 2014 (Sunday)Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Venue: Begur Lake entrance next to Lake Point Tower Apartment (Opposite Subhash Nagar Main road), South Bangalore Planned schedule:9:30 a.m.      –  Assembly10:00 a.m.    –  Welcome and Introduction10:05 a.m.    –  Begur History (addressing about the culture)10:15 a.m.    –  Post card distribution (sending letters to BDA commissioner)10:20 a.m.    –  Lake rejuvenation and protection awareness10:30 a.m.    –  Unveiling of Citizen Centric Begur Lake Development Plan10:35 a.m.    –  Tree Plantating11:30 a.m.    –  Vote of Thanks For any clarifications/assistance, please feel free to call:Prasad 9845014801, Shaji 94498 14441 (MC Road area), Prashanth…

Today is memorable for many of us! Friends of Lakes, in association with local corporators and residents have planted more than 200 saplings in Vidyaranyapura Lake. – Mr Gopala Krishna The event was so beautiful. I kept walking around the lake pinching myself to ensure that I was not in a dream! – xxx These were the sentiments expressed by residents from the Narasipura 2 Lake area, about the tree planting event held at Narasipura 2 Lake (Sri Venkata Swamy Temple Kere) on 15th June, 2014. From six in the morning, the place was abuzz with people – dads and…