Getta Ride Cycle or Walk all the Way!
Urging Bangaloreans to adopt a healthier and ecofriendly option for transport, getta foundation is organizing getta Ride one of the citys biggest Cyclathon event on19th of August at the citys Vidhana Soudha.
The 2 hour Cyclathon will kick start at 8 am with Shri S M Krishnaji flagging off and will end at Malleshwaram pre university grounds. The event will see cyclists and walkers comprising of students working professionals, environmentalists and people from all walks of life.
The initiative is aimed to create awareness among the Bangaloreans regarding energy conservation, rising pollution in the country and a healthy life style. Be a part of the largest cyclathon and spread the message.
Our other Initiatives
Mission Sparrow
To retreat sparrow and other birds in urban area.
To Study and conserve urban biodiversity.
To find management practices for sustaining urban wild life without affecting human welfare and environment.
Urban Farming
Urban farming offers many unique solutions to combat the ill effects of urbanization. Apart from drastically reducing the food miles (the distance a food item has to travel from farm to consumer), the key benefits include protection of natural resources, pesticide-free organic food, better waste management, changes in micro climate, increased span of greenery, efficient use of vacant space/terrace and tremendous savings for the household.
Vegetables consumed on a daily basis such as tomatoes, brinjal, chillies, capsicums, ladies finger, beans, cowpea, raddish, beet root, carrot, cucumber, baby corn, sweet corn, sweet potato, onions, green peas, bitter gourd, snake gourd, bottle gourd & ridge gourds, cabbage, cauliflowers, drum sticks, pumpkins and mushrooms are some of the vegetables that can be grown through urban farming. Urban farming also contributes to food security, food safety and nutrition security apart from financial security especially for the urban folk.
Reforestation
Greening the denuded patches of the forest, vacant lands
Imagine then, a clay ball the size of a large marble. Imagine also that it contains seeds for a complete habitat. The seed ball: it could contain plant potential for an entire ecosystem. It can be made by anyone, anywhere in the world where there is clay, compost, seed and water.
2. Date: August 19, 2012
Time: 8 am to 10 am
Venue:
Vidhana Soudha to
Malleswaram 18th Cross Pre University Grounds
Our Other Initiatives
Reforestation So far planted 4 million plants in the
forest range
Sparrow Campaign Largest Survey on Sparrows and
distributed 25000 Sparrow nests
Urban Farming Trained 2000 households to grow their
own vegetables
3. Featured in 31 Newspaper (Times of India, The Hindu, Financial Times,
Deccan Chronicle, Prajavani, Kannada Prabhaand 8 TV Channels
5. Contact:
Jai Kiran Aradhya - 9008483829
Nataraj - 9880295127
Dr Harish - 9980560099
Email: pam@getta.in
www.getta.in/cycle