The Ganeshas made out of mud that we purchase for the ganesha chathurthi have the coloured paint on them….this paint is not eco friendly. When Ganesha is put in water…..this paint pollutes the water body.
The only mud Ganesha with the golden paint also is not good. The golden paint had lead in it…
It is good [...]
I was trying to find how to make eco friendly bags. Mainly….I wanted to make such bags to give the people who come home on Ganesh Chathurthi. We nrmally give all the ladiesbeetle leaves and coconut etc…they always want a bag to carry it…and we normally end up giving them plastic bags.
This time I decided [...]
My mom does this….and I found it very useful….
If you have ground space in your garden….you can dig a nice ditch….
if not….you can use a drum or a bucket…or any big container
fill the container or ditch with a layer of mud….
whenever any dry organic waste is there at home…for example…vegetable peelings, grains , dried flowersetc….
you [...]
Most of them know this…but the question is …how many of us follow it…
We wash rice, dal, vegetables….what do we do with this water?
most of the time it goes down the drain….Instead…if we pour all this water into a bucket…we could use it to water plants.
The water is put to good use….also…the nutrients that are [...]
Everyone is talking about environmental pollution…..everyone says that green house effect is bad….plastics are not good….etc etc…but most of them do not seem to think seriously about it.
When we go to the bigger shops like big bazar….we are forced to get plastic bags from them. Even if I buy just one small candy bar they [...]
I detest usage of plastic bags. Once in a while it is fine….but as a regular practise…….I hate it.
What I do is carry my own bag with me whenever I go out to make sure that I dont take the plastic bags given at shops.
Recently I started a new thing…. I started stitching some bags. [...]
One small thing that I did…..and feel really good about….
We used plastic mugs and buckets at home. One of the mugs broke and I had to replace it. I bought a steel mug instead of a plastic one.
Of course the steel mug was much costlier….it costed my 95Rs …wereas a plastic mug would have costed [...]