Inspired by Janak Didi , Planted 130 Saplings

Indore

Since my childhood, I have been watching my mother plant and protect trees, how she plants trees, grows them, takes care of them, loves them, while doing all this, i Grew up watching my mither . But I never thought of planting trees . It all started and happened meeting Janak didi when I went on a study group visit to her Jimmy McGilligan Centre from School of Social sciences as a student of Master of Social work , with my class fellows when I saw her entire campus and amazed to see how her life is devoted to protection of nature, trees, plants and environment, Solar Cooking systems ,her clean and green life .But the love for environment and plants in my life increased so high when I became a part of Environment Week at Janak Didi's place in Giridarshan between 31st May to 5th June,2024

. At this time I came to know that on her birthday ,Didi plants as many trees as equal to her age year by year and also each Rakshabandhan .As the years passed and she protected them, I felt thats the way to live and celebrate birthday and then I decided , to follow her path ,I too have to celebrate my birthday and my friends' birthdays by planting trees. It is a matter of great good fortune that my birthday is on July 4 and my best friend's birthday falls in June .Both of us On completing 30 , so I decided to plant 60 saplings and shared this feeling and with Janak Didi .With her loving inspiration, guidance and encouragement , I planted 130 saplings on the Dootni Tekri behind her HOuse in Sanawadiya .I had thought 30+30 for my friend 60 trees but with got more than double planted with the support from Scientec Tech Eco Foundation sending water tankers and Saplings .Blessed to have strted by Janak didi and all my friends Nilesh Chauhan, Pradyumna Gurjar, Shiv Sharma, Surya, Prachi, Tripti, and Janak Didi's intern Tuhina Jha and Rajendra . All the plants were planted with the help of everyone. I thanked all and they also got inspired and declared to celbrate their birthdays this green and sustainable like didi and raise the trees. save environment and Nature 

My learning shared by

- Tuhina Jha ( An intern at Jimmy McGilligan center for sustainable development) A SUSTAINABLE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Inspiration of our mentor Janak Palta McGilligan Founder director of Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development celebrated a sustainable birthday .

The first thing that comes in our mind with birthdays are cake , big decorations with ballons and ribbons , gifts , return gifts and unhealthy food ..What is a sustainable birthday celebration ? . A question in my mind which was answered yesterday .

Inspired by Janak Palta ma’am , Pooja di decided to plant trees on his birthday , the aim was -

I thought many a times , “how can I celebrate a birthday , which will give me satisfaction that I have given back something to mother nature and added something fruitful when entering into another year of my life” Pooja di’s sustainable birthday celebration answered my dilemma.

   A birthday planting 130 tree ,saplings not only setting an example of sustainable birthday but also taking a step towards conservation of environment and inspiring many youths towards sustainable birthday celebration .

In this world of materialistic things , I was a part of soulful environment away from these materialistic things , close to nature , where birthday song was voices of peacocks , where decorations was not , ballons and ribbons it was the beauty of mother nature with soothing season of Monsoon, where trees danced with the sound of wind and celebrated. This is what you call a sustainable birthday celebration .