General instructions for enviro-friendly birthday party:
1. Egg free Cakes. No Non – Veg food for the participants.
2. We can have Chocolates with out wrapper (Plastic cover)
3. Dress for Birthday baby can be Eco-friendly ( Cotton or Kaadhi products). Please avoid using original Silk clothes, which was made by killing lakhs and lakhs of innocent worms. How ever, we can use Span Silk, which is eco-friendly.
4. If there are any decorations or Name board, please use flowers. Avoid plastics and other products.
5. We can use one time use and through Steel tumblers/ Steel Cups/ Spoons/ etc., (washing will be done by the end of the function or next day and will be used for next function again)
6. Avoid paper or plastic covers spread on tables.
7. Please purchase bakery products, which will be fresh and also order all products with out preservative (Chemicals).
8. If any music for our function, please manage 20 or less than that decibel (Sound).
9. Please avoid room sprayers and if needed use our traditional practices.
10. If there is Dinner or lunch, please follow few methods to avoid large volume of food get wasted.
11. Please use eco-friendly plates like Plantain leaves. (Arc-nut plate or regular steel or fiber plates).
12. If there is any birthday invitation, please go for cloth invitation with plain white hand kerchief or invitation through email for every one.
13. Purchase can milk from local milk suppliers (example: In Tamil Nadu, we have Aavin Milk supply through Government – they will supply can Milk), instead of Packet milk for coffee or Tea.
14. Please use digital camera for photoes.
15. Please avoid all, one time use and through plastic and other materials through out our function.
Eco-friendly gifts:
1. Please avoid plastic covers for packing gifts. Plastic covers with aluminum coating inside and looks shining, which is non-recyclables.
2. Planting trees on that particular time (Birth time if morning 6.00am to evening 6.00pm – we will plant trees on behalf of child in any part of Vellore)
3. Distributing Fruit Tree saplings and coconut tree saplings to Bellow Poverty Line (BPL families) people free of cost.
4. Distributing fruit/ Flowering creapers/ Vermi-compost / Seeds packets/ Bag pouch etc., to the people attending birthday party.
5. Conducting Birthday party – Zero Waste Management – Party – sending all recyclables to nearby shops, compostable items in to pits, etc., - No burning of garbage – Avoid thermocoal or Styrofoam products which is non-recycables.
6. Your family can take a decision that through this birthday gift (if it is in the Money form) one environmental project / School project / Blind home / any charitable trust/ Supporting one poor student education etc., in Hydrabed or in any part of India can be supported in you child name. You can declare this birthday party as an enviro-friendly party in you invitation.
7. People can give smooth and weight less gift articles to your child. Avoid sharp or metal items or Sound making gifts or digital/video games etc., which are not child friendly.
8. Please make sure at least one Tree sapling can be planted on that evening in the same place and make fencing for it, before starting birthday party.
9. Your family can rescue at least one cattle, on be half of your child (Calf, Dry cow, Bull etc.,) which goes for slaughter house and send it for nearest Gosala in Hydrabed or we will do it for you in Vellore.
General instructions for enviro-friendly birthday party:
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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