Beautiful Bengaluru | Clean-Green-Safe

Beautiful Bengaluru began as a vision

to enable a charming city retain its identity even as it evolved into a city of the future. It now inspires simple habits that make for cleaner, greener cities everywhere.

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STOP INDIA SPITTING

Be a part of the #StopIndiaSpitting movement championed by Beautiful Bengaluru and help it spread faster across the country.

HOW YOU CAN HELP YOUR CITY

ZERO LITTER

Our signature litter-awareness drives remind residents of their responsibility to keep public places clean. We aim to inspire a pride in beautiful spaces.

SAVE TREES

We support all related initiatives to save trees, both as part of larger city-wide campaigns and also through our members in their respective areas.

OUR MISSION

ZERO WASTE

We encourage residents to work with the mantra ‘Use Less, Reuse More’, applicable to all resources of the planet, be it water, trees or energy; it helps shape thinking about habits and choices.

SAVE ENERGY

Be it electricity or fuel or any other source of energy, we constantly remind ourselves that energy saved is energy that draws less from the earth’s stressed resources.

SAVE WATER

Water is a precious resource that this city of a 1000 lakes, as it was once called, is now crying out for. Being number 2 on the list of world cities to run out of water makes this a critical priority.

SMOOTHER, SAFER ROADS

Our roads and public transport network are not the best, and that is a constraint we work with in this city. But all the more reason that with a simple change in our habits, we can improve matters.

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Join our efforts this June to increase tree cover through our #GreenSpaces campaign.

Many know that planting trees is important, but are unable to themselves plant trees for various reasons. We have a simple alternative: Support a Tree Planting Initiative.

There are likely to be many organizations in your local area that are doing genuine work on planting trees. Choose a suitable organization and go right ahead. Be a part of the effort to reverse declining green cover - and do share details with us; it would help us spread the knowledge base on such initiatives.

We are listing some promising organizations that we hear are doing wonderful work in this domain that could help spread the word:
@green_society @sankalptaru_foundation @saytrees_ind @mission_green_mumbai @growtrees_global

Disclaimer: We are sharing these names in good faith having heard good things about them, but have no affiliation nor financial interest except for the mutual aim of reversing tree cover loss and helping our planet.

Thanks for supporting our #GreenSpaces campaign - catch the posts through June to know other small steps we can all take. Your ideas and stories are welcome so we can share them further.

#PlantATree
#TreePlanting #GreenInitiative #SaveThePlanet #GoGreen #SustainableLiving #TreeLove #EcoFriendly #SupportTreePlanting #TogetherForNature
#ClimateAction #ConserveBiodiversity #GreenIndia #NatureRevival #CommunityEngagement #EnvironmentalEducation #Afforestation
#SpreadAwareness #MakeADifference #bethechange #BeautifulBharat

Catch highlights of this #StopIndiaSpitting awareness session on why public spitting must stop, done recently at a slum cluster in Bellandur, Bangalore. This was at a collaborative event between Beautiful Bharat and @stonesoup.in

Our founder @odettekatrak had the audience laughing, even while explaining why spitting in public is not okay. Most of the 50+ present admitted to spitting out of habit, and the focus was to get them to realise and reduce the frequency with which they spit anywhere and everywhere.

If you'd like to join such sessions or organise one at any location, please do connect. You could also join our movement and spread awareness that there is a concerted attempt to address public spitting through this movement. Also following and sharing our posters and reels is a simple way of playing a small part in a big movement to put an end to public spitting. Cleaner streets, healthier cities and a prouder nation!

Stay tuned for more - 5 years after we started, the pace is increasing for the StopIndiaSpitting movement.

#StopIndiaSpitting #SpitFreelndia
#MakelndiaProud #SwacchBharatAbhiyan #SwachhBharat #SwasthBharat #BeautifulBharat #bethechange #ResponsibleCitizens #TogetherWeCan #publicawareness
#thuknamat #responsiblecitizen #socialchange #cleangreensafe #CleanIndia

We wind up our series on saving trees with this post on identifying diseases in trees. Just like us, trees can fall ill too. Diseases and pests like termites, borers, or fungi can quietly weaken a tree from the inside out. Timely diagnosis and action can save the tree and stop the spread. Read our post to learn more!

See something worrying? Inform your local authorities. Healthy trees mean a safer, greener tomorrow. Let’s stand guard for our green companions.

#TreeHealth #GreenGuards #UrbanTreeCare #ProtectTrees #EcoStewards #TreeAwareness #FightTreeDisease #PestAlert #GreenResponsibility #SaveTreesSaveLives #SustainableFuture #TreeFirst #BeTheChange #TogetherForTrees #EcoWatch #BeautifulBharat

A tree planted well will provide clean air, shelter and a home for many species for centuries to come. This is why it's important to take proper measures at the time of planting. Read our post to know how you can plant trees the right way and avoid issues later on.
This is part of our Green Guards effort — looking out not just for trees, but for the community around them. Be observant. Be responsible. Be a Green Guard!

#SaveTrees #TreePlanting #TreeProtection #GreenGuards #UrbanForests #SustainableLiving #TreeRights #TreeCare #EcoResponsibility #TreeWatch #SaveLivesSaveTrees #ProtectGreenSpaces #BeTheChange #SpeakForTrees #TogetherForTrees #EcoWarriors #BeautifulBharat

A strong tree is a safe tree. Neglected branches can become dangerous, especially during storms. That’s why preventive care is key - not just for the tree's health, but for public safety! Read our post to know what you can do to prevent trees falling because of improper maintenance or improper measures at the time of planting.
This is part of our Green Guards effort — looking out not just for trees, but for the community around them. Be observant. Be responsible. Be a Green Guard!

#SaveTrees #TreeProtection #GreenGuards #UrbanForests #SustainableLiving #TreeRights #TreeCare #EcoResponsibility #TreeWatch #SaveLivesSaveTrees #ProtectGreenSpaces #BeTheChange #SpeakForTrees #TogetherForTrees #EcoWarriors #BeautifulBharat

Trees are silently being cut every day, sometimes without any legal clearance. But did you know that even trees on private property require official permission before they’re removed? Cutting without this is not just harmful, it’s illegal.

Whenever you see or hear of a tree being felled, ask to see the permission letter. If none exists, explain calmly that felling without authorization is prohibited. This simple act can save a tree. Often, people aren’t aware of the law - your voice can change that.

Be proactive: If you hear about plans for tree removal, try to step in early. No response? Get support from neighbours and local groups. Numbers matter. Still concerned even with permission? Take a photo, mark the location, and share it on local WhatsApp groups, forums, or with your city’s tree helpline. Escalate to your Forest Department or local media if needed.

This is part of our Green Guards initiative — building a caring community that protects trees before it’s too late. Every saved tree continues to give us oxygen, shelter, and shade, and plays a role in climate balance.

Be the voice they don’t have.
Act early. Stay kind. Save trees.

#SaveTrees #TreeProtection #GreenGuardian #UrbanForests #NoTreeCutting #SustainableLiving #TreeRights #ProtectGreenSpaces #GreenGuards #BeTheChange #SpeakForTrees #TogetherForTrees #EcoWarriors #BeautifulBharat

Every time someone hammers a nail into a tree or wraps wires and cables tightly around its trunk, the tree suffers wounds, infections, and long-term damage that weakens or eventually kills it.

Many people do this without realizing the harm they’re causing. That’s why your voice and actions matter! Please speak up when you see nails, signage, decorations, or cables being attached to trees. Even better, pre-empt these by raising awareness locally. These aren’t just harmless acts — they choke, scar, and slowly kill trees that are giving us shade, oxygen, and shelter.

Find out how to report such cases to your local municipality or forest department — most cities now have helplines, apps or WhatsApp numbers dedicated to tree-related concerns.

Even if you’ve never thought of yourself as a tree activist, your support is powerful and necessary. Trees benefit all of us — cooling our streets, improving air quality, reducing dust, and supporting biodiversity. Let’s come together to protect our #GreenSpaces.

This poster is part of our Green Guards series — a community initiative to protect vulnerable trees in urban areas. Follow our campaign to learn more and take small steps that make a big impact. Every tree protected is a step toward a healthier planet.

#ProtectTrees #GreenGuardian #TreeConservation #GreenSpaces #NatureMatters #SustainableLiving #CommunityAction #TogetherForTrees
#MakeADifference #SaveOurTrees #TreeLove #NoNails
#NoCables #greenspaces #bethechange #beautifulbharat

Calling all tree lovers to support the movement to save every tree! If you spot a tree with CEMENT or TAR right up to the tree base, please take a couple of minutes on these simple actions that can save the tree. Most people pass without noticing, and without our help such trees are doomed to wither, die or fall in a storm because of lack of water and a weakened trunk.

Also, whenever there's road asphalting planned in your area, do pre-empt this specifically, because the person applying the layer often has no idea about this requirement.

Even if you do not think of yourself as a tree lover, your support is much needed because every citizen benefits from the shade, fresh air, dust cover, shelter and more that our trees offer.

Together let's take joint action to protect our trees and retain, save and increase our #GreenSpaces.

Most cities have an app or WhatsApp number through which you can report such issues to your municipality. A simple online search will lead you to the right channel - so do your bit and take Step 1 to safeguard the tree in danger.

This poster is part of our Green Guards series, encouraging people to step up and safeguard trees around us. Follow our campaign to learn more about how to protect trees in danger! Every tree planted and protected helps our planet.

#ProtectTrees #GreenGuardian #TreeConservation #GreenSpaces #NatureMatters #SustainableLiving #CommunityAction #TogetherForTrees
#MakeADifference #SaveOurTrees #TreeLove #greenspaces #bethechange #beautifulbharat

Stand up for our Trees!🌳

Our trees are precious and we need them more than we realise. But also, we can do more than we realise, to protect and save trees in danger.

Isn't it tragic to see a tree you pass often suddenly fall in a storm? The good news is that preventive care does help here too.

Support our #GreenSpaces campaign aimed to increase tree cover with the involvement of every citizen. This immediate series focuses on simple actions we can each take to protect our precious trees. From preventing cemented bases to reporting tree cutting and broken branches, diseased trees, nails, cables and more, get familiar with small steps we can take - because each step does make a difference. Every tree saved helps us for sure, and keeps our planet greener.

So come, be a Green Guard and help ensure a greener, healthier future for all. Do share your stories and tell us about your green actions to save our trees.

#ProtectTrees #GreenGuard #GreenGuardian #TreeConservation #NatureMatters #SustainableLiving #CommunityAction #TogetherForTrees #MakeADifference #SaveOurTrees #TreeLove #GreenShoots #GreenSpaces #BeTheChange #BeautifulBharat

Can you and I make a difference to the tree cover and green spaces around us? Most believe that it is the job of governments or Forest departmentd and our role is limited, but truly we can bring impact in many more ways than we realize.

Our upcoming series takes you through different ways to save and protect existing trees, grow more trees, and green your spaces in simple ways - even cultivating a kitchen garden from scrap stems, roots, seeds that usually reach trash!

We hope you will catch the 'green bug' and realise that gardening is not specialised but fun tor everyone, even novices.

Our focus through this month is in recognition of the crucial role our precious trees play in our ecosystem - this has never been clearer with higher temperatures and depleting groundwater impacting our day to day existence.

So come join us to cultivate a greener future together and make a positive impact on the planet.

Participate in our #GreenSpaces campaign by taking a selfie while planting a tree or plant - don't forget the thumbs up! Tag us & 5 friends using #GreenSpaces #BeautifulBharat #BetheChange #XLSustainabilty.
Be sure to care for your growing plant. We'd welcome added news of your greening efforts in coming weeks/months and also your support to spread this campaign and impact green cover, as depleting tree cover is leading to higher temperatures and threatened groundwater reserves.

#Preservegreencover #PlantingforProgress
#SustainableLifestyle #SustainableEarth #GreenEarth #PlantingForChange #GreenRevolution
#GreenThumbs #GreenShoots
#PlantTrees #SaveTrees
#GreenBug #Gardening

It's World Oceans Day today.
There's too much plastic in our ocean, and it's time to relook at our usage, and cut out #SingleUsePlastic and #BeatPlasticPollution.
When we use plastic, we have no control over what happens to it once it leaves our door. Just because it can be recycled, doesn't mean that it will be.
So let's #SayNoToPlastic.
A young ecowarrior from Bengaluru, Gauri Nag aged 14, sent us this hard-hitting illustration of ocean creatures suffering because of human actions.
We loved it, because it reminds us to live responsibly - to trash less but also use less plastic. We welcome such creations from all children to inspire others.
Send us your creations too! Images with name, age of child, city can be posted on social media, tagging us and 5 friends with hashtags.

#SaveOurOceans #BeatPlasticPollution #BeautifulBharat
Follow us to #BeTheChange and support our work for a greener planet.#WorldOceansDay #WorldOceansDay2025
#plasticfreeoceans #plasticpollution #plasticfreechallenge #saynotosingleuseplastic #zerowaste #zerowastelifestyle #beresponsible #consciousliving #reducewaste #reusable
#Plasticfreelndia #BeTheChange

One more cupvert is cause to rejoice indeed! (A cupvert is the term for one who has converted to the reusable and zero waste menstrual cup). It is so gratifying when a person who is sceptical about a product gets convinced, and one step better, starts convincing others!

This is a message from a housemaid who switched to the menstrual cup and what's more, found it so liberating that she was keen to spread the joy!

Rewind to early 2019 when our founder @odettekatrak was sterilising her own menstrual cup, and a curious maid asked what it was. From a look of not being very impressed to one of definite unease, she slowly changed her mind over 4 months of persuasion.

What you hear is proof that change is possible, and even more heartening, that more people are willing to play the changemaker role - and this can bring change at the larger level much faster, because that's what we need in these days of climate change and a planet choking with trash.

This is exactly the premise of our 'Spread the ripple' campaign - because we need more people to be influencers in their own small way and drive the change. Individuals making these shifts is great, but not good enough. Time to actively spread the ripple and we invite each of you already following eco-conscious practices to spread the reach and spread the joy.

All small steps for cleaner streets, healthier cities, a greener planet - and of course, a Beautiful Bharat!

So please do share this video to convince more women who will be more open to a message as simple as this. Something useful we'd like to put out, as we wind up our Sustainable Hygiene theme for May - which we will continue to pull in year-round too.

#SpreadTheRipple
#sustainablehygiene #sustainablemenstruation #reusable #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup #sustainableliving #sustainability #reducewastetolandfill #ResponsibleCitizen #GreenHabits #BeTheChange #SustainableHabits #sustainablehygiene #menstrualhealth #BeautifulBharat #womenempowement #menstruationeducation #zerowastewonderwoman

To restore the earth and green our living spaces is what we wish everyone will think about doing this #WorldEnvironmentDay2025.

The specific theme for this year is to #BeatPlasticPollution and our campaigns focus on this year round, with simple ideas and small steps that can remove single use plastic completely from our homes, and make conscious choices that eliminate plastic wherever possible. In addition, we continue to focus on ways we can all less resources of our planet, and generate less waste so we trash the planet less too.

Thank you @TinnieMukherjee for this pic of a #BeautifulBharat and a Beautiful Planet, that inspires us to restore our earth, in small yet significant ways.

#worldenvironmentday #environment #WED #environmentprotection #simplechanges #savewater #plasticfree #byoc #byob #freshproduce #farmtotable #noplastic #supportlocal #supportfarmers #sustainablehabits #consciousliving #consciousconsumer #segregation
#beatplasticpollution #wastemanagement #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange

This World Environment Day, each one of us could take small steps that can help our planet. Because climate change is real, and climate action is needed from each and everyone of us.

Our small actions can indeed bring respite to a planet under stress. We've listed 5 of the simplest steps that are easy first steps for anyone to take - with a significant impact on resources used and wasted, immediately reducing your carbon footprint and increasing your sustainability quotient. And that includes avoiding banned plastic, in keeping with this year's theme of 'Beat Plastic Pollution'.

Try these, and tell us your ideas in the comments. Do also share this so we can include more people and communities in this endeavour to reverse climate change by reducing our carbon footprint at every stage. And stay tuned for more.

#worldenvironmentday #environment #WED #environmentprotection #simplechanges #savewater #plasticfree #byoc #byob #freshproduce #farmtotable #noplastic #supportlocal #supportfarmers #sustainablehabits #consciousliving #consciousconsumer #segregation
#beatplasticpollution #wastemanagement #beautifulbharat

Cricket gets everyone's attention and even more on a day when our team has won - and here is one of our young BB champions, Varad Dwivedi aged 11 years. He is a next generation BB member and responds to our #CleanStreets campaign from our #GreenAmbassaors Summer Campaign.

Varad has an important message, related to cricket but also to the game of life!During a recent match he attended, he said: we come to the stadium to enjoy the excitement of live cricket, no doubt, but please let's take our trash back along with our memories of this visit to the cricket match, so that we can keep the place clean.

Varad's important message is relevant not just at the stadium during a cricket match, but wherever we go, all the time, so that we keep our public places clean. No littering and also no spitting, because these common habits make our streets dirty and unhealthy.

As Varad reminds us, together let's do our bit to keep our city clean and work towards a Beautiful Bharat.

We encourage all children to play their role for a Swachh and Swasth Bharat - you can catch more details of the Green Ambassador summer campaign in the week starting 3rd April.

#IPL #RCB #Cricket
#GreenAmbassadors
#CleanStreets #BeautifulBharat #changemakers #NoLittering #NoSpitting #Meaningfulactivities #cleanIndia #GreenIndia #Sustainablehabits #Responsiblecitizen #ClimateWarriors #plasticfree #reduceplastic #SwachhBharat
#SwasthBharat #MakelndiaProud
#StopIndiaSpitting #SpitKills #SpitFreeIndia
#BeTheChange

It’s jackfruit season, and the aroma of ripe jackfruits is in the air! Catch this month's entry for Season 2 of our 'Treasures from Trash' campaign - amazing ideas to convert what most consider waste in kitchens to delicious items.
This time, our recipe comes straight from our founder, Odette – a first for our campaign. Though she usually works behind the scenes, our TfT entries team made an exception because this vegan cheese made from jackfruit seeds is her original creation, and simply delicious!
Send in your ideas and try out those featured - details in our past posters. Let’s show love for our planet and reduce waste, while we enjoy and popularise newer dishes!

#Jackfruit # JackfruitSeeds #NoFoodWaste #foodwaste #foodscraps #scrappycooking #recipe #ReduceWaste #WasteLess #TreasuresFromTrash #ZeroWaste #ReduceReuseCook #KitchenInnovations #FoodRevolution #WasteNotWantNot #SustainableCooking #CulinaryCreativity #Vegan #VeganRecipes #PlantBased
#BeautifulBharat #BetheChange

Here is the June page of our 'Be The Change' calendar: 'Tomorrow's too late. Go green today' bringing in the World Environment Day reminders we all need, in a month when our focus is on greening our spaces, saving trees and making our air purer.

#PlantATree #TreePlanting #GreenInitiative #GreenSpaces #SaveTrees #GreenShoots #PureAir #SaveThePlanet #GoGreen #SustainableLiving #TreeLove #EcoFriendly #SupportTreePlanting #TogetherForNature #ClimateAction
#ConserveBiodiversity #GreenIndia #NatureRevival #CommunityEngagement #EnvironmentalEducation #Afforestation #SpreadAwareness #MakeADifference #bethechange #BeautifulBharat

A wonderful event in a Bellandur slum cluster was organised on World Menstrual Day, Wednesday 28th May, with volunteers from Beautiful Bharat and Stonesoup Trust coming together towards the common goal of zero waste.

Our aim: redefining periods to make them zero-waste. This milestone became possible for 179 underprivileged women. They are the beneficiaries of contributions from 36 donors, who have crowdfunded reusable menstrual cups. We are grateful to all donors who contributed to the socio-environment project.

In the first such event, 41 women received the cups, after an awareness session in both Hindi and Kannada by @RupalRalph explaining how to use them and why they are a better option than sanitary pads. They understood the 'no cash, no rash, no trash' benefits they were getting. It was a fun session with lot of humour that made them comfortable to ask doubts. We're sure they will love their newfound freedom and we will provide follow up support through our local volunteers.

It poured that day and the approach was slushy and dug up, a good reason to cancel the event. We are so glad we went ahead because even if the sun didn't shine, 41 women certainly did!

Many thanks to Vinita, chief coordinator and Bhanu, Mita, Vasanthi and Odette who represented Beautiful Bharat. And the Stonesoup team Rupal, Divya, Bhadra and Anushka for sourcing and helping with the awareness session.

We couldn't miss the chance to also create awareness about the fact that public spitting is spreading disease in the context of news that the new covid strain is buzzing around. Our founder @odettekatrak gave a talk as part of our #StopIndiaSpitting awareness - but that's another story for another post!

Together we can make this a better world with less waste, cleaner public spaces and happier women!

#sustainablehygiene #sustainablemenstruation #reusable #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup #sustainableliving #sustainability #reducewastetolandfill #ResponsibleCitizen #GreenHabits #BeTheChange #BeautifulBharat #womenempowement #menstruationeducation
#StopIndiaSpitting
#MakeIndiaProud
#SwachhBharat

#WorldNoTobaccoDay - our poster series highlights the harmful impact of tobacco not just on human health but on our environment too. Less litter, less spitting, purer air and cleaner public spaces are outcomes that benefit our communities. Most of all, a swachh and swasth Bharat, that we can all be proud of.

Please share this and encourage users to be mindful of their impact on public health and spaces. Excessive pan chewing of pan masala leads to litter of sachets on our streets, and increases the spit stains everywhere. Smoking in public places impacts the quality of air non smokers are forced to breathe, also posing risks to their health.

Together let’s spread the message for mindful consumption that can lead to a beautiful Bharat. Let's #StopIndiaSpitting and #MakeIndiaProud!

#SwachhBharat #SwasthBharat
#BeautifulBharat #notobacco #tobaccoisharmful
#StopIndiaSpitting #SpitFreelndia
#IndiaAgainstSpitting
#AntiSpitting #SpitKills

We at Beautiful Bharat are always happy to witness more people having conversations about shifting to reusable menstrual products, including menstrual cups, cloth pads and period panties.

If you use reusable products, please help us spread the ripple! Just convincing 5 other people, and requesting them to do the same for five more, can have a huge positive impact which helps both the planet and our women. Imagine how we can reduce the waste burden of our layouts and cities too!

Join our #SpreadTheRipple campaign! And do tell us, by sharing your reusable stories and tagging us in them!

#SpreadTheRipple
#sustainablehygiene #sustainablemenstruation #reusable #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup #sustainableliving #sustainability #reducewastetolandfill #ResponsibleCitizen #GreenHabits #BeTheChange #SustainableHabits #sustainablehygiene #menstrualhealth #BeautifulBharat #womenempowement #menstruationeducation #zerowastewonderwoman

World Menstrual Hygiene Day (May 28th) is a good reminder that menstruation is natural, not taboo, and that sustainable periods are the way forward. Period!

Incidentally, the date isn’t random - it stands for the average 28-day cycle and 5-day period. Menstruation is still a huge taboo despite being something that most women (i.e. about 50% of the world!) experience.
We celebrate World Menstrual Hygiene Day to break stigma, raise awareness, support access, and encourage many more zero-waste champions to make the switch to reusables.

Today, the reusable options available are amazing and easy to maintain - colourful cloth pads, period panties and menstrual cups, all offering the 'no cash, no rash, no trash' benefit too.
Better for you, better for the planet! ♻️

#sustainablehygiene #sustainablemenstruation #reusable #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup
#clothpads #periodpanties #sustainableliving #sustainability #reducewastetolandfill #ResponsibleCitizen #GreenHabits #BeTheChange #SustainableHabits #sustainablehygiene #menstrualhealth #BeautifulBharat #womenempowement #menstruationeducation #zerowastewonderwoman

On #WorldMenstrualHygieneDay, listen to Dr @meenakshibharath, noted gynaecologist & green crusader appealing to women to shift to reusable menstrual cups & pads. Do consider this shift if you still haven’t, and share it with those who could benefit by shifting to sustainable choices.

Disposable options use plastic, cause cancer, generate waste, cost more. Reusable cups/pads help #BeatPlasticPollution & #ReduceWaste. Good health for you & the planet - good reasons to make this shift.

Dr Meenakshi’s interview with
@Logicallndians shares why everyone MUST shift. No rash, no trash, no cash! A well- explained perspective that men can view as well, to understand and convince women they know to shift too.

#SustainableHygiene #GreenTheRed

https://facebook.com/426895610773497/posts/the-logical-indians-shweta-kothari-presents-an-exclusive-interview-with-dr-meena/372421013401869/

#sustainablehygiene #sustainablemenstruation #reusable #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup #sustainableliving #sustainability #reducewastetolandfill #ResponsibleCitizen #GreenHabits #BeTheChange #SustainableHabits #sustainablehygiene #menstrualhealth #BeautifulBharat #womenempowement #menstruationeducation #zerowastewonderwoman

Saving precious trees - how can we as residents prevent loss of our tree cover? More in this article in @bangaloremirror by Maheshwara Reddy, featuring our founder @odettekatrak in this 'Save our Trees' drive at Domlur organised by her and led by Mr DT Devare, Trustee Bangalore Environment Trust and tree activist.

Heavy rains and winds are threatening our precious trees, and it is no secret that our city is losing its green cover.

If a few residents of each locality take ownership of the trees, it is possible to pre-empt tree falls and related accidents. Residents during this drive learnt how to identify trees in danger be it from cemented bases, disease, imbalance due to improper pruning, nails and more - read details in the article.

This article will also tell you why you must watch out for your trees and what exactly to do. Read of a conscientious resident Dr Agrawal @drhemantagrawal who has planted trees and ensures he cares for each of them.

Connect to organise a drive in your area.

#Preservegreencover #PlantingforProgress
#SustainableLifestyle #SustainableEarth #GreenEarth #PlantingForChange #GreenRevolution
#GreenThumbs #GreenShoots
#GreenBug #Gardening

And let us know your views on this - whose responsibility do you think it is to care for trees?

What's the fastest way to get rid of sanitary waste? Flushing it down the toilet seems to be a common practice, but it's definitely not a good one.

Out of sight in this case may be temporarily out of mind, but all those plastic sheets from sanitary napkins or panty liners don't just vanish. Being non-biodegradable, they flow down the pipes till they get stuck somewhere further down and that's it! Then begin issues of leakage, pipe burst and stinks, often involving huge amounts of repair work, expense, time and effort. What is also unfortunate is that it impacts other residents who may themselves be scrupulous about reducing their waste and discarding it correctly.

As they say, prevention is the best. So here's our poster with a reminder of the prescribed way to discard any kind of sanitary waste - wrap in newspaper, put it in the Reject waste category (and with a red cross ❌ if you have only Wet, Dry collection).

Let's do the right thing! So that our waste does not continue to haunt someone else after it leaves our homes.

#sustainablehygiene
#segregate #responsibledisposal
#rejectwaste #nomixedwaste #noflushing #sustainablemenstruation #reusable #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup #sustainableliving #sustainability #reducewastetolandfill #ResponsibleCitizen #GreenHabits #menstrualhealth #womenempowement #menstruationeducation #zerowaste #wonderwoman
#SwachhBharat #SwasthBharat #BeautifulBharat #BeTheChange

Our Founder @odettekatrak is quoted in this @bangaloremirror article by Garima Prasher highlighting the steady decline of enforcement of the Single-Use Plastic (SUP) ban in Bengaluru and touches related issues.

Single-use plastics, such as bags, bottles, bottles and wrappers, are a leading cause of concern for the health of our planet and its inhabitants. These plastics break into tiny non-biodegradable particles called microplastics, that find their way into our soil and water sources. They are extremely harmful to health, causing illnesses such as cancer, hormonal disruptions and birth defects. Moreover, they have significant environmental impact especially on marine life. Today, microplastics are found almost everywhere - in oceans, waterways, soil, air, and even our bodies - even in mothers' breast milk!

The fight against SUPs is crucial for the survival of our beloved planet and we welcome any spotlight on this issue. We agree with the need for stricter steps to crack down on the manufacture and use of these plastics.

We are happy to work with municipalities and support such campaigns pushing for habit change, and share our body of posters that can help in awareness building.

Beautiful Bharat has been actively involved in this battle over the years. We have also reproduced an article from exactly a year ago on the same issue (please scroll to the last slide). More details of that article are available in our post on 21st May 2024.

#BangaloreMirror #plasticban #noplastic #bbmpcares #news #policy #enforcement #awareness #SUP #climateaction #sustainability #plasticfree

Picture this - a Dry Waste sorting centre with cleaners sorting through the incoming collection of different types of waste so they can send it to the correct pile for recycling.

Some homes dispose of smaller items by clubbing them into larger bags, needing further sorting. One of the workers picks up a brown paper bag and opens it. A stench fills the air. It contains soiled sanitary napkins, heavy with period blood. This is not an imagined story but a real experience that happens regularly, because of incorrect disposal practices - surely something we can and must fix!

This may be an ugly description for a social media caption. So imagine what a ugly experience, what an ugly sight and smell for that person unfortunate enough to have to sort through our waste.

Many actually do not know where their soiled sanitary waste is meant to go. Some think in wet waste because it is damp. Others say no, dry because it's not compostable.

Neither please. Our poster tells you more.

Please dispose of these in Reject waste, a third category for all kinds of household sanitary waste (also referred to as biomedical waste or domestic hazardous waste). If your city has only 2 way segregation, then the prescribed disposal instructions are to wrap it in newspaper with a red cross and ideally hand it over separately, not mixed with your recyclable items.

Small efforts from our end can bring dignity back to our wastepickers and recyclers. It can reduce the waste to landfill because other items get contaminated by wrong disposal.

So let's all just #DoTheRightThing! Please tag people in the captions who need to see this.

#sustainablehygiene #sustainablemenstruation #reusable #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup #sustainableliving #sustainability #reducewastetolandfill #ResponsibleCitizen #GreenHabits #menstrualhealth #womenempowement #menstruationeducation #zerowastewonderwoman
#SwachhBharat #SwasthBharat
#BeautifulBharat #BeTheChange

Did you know how to dispose of sanitary waste properly?

Catch our ‘bee-autiful’ reel on World Biodiversity Day today, with Shambhavi Sharma voicing this appeal to all children, so everyone realises that bees are our friends, not foes.

World Biodiversity Day is a reminder to foster ecosystems that encourage biodiversity, be it bees, bugs, birds or any creatures including those working hard to break down our food and other organic waste to rich compost, back to the soil. Thriving biodiversity means healthy ecosystems which help our planet.

In continuation of our World Bee Day message, this is a call for all children to support our ‘Protect our bees’ campaign by participating in an art contest with your drawings of our friends, the bees. We need children to love rather than fear bees, and understand how important their role as pollinators is for our planet.

Let children across #BeautifulBharat speak up for bees and #BeTheChange, or maybe it should be #BeeTheChange ! 😁

Send in your art, just like this picture sent by Aarvi Pujari, at the time 5 yrs, of Midnapore, West Bengal. Campaign details in the reel.

#WorldBiodiversityDay
#WorldBeeDay
#ProtectOurBees #BiodiversityProtection #SaveOurEcosystem #SaveNature #worldbeeday2024 #savebees #beessavetheworld #art #designing #planetearth #BeautifulBharat #Beehive #childrenactivity #childdevelopment #childrenforclimateaction
#BeTheChange

#InternationalTeaDay today gets the attention of all chai lovers! Many Indians kickstart their day with tea from tea bags, but are unaware that this has a substantial impact on both our health and on the environment.

Today is a good chance to alert users of the harm caused by the combination of hot liquids with plastic. Do ensure that you aren’t drinking plastic in your tea!

Tea bags also fall into the category of single-use disposables and generate waste. If not properly disposed, they could end in landfill, causing methane generation further impacting climate change.

Our small actions can make a difference, because they all add up. Let's start enjoying that favourite beverage guilt-free, by shifting to reusable options. Tea dispensers are best - they are zero-plastic but also zero-waste.

Better for your health, better for the planet’s too! Happy Tea Day and may this be a happy zero-waste tea journey too!

#tea #tealover #chai #guiltfreechai #sustainableliving #zerowaste #zerowastetips #reusables #RefuseSingleUse #ReduceWaste #CleanGreenSafe

Today is #WorldBeeDay - a time to remember that bees are our friends, not our foes!

We often see requests for beehive removal vendor details. World Bee Day is a good chance to send in a reminder that bees are a critical part of the ecosystem and should not be killed. Let us consider humane options if at all it becomes necessary to relocate them - many who have had bee hives on nearby trees confirm they do not harm humans if left alone and move on in a few days.

The lead article in the website https://www.gov.si/en/registries/projects/world-bee-day/ on the role of bees is worth reading. Some amazing facts:
* Today every third spoonful of food depends on pollination.
* To make a kg of honey, a bee must visit 4 million flowers and fly four times the distance around the planet.

Let’s save bees; they’re our friends not foes! There are many reasons for them to become extinct, so we must proactively protect bees.
#worldbeeday2025 #SaveTheBees #Biodiversity #Beehive #planetearth #bees
#HumaneBeehiveRemoval #GreenerPlanet
#BeautifulPlanet #BeautifulBharat #beessavetheworld

World Recycling Day - is that today, May 17th? It does show up on an internet search, but we also see Global Recycling Day appear in another month.

Well, here's why we decided to do a post about it anyway. Because any day or event or occasion is a chance to pull in reminders of simple practices that are important for our environment.

For example, we buy, use, discard without thinking about the environment. Often we buy what we don't need. Much of the stuff discarded can be reused or recycled. Sadly it finds its way to landfill as mixed waste - because we, the generators of waste, didn't stop to consider the impact on our planet.

So here's what we can all start doing. REDUCE by buying and consuming less. What we can REUSE, repaire, repurpose, let us ensure that we do or pass the items to someone who will.

Recycling is important, because we will need less new resources but also send less waste to landfill.

But recycling isn't possible unless we SEGREGATE, else as they say: once mixed, it can't be fixed.

In short, reduce - reuse - repair - RECYCLE as a daily habit. Starting this May 17th!

#WorldRecyclingDay
#Recycle #Reduce #Reuse #Repair #Repurpose #LessWasteToLandfill #ZeroWaste #ConsciousCitizens
#SustainableHabits
#WasteWarriors
#SwachhBharat
#BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange

If every home begins composting, what a huge impact that can have on city waste volumes and climate change.

Read more in this Bangalore Mirror article of 17th May by Y Maheshwara Reddy, featuring views of experts Vani Murthy @wormrani, Vasuki Iyengar @vasuki.composting and Odette Katrak @odettekatrak on this subject.

It demonstrates that ordinary people who are not experts can make extraordinary compost, that too in limited space!

Composting is quite simple, not as difficult as many believe. "It is easy to do and will reduce the burden on landfills" - Vani Murthy

Composting does not need space. "If you have space in your mind and heart, you will find space to compost" - Vasuki Iyengar

Composting can be done by busy people too! "It is magical, relaxing but most of all a simple action we can take from our homes to fight climate change - Odette Katrak

Follow the pages in this collab post to know more about how you can compost.
As part of our #SpreadCompostingFever campaign, you'll find much related content over the past fortnight, quotes by composting stalwarts and a reel by ordinary people making extraordinary compost that we hope will inspire you to try it too.

#BangaloreMirror
#VaniMurthy
#VasukiIyengar
#OdetteKatrak
#ecowarriors #compostaddict
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Composting
#SaveSoil #Manure
#compostingfever #ReduceWaste
#SustainableLiving #ThinkGlobalActLocal #ZeroWaste #EveryActionCounts #SustainableHabits #ReduceWastetoLandfill #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange

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Do you compost currently?

Here's the perfect gift idea that can become your new favourite gift to newborns and their mothers - a pack of reusable diapers! Better for the baby, better for the planet! Listen to our founder @odettekatrak share how reusable diapers has become her favourite gift to new borns.

We all know that disposable diapers create a mountain of waste that burdens the city's waste system and the planet, because it lasts for decades without decomposing, with toxic chemicals leaching into landfill. But equally important, the chemicals and bleach are harmful for the baby's tender skin. Even if they do not cause immediate rashes, the harmful impact of these on human health is slowly unfolding.

Convenience had taken priority so the Indian age-old practice of reusable cloth napkins was slowly replaced. It is time to bring back the modern day reusable diapers, which have evolved into far more convenient options in attractive colours and easier to wash and dry. In fact, we think those beauties are something to flaunt on clothes racks in balconies or backyards!

Because they tell the world 'this home cares for baby, and for the planet too!'

Truly mothers will thank you, the baby will thank you and Mother Earth's blessings are certain. Your gift reduces waste to landfill! Happier babies, cleaner cities, greener planet.

#sustainableliving #SustainableHygiene
#Sustainablehabits #clothdiapers #happybabies
#CleanGreenSafe #landfill #reducewaste #zerowaste #reusable #sustainableclothing #diaperdisposal #planetearth #litterfree
#cleanstreets #healthycities
#proudnation
#swachhbharat
#swasthbharat
#BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange

If you have a baby at home, we’d be glad if could watch this reel. And for all who share our dream of clean streets, do share this widely with family and community groups, and especially those with babies, to help us achieve an important objective - no diapers littered on streets.

Our focus this month is on Sustainable hygiene. Through this spotlight, we hope to prevent the common yet unpleasant sight of dirty diapers strewn across the streets, due to improper disposal. Our municipality cleaners are forced to pick up what we ourselves would not like to.

Our request - let us each carefully follow recommended disposal guidelines so there is no chance those diapers (or other sanitary waste) on a street could be from your home or apartment.

Also, wrapping them in newspaper is important - to ensure the contents do not spill out in transit, and we ensure to respect the dignity of those forced to pick it up. Many believe just folding the diaper and fixing back the inbuilt tapes is sufficient, but these often open up during transit which is very unfair to our cleaners and waste pickers. It is best to put a red cross ❌ on the newspaper too, and discard it with your Reject or sanitary waste.

An even better practice would be to avoid the diaper waste altogether, with a switch to reusable diapers - do consider this because it is safer for the baby's health too.

We do apologise for this somewhat unpleasant subject but well, how can we keep our streets clean and our Bharat beautiful if the subject isn't appropriate for our conversations🤔. Let’s do our bit for cleaner cities and a beautiful planet 🌏

#sustainableliving #SustainableHygiene
#Sustainablehabits #clothdiapers #happybabies
#CleanGreenSafe #landfill #reducewaste #zerowaste #reusable #sustainableclothing #diaperdisposal #planetearth #litterfree
#cleanstreets #healthycities
#proudnation
#swachhbharat
#swasthbharat
#BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange

Rain alert – it is summer but it does rain suddenly, so here’s an important message ahead of upcoming World Recycling Day. Dry waste is ending up soaked due to improper storage by many homes, apartments and commercial premises. We must prevent this loss of resources to recycling - as our poster emphasises. Because Dry Waste is no longer dry if it gets wet in the rain! Soggy waste also results in mosquito/dengue issues, smell, etc.
Solution: ensure waste bins are in a place where they remain dry, or else waste must be stored in waterproof bins or jumbo bags, so that Dry waste stays dry. Storage of cartons, paper or other dry waste in the open needs to be avoided. You could alert those responsible to take precautionary measures – even if it be a tarpaulin cover thrown over, but well in time.
Do share this poster with apartments, layout or ward groups, so that we spread the reach of the message and save more dry waste from reaching landfill.
Together let's do our bit to conserve resources and reduce our burden on the planet.
#DryWaste #Segregate #Recycling #Resource #ReduceWaste #ResponsibleCitizens #SWM #WasteNot #ResourceRecovery #BestPractices #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat #BeTheChange

We wind up 'Compost Awareness Week' 4-10 May with something special - a glimpse of ordinary residents who took the challenge to begin composting at home and came up with extraordinary results! Our earlier composting series featured stalwarts who are experts. This group represents people like you and me, most neither stalwarts nor experts when they started, but for sure, are good at it today and constantly encouraging others to start composting.

In our latest reel, you will meet a small fraction of our team spread across many cities of India. All of them enjoy composting. Most agree it is magical, even therapeutic. Once a compost addict, you can never stop composting!

Some reasons we hear from those who don't compost – it is difficult, it smells, it takes too much space and time… But our champions will tell you that these concerns are really nothing to worry about. Stay tuned for another series about the issues and simple solutions that can set you on the road to successful composting.

Thank you Abhilash, Akshata, Anish, Anshu, Aparna, Ashwin, Asmita, Balasubramanian, Bhanumathi, Bidyut, Gayathri, Kavita, Kavitha, Lalitha, Lalithamba, Marisa, Neelima, Nilima, Odette, Srinivasan, Parul, Preetha & Suresh, Sarada & Ramesh, Savitha, Snehashri, Shaila, Shailendra, Shobha, Shree, Smita, Srilakshmi, Vachana, Vasanthi, and Vrinda, our composting addicts from Team BB, for sharing pictures of your composters and your compost. We are sure this will inspire many more to start composting. And we will all be doing our Mother Earth a favour, turning wet waste into fertile manure that enriches her soil!

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #ecowarriors #compostaddict
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Composting
#SaveSoil #Manure
#compostingfever #ReduceWaste #GreenHabits #SustainableHabits #CleanGreenSafe #ResponsibleWasteDisposal #ReduceWastetoLandfill #SustainableLiving #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange
#GreenerPlanet

Mother's Day is a great chance to pull in gurgling babies in this cute comic, with a message that can help us take another small step to respect and sustain life on our Mother Earth.

Our planet is the ultimate protector of all; she is mother to each and every species on earth and provides for billions of living creatures. This month as we focus on Sustainable hygiene, we hope all mothers can rethink their choices by shifting to reusable diapers for their babies - better for the baby and better for the planet too!

Cartoon created by our team member @sureshrandadath.
Audio by Brianna DeMello (thanks to @cherylsaldanha87 for being audio manager!). Didn't that make you chuckle too?!

#MothersDay
#MothersDay2025
#sustainableliving #SustainableHygiene
#Sustainablehabits #clothdiapers #happybabies #diaperdisposal
#CleanGreenSafe #landfill #reducewaste #zerowaste #reusable #sustainableclothing
#planetearth #BeTheChange
#BeautifulBharat

Poonam Bir Kasturi who left us exactly a year ago today had a dream: "Just as every home has a fridge, TV, washing machine, there must also be a composter." Such a powerful vision led to the birth of her composting ecopreneurship Daily Dump, that is helping homes across the country start their composting journey.

This 'International Compost Awareness Week', we are doing our bit to spread composting fever through this series with inputs from many composting stalwarts. It is only appropriate that we include Poonam's quote, because though not physically with us, her presence and legacy definitely lives on.

Follow pages of all featured in this series to know how enjoyable composting is, but also how simple it is. You'll find answers to every question you may have in the highlights of their pages.

Please add on in the comments sharing your experiences of composting, and who you'd like to see in our series next.

And tag those who would benefit from this nudge to start composting, and also those whose inputs will be welcomed by those keen to know more.

Together, let's choose to send out less waste and give back to our planet, for a brighter, greener tomorrow.

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #compostwali #dailydump
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Compost #Composting
#SaveSoil #Manure
#compostingfever #RejuvenateEarth #ReduceWaste #GreenHabits #SustainableHabits #CleanGreenSafe #GreenIdeas #ResponsibleWasteDisposal #SegregateWaste #ReduceWastetoLandfill #SustainableLiving #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange
#GreenerPlanet

A year ago today, we said farewell to dear Poonam. It is a very sad day for the community of waste warriors and composting enthusiasts, not just in Bangalore but nationally.

Poonam was a visionary who made 'khamba' a household word with her magic formula making composting popular long before it was.

It was significant that she chose 'International Compost Awareness' week to go back to the soil as it were - what a powerful significance there.

Dear Poonam, all ecowarriors continue your legacy and are working towards your vision - "just like every home has a fridge, TV, washing machine, they must also have a composter." We promise to combine forces to make this vision become a reality.

May you rest in eternal peace.

#wastewarrior #compostpioneer #composting

Shweta @shwetakataria_ is a passionate sustainability advocate and self-proclaimed composting addict. Her commitment to taking small steps to a sustainable life runs deep, and her page is a great guide for anyone wondering how to compost in an apartment. No outdoor space? No problem! It's never too late to start doing your part for the Earth, as Shweta exemplifies. She wishes she had learnt about composting in school - and instead, is now spreading the reach of this very important message: how crucial composting is and how simple too!

This 'International Compost Awareness Week', we are doing our bit to spread composting fever through this series with inputs from many composting stalwarts.

Follow their pages to know how enjoyable composting is, but also how simple it is. You'll find answers to every question you may have in the highlights of their pages.

Please add on in the comments sharing your experiences of composting, and who you'd like to see in our series next.

And tag those who would benefit from this nudge to start composting, and also those whose inputs will be welcomed by those keen to know more.

Together, let's choose to send out less waste and give back to our planet, for a brighter, greener tomorrow.

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #ShwetaKataria
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Compost #Composting
#SaveSoil #Manure
#compostingfever #RejuvenateEarth #ReduceWaste #GreenHabits #SustainableHabits #CleanGreenSafe #GreenIdeas #ResponsibleWasteDisposal #SegregateWaste #ReduceWastetoLandfill #SustainableLiving #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange
#GreenerPlanet

No space to compost, is what many people give as the reason they are unable to compost. In their minds this is a genuine reason, but the answer to their problem lies in this profound quote by Vasuki Iyengar, composting stalwart and eco-entrepreneur: "When we have space in our heart and mind, we can find space at home to do composting!". Indeed composting needs limited space and is the best way of returning our kitchen waste and dry leaves back to the soil.

This 'International Compost Awareness Week', we are doing our bit to spread composting fever through this series with inputs from many composting stalwarts.

Follow their pages to know how enjoyable composting is, but also how simple it is. You'll find answers to every question you may have in the highlights of their pages.

Please add on in the comments sharing your experiences of composting, and who you'd like to see in our series next.

And tag those who would benefit from this nudge to start composting, and also those whose inputs will be welcomed by those keen to know more.

Together, let's choose to send out less waste and give back to our planet, for a brighter, greener tomorrow.

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #VasukiComposting
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Compost #Composting
#SaveSoil #Manure
#compostingfever #RejuvenateEarth #ReduceWaste #GreenHabits #SustainableHabits #CleanGreenSafe #GreenIdeas #ResponsibleWasteDisposal #SegregateWaste #ReduceWastetoLandfill #SustainableLiving #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange
#GreenerPlanet

Vani Murthy @wormrani also called 'Queen of Composting', puts it so simply: "Composting was the best thing that happened to me." Through her Instagram page aptly named Worm Rani, she inspires more people to embrace this amazing practice. Her daily posts explain how simple, magical but also how essential it is for more people to start composting. "It is the best daily action we can take to honour the beautiful Earth we live on," she adds.

This 'International Compost Awareness Week', we are doing our bit to spread composting fever through this series with inputs from many composting stalwarts.

Follow their pages to know how enjoyable and simple composting is. You'll find answers to every question you may have in the highlights of their pages.

Please add on in the comments sharing your experiences of composting, and who you'd like to see in our series next.

And tag those who would benefit from this nudge to start composting, and also those whose inputs will be welcomed by those keen to know more.

Together, let's choose to send out less waste and give back to our planet, for a brighter, greener tomorrow.

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #wormrani
#queenofcomposting
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Compost #Composting
#SaveSoil #Manure
#compostingfever #RejuvenateEarth #ReduceWaste #GreenHabits #SustainableHabits #CleanGreenSafe #GreenIdeas #ResponsibleWasteDisposal #SegregateWaste #ReduceWastetoLandfill #SustainableLiving #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange
#GreenerPlanet

Savita Hiremath (@endlessly_green ), Bangalore-based author, independent journalist, entrepreneur and SWM practitioner has spent the last 15 years studying composting methods, discussing the fascinating science and the gratifying art of composting. Author of the book 'Endlessly Green', she runs a composting entrepreneurship by the same name, rooted in the belief that more people composting helps our planet. Indeed she understands the ins and outs of composting and we're happy to share her quote.

This 'International Compost Awareness Week', we are doing our bit to spread composting fever through this series with inputs from many composting stalwarts.

Follow their pages to know how enjoyable it is, but also how simple it is. You'll find answers to every question you may have in the highlights of their pages.

Please add on in the comments sharing your experiences of composting, and who you'd like to see in our series next.

And tag those who would benefit from this nudge to start composting, and also those whose inputs will be welcomed by those keen to know more.

Together, let's choose to send out less waste and give back to our planet, for a brighter, greener tomorrow.

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek #EndlesslyGreen
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Compost #Composting #SaveSoil #Manure #compostingfever #RejuvenateEarth #ReduceWaste #GreenHabits #SustainableHabits #CleanGreenSafe #GreenIdeas #ResponsibleWasteDisposal #SegregateWaste #ReduceWastetoLandfill #SustainableLiving #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange #GreenerPlanet

Sonika Bhasin (@sonikabhasin ), Sustainability Advocate, is here to tell us about something she's really good at - converting wet waste to rich compost in an almost magical process! Not just her, but little Abir is an expert too! She's also great at convincing people why they should start composting. She says: "it's therapeutic, it's effortless and it's a miracle!" So many reasons to start composting if you haven't tried yet.

This 'International Compost Awareness Week', we are doing our bit to spread composting fever through this series with inputs from many composting stalwarts.

Follow their pages to know how enjoyable it is, but also how simple it is. You'll find answers to every question you may have in the highlights of their pages.

Please add on in the comments sharing your experiences of composting, and who you'd like to see in our series next.

And tag those who would benefit from this nudge to start composting, and also those whose inputs will be welcomed by those keen to know more.

Together, let's choose to send out less waste and give back to our planet, for a brighter, greener tomorrow.

#InternationalCompostAwarenessWeek
#Compost #BlackGold
#Segregate #WetWaste #ResourceRecovery
#Compost #Composting
#SaveSoil #Manure
#compostingfever #RejuvenateEarth #ReduceWaste #GreenHabits #SustainableHabits #CleanGreenSafe #GreenIdeas #ResponsibleWasteDisposal #SegregateWaste #ReduceWastetoLandfill #SustainableLiving #IdeasWorthTrying #BeautifulBengaluru #BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange
#GreenerPlanet

Mango season is upon us and this month's interesting waste-related recipe would be fun for you to try with your family!
@anciewilfred is the April 2025 winner of our exciting
'Treasures from Trash 2.0' campaign. She uses mango peels to make a delicious chutney, instead of simply discarding them as most do. Follow her recipe to make this TFT delight yourself!

We're trying to change perceptions of what waste really is. Get your creative juices flowing and let's repurpose food that does not need to be wasted.

Now into month 21 of the campaign, we are rediscovering amazing ideas to convert what most consider waste in kitchens to delicious items - sustainability at its best, just like the practices our grandmothers followed.

Will you try this recipe? Do tag us with #TreasuresFromTrash in your other experiments too. We would love to hear from conscious citizens who make the best out of waste (proving that it is clearly not waste!) We will publicize these further and add them to our zero waste recipe selection.

We had already shared a recipe of Mango Seed mouth freshener from discarded seeds - catch it in post highlights!

#NoFoodWaste #foodwaste #recipe #mango #mangoseason #mangochutney #ReduceWaste #WasteLess #ZeroWaste #FoodRevolution #WasteNotWantNot #SustainableCooking
#CulinaryCreativity #BeautifulBharat #BetheChange

Beautiful Bharat was honoured to be part of the Fourth BSG Sustainability Conclave, held at IISc Bengaluru, featured in Deccan Herald of 1st May 2025 in this article.

Our founder @OdetteKatrak was one of four panelists at this very well-organised and high-impact event by Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG), @bsgindiaofficial themed “From Convenience to Consciousness: Building a Culture of Sustainability in Bengaluru.”

The discussion brought together changemakers committed to taking action to bring about a more sustainable world, and an enlightened audience of 700+ people. Odette represented Beautiful Bharat’s on-ground work in sustainability, clean cities and influencing individual shifts in behaviour towards more mindful practices. She had the audience riveted with stories of sustainability, and sang 2 songs as well including the humourous 'Grumbling Song', to drive home the point that the time for grumbling is past and now time for action, with a key message of "It all begins with me", well aligned with both our philosophy as well as BSG's too.

Fellow speakers, Shama Karkal, Vipul Arora and Benedict Paramanand, each added rich insights on corporate responsibility, grassroots collaboration, and the circular economy.

We believe sustainability isn’t a complex policy-specific discussion - it begins with everyday choices, community engagement, and a mindset shift.

We're grateful to BSG for this discussion which helps seed these conversations in wider spaces, and to Deccan Herald for amplifying the message. We’re excited to keep the momentum going!

If you’d like to co-create a talk, workshop, or awareness event with us, we’d love to hear from you.

#SustainabilityConclave #DeccanHerald #OdetteKatrak
#SustainableLiving #ThinkGlobalActLocal #ReduceWaste #ZeroWaste #CircularEconomy
#CorporateResponsibility #EveryActionCounts #FromConvenienceToConsciousness #EnvironmentMatters #ClimateActionNow
#BeautifulBharat #BetheChange
#BSG #BharatSokaGakkai

Here is the May page of our Beautiful Bharat 'Be The Change' calendar *'Red is the new green'* on the theme of sustainable hygiene.

Let's create awareness on shifting to _reusable_ options for both women and infants. This is much needed for a cleaner city, a greener planet and the dignity of those who handle our waste.

#sustainablehygiene #sustainablemenstruation #GreenlsTheNewRed #greenthered #reusable
#redisthenewgreen #reusablerevolution #menstrualhygiene #menstrualcup #menstruationmatters #reusablediapers #clothdiapers #sustainableliving #sustainability #responsiblechoices
#ResponsibleCitizen #consciouscitizens
#GreenHabits #CleanGreenSafe
#BeTheChange #periodstories #SustainableHabits #sustainablehygiene #menstrualhealth #BeautifulBharat #menstrualpollution #womenempowement #menstruationeducation

On the occasion of Stop Food Waste Day today, we have a special message. Our Mother Earth provides us with abundant resources for us to survive and thrive, and it’s our responsibility to treat her with respect. This month, we’ve focused on ways to lessen our burden on the Earth, and waste is a major area we must address. One of the biggest challenges she faces today is the growing mountains of waste, including food waste. Not only is wasted food a misuse of precious resources (including the many kilometres it has to travel to reach us), if improperly disposed it can also contribute to the production of greenhouse gases that raise the temperature of the planet, leading to global warming.

We want to shine a light on those individuals, businesses, cafeterias, and restaurants who are taking the initiative to help people be more mindful of what they serve and how much they waste. It's inspiring to see these efforts, and we encourage everyone to join the movement of conscious consumption.

Featured here are pics from
iimbangalore
Tcs
Quess
Fia's lounge
Mount Carmel
Novotel
Titan

We’d love to see more of these positive actions. If you’ve noticed establishments promoting mindfulness and reducing waste, send us your pictures. Let’s work together to inspire others and make a positive impact.

Let’s continue to reduce, reuse, and nourish our planet – one mindful choice at a time.

#nofoodwaste #stopfoodwaste #stopfoodwasteday2025 #zerowaste #globalwarming #mindfulconsumption
#reduce #reuse #takewhatyoucan #eatwhatyoutake
#responsiblecitizens #responsiblebusinesses #cafeterias #restaurants
#bethechange #swacchbharat #swasthbharat #beautifulbharat
#bethechange

Wait, is that actually a commode lodged midst the roots of a banyan tree 😯? And a discarded sofa lying on a street corner 😟? Footwear, batteries, broken bottles left where they shouldn't be dumped 😥? We see these sights all the time. Some don't know what to do with things they don't need anymore. Some don't care, just as long as it's out of their home and sight.

Something needs to change, right? Our new series this Earth Day month adds one more angle to the many ways we can live lives that are kinder to the planet. Quite simply, by creating awareness of the correct way to dispose of our waste, not just dumping it anyplace convenient.

Don't want? Don't throw! Instead, dispose of it in such a way that someone else can use the item or it gets a chance at repair, reuse or recycling. Footwear, clothes, furniture and more that has plenty of life left with a little care or repair, just ends up in landfill because they were improperly disposed of.

Another very good reason to discard waste correctly is to preserve the health, safety and dignity of our waste pickers and invaluable recyclers. If we do it right, then we also do right by them! They have less chance of injury and can continue to work with the dignity they deserve.

Catch our series and tell us in the comments if the inputs are useful, and if there are specific images that made you sad or even angry. Please use it to create awareness in your layouts or groups where such dumping is common.

Are there other items you'd like us to focus on? Give us your inputs for Part 2 of the series!

Let's come together to influence those around to understand and comply with simple guidelines, that can make our streets cleaner and our planet greener. Together in our quest for a #BeautifulBharat, as we work for clean streets, healthy cities and a proud nation.

#wastepickers #recyclers
#dispose #wastedisposal #responsibledisposal
#washthedabba #consciouscitizens
#nodumping #noblackspots
#segregating #segregate #composting #nolitter #zerolitter #reduce #recycle #lowwaste #zerowaste #noburning #nomixedwaste #saynotoplastic
#reducewastetolandfill
#bethechange #swacchbharat #swasthbharat #beautifulbharat
#bethechange

Listen to this powerful idea - if action A is destructive but action B solves all the problems which A causes, and in addition has benefits in plenty, even a child given this as a puzzle would choose Action B.

We say the same: why burn leaves which are precious and should be composted! Instead of causing air, soil and groundwater pollution, dried leaves are a rich resource that can instead be used to nourish the soil.

It's that simple! Burning leaves may be a shortcut which makes waste disappear, but also is a shortcut to the hospital for those forced to inhale the smoke on an ongoing basis.

No more leaf burning. Let's play a role to create awareness and dissuade others who may not be aware how harmful this practice is. It is simple to compost - if nothing else, leave them to dry out, and use them as mulch to cover the base of plants and trees. They will decompose eventually and enrich the soil, while helping water retention.

Towards safer habits, greener communities and a more Beautiful Bharat!

#composting
#whyburnleaves
#noburning
#saynotoleafburning
#compost #blackgold
#mulch #manure #preciousresource
#magical #transformation
#naturesalchemy
#cleangreensafe
#safehabits #greenerplanet
#cleanstreets #healthycities
#proudnation #beautifulbharat
#bethechange

Our country is indeed one of great beauty, rich diversity and many scenic natural wonders. Our own cities are beautiful - and citizens enjoy sharing the stunning sights of flowering trees that grace our streets.

We've put together a collection of these with a purpose - to point out that while the dream of a beautiful Bharat is the dream of every Indian, the actions of some prevent that dream coming true.

Litter and waste dumped carelessly on streets and in drains, or waste burnt in street corners - all of these take away from the beauty of our cities. How wonderful it would be if this could change, so we have clean streets all the time!

Well, we could sit back and leave it to the administration to solve. Or we could play our own small part, knowing that it will all add up. We can first ensure that nothing from our homes hits the streets via house help who is unaware. We could be conscious of responsible disposal, explaining this to others we can influence. A little care can ensure segregation, less waste generation so no waste from our homes reaches dumps and minimal waste goes to landfill.

Let's spread the ripple further, by influencing those who litter or dump waste and becoming active in local initiatives to improve segregation and encourage composting.

Yes, the day can come when India has spotless streets, when no one litters or dumps waste anymore. Let's work together to make the dream of a Beautiful Bharat become a reality.

Thanks to those who helped in sourcing images - @odettekatrak @balakl25 @perrykatrak with creative inputs from @rial_ria

#CleanStreets #HealthyCities
#BeautifulCities #ProudNation
#ResponsibleCitizens
#CleanerPublicSpaces
#CitizenResponsibility
#ZeroLitter #NoBlackSpots
#CleanIndia
#BeautifulIndia
#SwachhBharat #SwasthBharat
#BeautifulBharat
#BeTheChange

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