Eco education

Do you want to explore the environmental issues?

Do you want to help solve ecological problems?

Do you need motivation to take action towards a greener tomorrow?

Get in touch with RUR for a Eco-Education talk!

Training and Sensitization: Eco education

Eco-education forms a strong basis on which a child/ adult/ community, connects and engages to have a deeper understanding of the ecological/environmental issues around us and make informed and responsible decisions of the same.

Solid waste management is a burning issue with the increase in population, therefore sensitizing the masses and inculcating green habits is necessary. RUR GreenLife offers quality trainings, talks and workshops for public awareness; thus re-iterating and imbibing a deeper understanding of the ‘Solid Waste Management’ concepts:

RUR conducts the following workshops

GAAP (Green Awareness and Action Program) for Schools

An eco-program on Green Living for young children with the aim to:

Sensitize, educate and spread awareness on practicing sustainable waste management in daily lives.
Empower them to become green leaders.
Encourage them to contribute to the community and work towards a greener planet.

This is a year long program which is run in association with the school. It consists of 6 modules, spread over 8 sessions.

- - Module 1: (2 sessions) Tetra Pak Recycling
  - Module 2: Insights into Waste Management and Composting
  - Module 3: Composting live demo, and kick start of the green project
  - Module 4: (2 sessions) Growing Organic Vegetables in recycled containers or terrace
  - Module 5: Bio Fertilizers
  - Module 6: Field trip to our active site for a first hand experience.

Waste It or Invest It

Mumbai’s garbage dumps are full to the extent of overflowing – the Deonar landfill is now as high as a thirteen story building, obstructing flight paths! With the vision to reduce waste sent to landfills, RUR conducts hands-on training workshops for communities on waste segregation and management at source.

Basics of Bio Composting

An expansive workshop to cater to the composting requirement of your organisation/ school/ housing society/ institution. This will cover all the basics of composting, why do it? How and where to do composting? Along with other services that RUR GreenLife offers.

Our waste comprises broadly of biodegradable and non-degradable waste. Biodegradable waste can be turned into compost, while non degradable waste can be recycled. However, this is only if this waste segregated, if not the waste loses its value and simply lands up in a landfill.

Recycling of Tetra Pak Cartons

This workshop will cater to the requirements of only recycling used Tetra Pak cartons.

Live demo on how to make paper from Recycled Tetra Pak cartons.

Video of how the factory recycles Tetra Pak cartons into composite sheets.

It will also provide insight on the ‘Cartons Le Aao , Classroom Banao Campaign’.

Sustainable Living

It takes conscious efforts to say no to plastic and continued efforts to choose sustainable options over single use/disposable items. We encourage everyone to do their bit, even if it’s saying ‘No’ to a single disposable cup/ cutlery it still counts .
This workshop emphasis is on use of green alternatives and trash reduction.

Induction of Scientific Process and Health and Safety for Housekeeping

Induction of Scientific Process, Health and Safety is a workshop designed to help your housekeeping staff in understanding the process, equipment, safety measures and good practices while managing waste at source.

Organic gardening

An introductory workshop for all the plant lovers. We provide you a kit with the required gardening supplies and a seed calendar to help you plant as per the season throughout the year!

Eco-tour

Reach out to us for conducting workshops and/or arranging an eco-tour. The eco-tour comprises of a visit at any of our active site that is using RUR’s RGGC for managing wet waste and is also segregating their dry recyclables.

Mode

Impact of Eco Education Workshops

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Multilingual as per requirement ( Hindi/ English/ Marathi)
Hands-on and interactive
Audio/Visual Aids
Live props and demonstration

Sensitized and eco-conscious citizens motivated to adopt good green practices
Get started to Segregate at source and maximize recycling
Connect with nature for a greener tomorrow
Sign-up for Tetra Pak recycling

Testimonials

I am a resident of Raheja Vihar and got associated with the RUR Greenlife team last year. Human race is living at the edge of various environmental destructions. RUR team with Tetra Pak has taken the initiative in a positive way to pave the way for us to live in an environmental friendly society. My residential society is also contributing in a small way by collecting Tetra Pak cartons from each house and segregating them in a bin made from recycled Tetra Pak cartons. The collection van visits all the buildings at regular intervals. Let us all be responsible citizens and be a part of this team and live in an environmental friendly city.

RUR has a team of very well founded scientists and engineers. They provided us with all relevant equipment for managing our garden- and kitchen waste. They come when required and actively follow up with us on the composting process going on in our tumblers. Their interactions with us are in such a way that we (initiators as well as staff) get to learn to manage the composting process on our own. They have heart for the case and are committed to doing the best possible for the environment which goes well beyond composting alone. RUR embodies “Nurturing Nature” through its work and people.

Godrej Properties has taken up a community waste management project in mumbai to minimise household waste going to the city’s landfill. This project will determine if we can build healthier communities that generate near-to-zero waste. Godrej along with five societies across Mumbai had selected RUR after a lengthy vendor selection process. The project has been a great success, relying heavily on the work and enthusiasm of the RUR team, their technical expertise and commitment to impoving the sustainable standard of living in Mumbai. From sensitising residents and ensuring segregation of waste streams to set up of organic and dry waste systems in-situ, the RUR team has made this project a reality and helped to understand the possibilities of managing waste responsibility. We have built a strong case for all developments to near-to-zero waste communities thus eliminating the stream of problems caused by urban waste.

Changing a rooted mindset is one of the most difficult tasks to achieve… but RUR have managed to do just that. We at Kalpataru Harmony are extremely grateful to Team RUR for the fantastic and selfless support they have extended to us. The extremely qualified and knowledgable staff hand held us through the entire process right from conducting orientations to setting uo the composting system to consistent check ups. They have tirelessly, without any complaints answered all our laymen’s doubts, queries and questions and this has resulted in a fabilous harvest of ‘Green Gold’ for us. The most important aspect of this whole endeavour, setting in motion a sea change in the way we perceive our environment, was spectacularly achieved. Team RUR has not only made us aware of our responsibility to mother earth, but has also sparked in us an urge to go out there and convert many move citizens, to be environmnetally conscious. We wish Team RUR every success, always! God bless!

A commendable campaign adopted by RUR Greenlife. As we learn about the impact of human interaction with the environment, our young eco- friendly citizens at Ecole Mondiale World School are overwhelmed with the fact that they can save trees simply by collecting Tetra Pak cartons. They now pause and reflect as they hold an empty pack which they mindlessly discarded earlier. The incentive in the form of furniture made from recycling Tetra Pak cartons which they receive for all the effort they invest to collect Tetra Pak cartons; leaves an ever lasting impression in their hearts and minds. No better way to prepare the youth as we will pass the baton to them for a greener planet.

We are happy to have been associated with RUR Greenlife and express our sincere Thanks to them for regularly organizing empty Tetra Pak carton collection from our office in BKC, Mumbai. ‘Go Green with Tetra Pak Recycling Program’ is a blessing to society as Cleaner the Environment, Better it is for Public at large. We cherish the kind gesture of presenting to us with a Bench made by used and recycled Tetra Pak cartons by RUR Greenlife which is kept in our office as per attached file. I would specifically like to mention that it gives me a great amount of Happiness when I see several activities being undertaken by RUR Greenlife while working with children and students in various schools across the city. This inculcates the practice of recycling at that tender age which I am sure becomes part of their life.

When RUR and CMCA (Children’s Movement for Civic Awareness) joined hands, a whole new army of recyclers was born. At Campion School, my fellow CMCA volunteer, Paulami Chakraborty and I, enable children to collect used Tetra Pak cartons and take them to the nearby Sahakari Bhandar every week. In return for every 12 Tetra Pak cartons donated, we got a notebook made out of recycled Tetra Pak cartons. And when we reach our first milestone of 4500 Tetra Pak cartons we received a 100% Tetra Pak carton recycled desk-chair. Campion School in turn gifted this to a underprivileged school that it supports in Talasari (beyond Manor). So far, we have already donated four recycled desks and we are on the cusp of reaching this milestone for the fifth time! Monisha Narke and her team (including Sejal and Malavika) have constantly kept in touch and also invite us to partner / join in during various green festivals and workshops. Kudos for the great work RUR is doing. Here’s looking forward to many more years of collaborating with you.