India - Thursday, May 6, 2010 21:55 - 0 Comments

Earth Day 2010 - AYUDH Delhi makes Metro Passengers think

On the occasion of International Earth day on the 22nd of April, the question we asked ourselves is that whether it would be correct if we just sit and see another Earth Day just go by or stand up and do something. As usual the unanimous response in Ayudh was to do something and be counted. And so we set in motion the plans to bring about a change first in ourselves and then in the society, the change that will make our planet a better place to live in.

Ayudh-Delhi celebrated Earth day by putting up installations at two of the major centers in Delhi. One was the Select City Mall Saket, one of the biggest and poshest malls in Delhi. The other was the Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, the busiest metro station in Delhi.

The concept was that the people had to liven up the Earth – depicted by a dry tree on the verge of death with the leaves of their ideas, ideas of how they can make a change to the environment and our Earth. We would give them leaf shaped paper – on which they could write how they could bring about a difference and then put it up on this leafless tree.

The response at both centers had to be seen to be believed. In the Metro station the tree filled up with leaves in about 20 minutes! Then we had to put overlapping leaves up on the tree. People from all walks of life…rich and poor, old and young thronged the installation to pin up their ideas to the tree. Those who came first, then brought their friends and relatives along. The children had a gala time participating in the quiz contest organised for them. People were seen looking at what other people had written, certainly in order to know more of what they can do, in addition to what they had thought of. People pledged to follow what they were writing. Continue…