Thursday, November 01, 2012

‘See-green’ – an initiative to encourage use of eco-degradable bags instead of plastic bags


As an intern to Colorss, Mr. Aditya Gupta a Doon School Alumnus took up his own initiative of working on a project that would benefit a community and lead to increase use of eco-friendly bags in his locality. Aditya has a concrete plan and he intends to take this to a larger scale - as it involves three interesting and worthy factors: 


Recycle: in form of donation of old clothes from urban households.

Empowering women: bulk production of hand-stitched cloth bags which can improve their financial stability and their self-esteem too.

Going plastic free: encouraging use of eco-friendly bags instead of plastic bags.


Women and girls working in the See-Green initiative
'See-Green' product 
Aditya at the community

Aditya did the needful data-collection, he encouraged people to donate old clothes as well as gave environment-friendly tips to the localities he covered. This simple idea of a business opportunity with easy availability of raw material motivated the women to work for an extra income. Aditya demonstrated leadership qualities when we saw how he got around and made the finished product.


Aditya selling the bags at stores in Baroda

His next challenge was to sell the bags to the vendors.  Organic friendly shops like Jatan Vasundhara stores in Vadodara regularly purchased the product. This was a rewarding achievement and we did see the joy in his eyes. More impressive than this -it was the compassion and heart with which Aditya worked for the benefit of the deprived women.

Aditya after selling the bags :) the joy
Aditya has been truly able to justify the entire process of manufacturing to sales; his dedication and focus is commendable. Aditya came to us as he wanted his project to have a larger impact. Seeing how contemporary and relevant this issue is Colorss Foundation will do it’s very best to take “See-green” to the next level.

Thank you,
For Love,
Anand

8 comments:

aditya496 said...

Thank you very much Sir! With your support I hope we can make the impact a project like this has the potential of making.

Ashvin Kumar said...

Great stuff Bonda, would never have taken you for a green activist :) maybe the skills you learnt with us on set could be brought to this new initiative.

Are you planning on making this a social-entreprenureship project for you to helm?

Cheers,
Ashvin

Unknown said...

A great and innovative effort. Congrats, Aditya. Keep up the good job. It actually is a projects that benefits all - the environment as well as the needy. Cheers.
Anup Agarwal, Kanpur

amit gupta said...

Hey Bonda, Good work with the project. Seems like everything worked out, shall be waiting to see this on a larger scale.
Cheers
Amit

Kavita Ahuja said...

It was such a pleasure to read about See- green and the initiative you have taken to promote it. It goes on to show how each one of us can in his or her own way contribute to make our society a better place and help to make this fragile eco-system stronger. We do not have to spend a lot of money or a great amount of time, but some resourcefulness and compassion can help to get things going.

All the Best! Keep up the good work!

Vasanti & Kishor Desai said...

Our congratulations to Aditya for his vision & effort.
Great job & very good cause.
Aditya; Good Luck.Keep going .

Malavika Bhatt said...

Well done Aditya!! An excellent initiative on your part.

prassanna said...


Wonderful blog & good post.Its really helpful for me, awaiting for more new post. Keep Blogging!





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