Guest Contribution: Mr. Bhavish The story of a young volunteer saving a turtle during a pond cleanup in Pondicherry. Send us your Lake-Pond, videos/photos/write ups to be published onto LakesofIndia.Com Email us your entries: lakesofindia@gmail.com Volunteer for India & her Environment with E.F.I, Jai Hind.
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E.F.I’s Eco-Story: Smt. Sreedevi’s Alleri Lake Story!
Celebrating #WorldEnvironmentMonth by sharing with you the videos from E.F.I’s well-wishers. Watch the #Ecostory of Smt. Sreedevi, from DXC Technology Smt. Sreedevi talks about her favorite lake restoration, the Alleri Lake at Tambaram, Chennai. To know more,-Read: https://efiblog.org/?s=alleri Watch-Share-Conserve. Send us your Lake/Pond stories, photos or videos to be featured on this blog. Email us the contentContinue reading “E.F.I’s Eco-Story: Smt. Sreedevi’s Alleri Lake Story!”
E.F.I’s Eco-Story: Thiru. Mohan Kumaramangalam’s Bhadkal Lake Story
We celebrate #WorldEnvironmentMonth with videos from EFI’s well-wishers. Watch the Ecostory of Thiru. Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam. Thiru. Mohan talks about his favorite water body, the Badhkal Lake at Faridabad, Haryana. The story of a lake and it’s biodiversity. Watch-Share-Conserve. Send us your Lake/Pond stories, photos or videos to be featured on this blog. Email us theContinue reading “E.F.I’s Eco-Story: Thiru. Mohan Kumaramangalam’s Bhadkal Lake Story”
E.F.I’s Eco-Story: RJ Balaji’s Thiruvanmiyur Tree Story
We thank RJ Balaji for sharing his #EcoStory with us. A heartening story about his childhood memories of planting tree saplings outside his house and watch them grow over time. Watch-Share-Conserve. Send us your Eco-Story to efivideosmail@gmail.com Send us your Lake/Pond stories, photos or videos to be featured on this blog. Email us the content toContinue reading “E.F.I’s Eco-Story: RJ Balaji’s Thiruvanmiyur Tree Story”
E.F.I’s Eco Lab Batch of 2020 – Our new environmental leaders
In the academic year 2019-20, E.F.I established an environmental education program called “Eco-Lab” at the Chennai Middle School in Thiruvanmiyur. Students from classes 6th to 8th were invited to participate in sessions, which were conducted every Fridays by E.F.I’s Education Team. The motto behind these sessions were to help the students better understand conservation throughContinue reading “E.F.I’s Eco Lab Batch of 2020 – Our new environmental leaders”
E.F.I’s Mega Volunteering Drive @ Karuppan Kumal-Ambattur, Chennai
Friday, 21st February 2020 The Karuppan Kulam in Ambattur was restored in the summer of 2019 by E.F.I in association with the Greater Chennai Corporation (G.C.C) & the Murugappa group. Prior to the restoration, the Karuppanan Kulam was a makeshift dump yard slowly degrading day by day. The pond went through a scientific restore effortContinue reading “E.F.I’s Mega Volunteering Drive @ Karuppan Kumal-Ambattur, Chennai”
The Adyar Creek- Chennai’s best kept secret
Chennai is know for its beaches, temples, politics, cinema, filter coffee and much more! Very little is talked about how ecologically blessed the megalopolis in the east coast of India is. Chennai is one of the few cities in the world to have 3 rivers that flow through its urban spread. It doesn’t end there,Continue reading “The Adyar Creek- Chennai’s best kept secret”
The Makarba Lake – Conservation through Volunteering
Environmentalist Foundation of India (E.F.I) took the first footstep in Ahmedabad at the Makarba Tank. Makarba tank is situated right behind the historical Sarkej Roza Masjid. The Makarba tank was also the source of water to this monument. Recently due to various reasons of development \ rapid urbanization, the inflow of water to this placeContinue reading “The Makarba Lake – Conservation through Volunteering”
The Alapakkam Lake – a preview
The Alapakkam Lake, locally known as Kuyavan Eri, is located in between the military airstrip of Sittalapakkam in the north and Alapakkam in the south. The surrounding area is not densely populated and mainly shaped by fields and one-to two-storey houses. Some of those homes border the lake directly. Lush green weeds are covering theContinue reading “The Alapakkam Lake – a preview”
Alleri tank – Silt is moving
The restoration of Alleri tank has been now going on for nearly a month and without no doubt, the lake has changed a lot. The de-watering has completely finished with only leaving two pits of water for fish, turtles and other aquatic animals to stay during the restoration progress. Invasive weeds have been removed fromContinue reading “Alleri tank – Silt is moving”
