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How to plan a Green Nagar Kirtan

7 Easy Steps. How to plan a Green Nagar Kirtan. Our vision. Always holding in mind the vision that you will make the streets CLEANER AND GREENER than they were before the Nagar Kirtan, so that this: Sikh holy procession is truly a blessing to everywhere it has passed through…. Step -I.

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How to plan a Green Nagar Kirtan

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  1. 7 Easy Steps How to plan a Green Nagar Kirtan

  2. Our vision Always holding in mind the vision that you will make the streets CLEANER AND GREENER than they were before the Nagar Kirtan, so that this: Sikh holy procession is truly a blessing to everywhere it has passed through…

  3. Step -I Create a powerful team for clean-up: schools, friends, youth clubs, Rotary, men’s societies, women’s societies, Gurdwaras…

  4. Step -II Check your shopping list • Dress code: Turban/Head Bands of one colour, “green” preferred • Safety equipment: Latex or surgical gloves (twice the number of pairs as volunteers) • Recycled bin bags: (5-10 Kg) – get more than you think you need • Recycled pieces of cardboard: For helping pick up trash on the road (see picture • far right). Get half as many as there are volunteers

  5. Step -III Hire or borrow a truck/cart to carry trash.Put a big notice on the side and also acknowledge the company that lent it

  6. Step -IV Awareness Leaflets and Banners Download the designs at thisLINK or create your own. Please check EcoSikh Flickr for more ideas

  7. Step -V Encouraging the food stalls • Visit food stalls beforehand • Ask the stall-holders to install • rubbish bins • Ask stall-holders to depute • volunteers for clean-up • It is vital to encourage the • public to use bins or bin • bags and keep the streets • clean

  8. Step -VI Offer a prayer or ardas to the Almighty, start the clean up with Jaikara Bole-So-Nihal... Sat Sri Akal...

  9. Step -VII Hand over the collected trash to the Municipal Corporation. AND work with them to make trash collection in your city better Take good shots, videos and share with us at admin@ecosikh.org

  10. What next? • Now you have made the contacts and have enjoyed the energy… FOLLOW UP: • Start an eco-club • Have a “trash” meeting with the mayor • Create a green directory of local businesses • Plan for Sikh Environment Day, March 14 • Or something else... Let’s leave the world CLEANER and GREENER than when we arrived www.ecosikh.org

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