NATIONAL GREEN HOUSE Navigating through GPS (Green Practices through Sai ) Sai Sports and Service Retreat August 2009

1. Reduce Reuse Recycle NATIONAL GREEN HOUSE Navigating through GPS (Green Practices through Sai) Sai Sports and Service Retreat August 2009

2. Planet in Peril • Please see this video to understand why we should act to save our planet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs

3. What? • Recover raw material • Why? • Minimize resource consumption • What? • Minimizing the consumption • Why? • To preserve Nature • What? • Reuse products • Why? • Minimize resource consumption GO – GREEN REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE

4. Going Green and GOD ? • God stretched Himself as this Universe • Everything is His manifestation • What do we do when our hand is injured? • Similarly, we need to take care of Nature

5. Nature is the mirror in which the image of God is reflected – Baba

6. National Green House Goals of National Green House • Navigate through G.P.S. – Green Practices through Sai • Lead a ‘Green-life’, thereby serving as examples in the society • Develop reuse and recycle programs at Sai centers, homes, and communities • Create teaching modules to disseminate green practices

7. Eco-Sadhana – Food • Do not waste food • Buy vegetables at farmers market • Eat organic • Grow vegetables • Eat vegetarian • Less oily food

8. Eco-Sadhana – Water • Turn off water while brushing, shaving, cleaning dishes • Take shorter showers • Use low flush toilets • Rain barrel to irrigate plants

9. Eco-Sadhana – Energy • Unplug all electrical gadgets • Switch off AC, lights • Use products with EnergyStar label • Put computers in ‘energy-save’ mode • Turn off computer monitors • Use washing machine and dish-washer at off-peak times

10. Eco-Sadhana – Materials • Avoid use of plastic bags • Reuse paper (print on both sides) + Recycle it • Avoid usage of paper plates, napkins, plastic cutlery • Avoid drinking bottled water + Drink tap water

11. Eco-Sadhana Practice Timeline Sept - Oct Nov-Dec Jan-Feb Mar-Apr May-Jun E-Waste Collection Food Water Energy Materials

12. Eco-Sadhana: Sept – Oct 09 E-Waste Collection • Purpose:- Collect e-waste in a community • Reuse functional products • Donate to Refugees • Charities • Recycle non-functional (damaged or obsolete) products at local recycling centers

13. What is E-Waste? • Computers (desktops + laptops/notebooks) • Computer monitors, mouse, keyboards, webcams • Cell phones • Printers + scanners • TVs • Batteries (alkaline, nickel cadmium, rechargeable) • Cameras + MP3 players + IPods • Laptop chargers + Cellphone chargers

14. How is it Processed? • Please see this video on how e-waste is treated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A5zVNpkuzk

15. E-Waste Project Implementation Framework • E-Waste Collection • Collection bins at Sai centers • Collection directly at consumers homes E-Waste with Consumers Reuse (Donation Centers) Recycling Centers

16. Implementation Details • Resources • Team of volunteers to collect e-waste in the community • Storage place in Sai center/devotee home to sort reusable/ recyclable waste • Have at least 1 volunteer from each city • Collection bins at Sai centers • Bins to collect smaller electronic items like cell phones, and printer cartridges • Organize e-waste collection drive periodically • For example: Do a cell phone collection drive • Spread the word at your work place, school, friends and family.

17. Donation Centers • Local refugee church/organization • Youth Coop in Miami • Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in Charlotte • Wireless Foundation http://www.wirelessfoundation.org/CalltoProtect/index.cfm • March of Dimes http://www.marchofdimes.com/646_15257.asp

18. To find a recycling center in your neighborhood please visit http://earth911.com/

19. Prepare a List of Recycling Centers • Prepare a list of local recycling centers as they could accept different materials

20. Free Recycling Options • Find a free recycling center in your neighborhood • http://www.electronicstakeback.com/recycling/find_a_responsible_recycler_withmap.htm • http://1800recycling.com/ • Free Recycling http://www.freerecycling.com/ • USPS Free Pre-Paid Recycling through the Mail for Small Electronic Products http://www.usps.com/green/recycle.htm

21. Sai the Silent Example • Switches on/off the fan in interview room • Shuts the tap when washing His face – Soap gets into eyes and they become red • Puts a lid on the glass of water He drinks • Reuses envelopes which have nothing written on them • Boy serving chapatis drops it on floor – He picks it and puts it in His plate

22. Let’s Go Green JAI SAIRAM

23. Startling Facts • At a drop a second, a worn tap or outdoor faucet is leeching about 20 gallons a day — over 7000 gallons per year. • If every U.S. household put a lid when boiling water, it can save up to $2,212,175. • Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hrs, or the equivalent of a ½ gallon of gasoline.

24. 1500 bottles are trashed every second 28,000,000,000 bottles were used in 2004 17,000,000 barrels of oil was used to produce 2,500,000 tons of C02 was released