Reduce Reuse Recycle

NATIONAL GREEN HOUSE

Navigating through GPS(Green Practices through Sai)

Sai Sports and Service RetreatAugust 2009

Planet in Peril

• Please see this video to understand why we should act to save our planet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs

GO – GREEN

RECYCLE REUSEREDUCE

What? Minimizing the consumptionWhy?To preserve Nature

What? Reuse productsWhy?Minimize resource consumption

What? Recover raw materialWhy?Minimize resource consumption

• 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

Going Green and GOD ?

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

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

National Green House

• Do not waste food• Buy vegetables at farmers market• Eat organic • Grow vegetables • Eat vegetarian • Less oily food

Eco-Sadhana – Food

• Turn off water while brushing, shaving, cleaning dishes

• Take shorter showers • Use low flush toilets • Rain barrel to irrigate plants

Eco-Sadhana – Water

• 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

Eco-Sadhana – Energy

• 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

Eco-Sadhana – Materials

Sept - Oct Nov-Dec Jan-Feb Mar-Apr May-Jun

E-Waste Collection

Food

Water

Energy

Materials

Eco-Sadhana Practice Timeline

• Purpose:- Collect e-waste in a community 1. Reuse functional products

Donate to Refugees Charities

2. Recycle non-functional (damaged or obsolete) products at local recycling centers

Eco-Sadhana: Sept – Oct 09E-Waste Collection

• 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

What is E-Waste?

How is it Processed?

• Please see this video on how e-waste is treated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A5zVNpkuzk

E-Wastewith

Consumers

E-Waste Collection

• Collection bins at Sai centers

• Collection directly at consumers homes

Recycling Centers

E-Waste Project Implementation Framework

Reuse (Donation Centers)

• 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.

Implementation Details

• 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

Donation Centers

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

E-Waste Collection Center

Address/ Phone/ Hours of Operation/ Website

Materials Accepted Acceptance Type + Fee

Electronic Recycling Center

10827 NW 29th StreetMiami, FL 33172(305) 482-9100Mon-Fri 9am to 5pmhttp://www.ercrecycling.com

Computers, Cellphones, Computer Monitors, Electronics, Office machines, Telephones, Televisions

Drop Off at locationNo Fee

Miami-Dade HC2 Permanent Center

8831 NW 58th StreetMiami, FL 33166(305) 594-1500Wed 9am - 4pm Sat 8:30am - 5pmServices are restricted to residents of Miami-dade County only.

Computers, Cellphones Computer Monitors, Electronics, Office machines, Telephones, Televisions + a host of other items

Drop Off at location No Fee

• Prepare a list of local recycling centers as they could accept different materials

Prepare a List of Recycling Centers

• Find a free recycling center in your neighborhood– http://www.electronicstakeback.com/recycling/find_a_res

ponsible_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

Free Recycling Options

• 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

Sai the Silent Example

JAI SAIRAM

Let’s Go Green

• 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.

Startling Facts

1500 bottles are trashed every second28,000,000,000 bottles were used in 2004 17,000,000 barrels of oil was used to produce2,500,000 tons of C02 was released