As we are entering the 6th week of our Environmental Awareness campaign the numbers are sky-rocketing - 9500 volunteers have joined forces behind one of the largest cleanups in 10 cities across South India. A lot has happened this past week - please read on below. We request you to bring along family, friends, colleagues to the beach (lakes, rivers) on Sunday morning to join in our mega cleanup. The atmosphere among the thousands of volunteers working together for a common cause on 15km of beaches will be electric! Any company, NGO, college, school not yet in the list further below just have a word with them to hop on board:
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Key objective behind our cleanup effort is to create a major awareness and sensitize the public against the use of plastics, the impact on our environment and to reduce our garbage footprint.
Just like last year CASA GRANDE has come forward to be the Title Sponsor for the 2014 edition of the Chennai Coastal Cleanup. A big thanks to our title and associate sponsors for covering the expense of this mega event in order to keep it free for all (non-Corporate) volunteers and sponsoring an ad campaign in The Hindu Metro Plus for creating awareness among the general public
And our Associate Sponsors: Indian Oil, Besten, Federal Bank
The Chennai Coastal Cleanup and Operation India Clean Sweep has received the support from 140 Corporates, NGOs, colleges and schools till now and the numbers keeps rising every day... It's awesome to see all joining forces to create a huge momentum towards environmental awareness:
| Companies | HP Bangalore | Thamirabarani |
| IBM India Pvt Ltd, Chennai | Acute Groups | Thanneer |
| HP | Virtusa Consultancy Services | Euerka Child Foundaion |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions | McKinsey | Pasumai-Sevai Karangal |
| Vernalis Systems | WABCO India Ltd | V R Volunteers & Thozhan |
| ISGN | Aspire Systems India Pvt Ltd | SEDA |
| Spiro HR Management Consultants Pvt Ltd | Mobius Knowledge Services | Elysium Residents |
| Ramco Systems | G MIMIE STUDIO | Bhumi Bangalore |
| Ernst & Young Foundation | Saint Gobain Reserach India | Muthamizh nagar |
| Computer Sciences Corporation(CSC) | Satyam Venture Engineering Services | CTC Bangalore |
| Adityaa Agro | Shoppers Stop | Comrade Foundation |
| eBay/PayPal India Pvt Ltd | Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd MRV | Great Hyderabad Adventure Club |
| Pizza Republic | Verizon | Namma Beach Namma Chennai |
| Shawn Web & Print Media | Rapid Response | Mother Earth Environmental Consciousness Society |
| Techdew | Suvadugal | Vibrant Velachery |
| Access Healthcare Services | Dell BPS | Bangalore Trekking Club |
| Bilimoria & Associate | iNautix Technologies India Private Limited | Bliss |
| Qualcomm | Momentive | Bhumi Hyderabad |
| Dhanvin Properties | Godrej and Boyce Mfg Co Ltd | ADC Academy |
| Hyatt Regency Chennai | WeBe Design Lab | Seashore Town Plot Owners and Residents Association |
| Freshdesk | NGOs | The Green Nest |
| Quadrant4 Software Solutions(p) Ltd | V Trust | |
| ThomsonReuters | Environmental Foundation of India | |
| Ponnovi creatives | Chennai Engg Services | |
| TCS | Bhumi Chennai | |
| Federal Bank | Gnana Deepam Trust | Students/Schools |
| UST Global | Bharathi Scout Group | RC OF MNM JEC |
| Enzen Technologies Pvt Ltd | Marina Minnals - Chennai Runners | Saveetha Dental College |
| CNSI | Angels of Marina | Govt. Middle School, Kothapurinatham, Puducherry |
| Wipro Cares | Vazhai | Geetha Matriculation Hr Sec School |
| Emerson Process Management Chennai Ltd | Chennai Astronomy Club | My Master |
| HTC Global Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. | F.B. Foundation Pune | Ananda Marga school |
| Kamachi Sponge & Power Corp Ltd | Bhumi Trichi | JCI |
| popular vehicles and services ltd | Bhumi Coimbatore | Mmhss |
| CGI | JIM Scout Group | Centre For Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University |
| Barclays | Green Belt Welfare Society | Thiruvalluvar Gurugulam |
| Integra Software Services P Ltd | Manasika Public Charitable Trust | Ananda marga school |
| Dover India Pvt Ltd | GLD Movement | Muthamizh nagar |
| Barclays | Mahindra and Mahindra | Thiruvalluvar Gurugulam |
| L&T Infotech | Give Smiles | Ananda marga school |
| Ameex | Photocopier Technician Welfare Association | SRM University,Vadapalani |
| Technosoft Global Services pvt ltd | Subhas Scout Group | Tagore Engineering College |
| Nielsen | Green and Educational Technologist Foundation | Rajalakshmi institute of technology |
| Caterpillar | Chennai Volunteers | The Study Lecole Internationale, Pondicherry |
| Zanec | National Troopers for Conservation of Nature | CSI Engineering College |
| Mphasis | Pearl Nature Society | Moderator Polytechnic |
| Cognizant Bangalore | Nellai Nature Club |
On Monday The Hindu published a first article on the Chennai Coastal Cleanup
Thanthi has joined as our Television Partner for Operation Indian Clean Sweep and will be providing live coverage of the cleanup as it happens across 10 cities in South. We will be publishing the broadcast timings on our FB page
Tune in to Radio ONE - our Radio Partner - any day at 6am, 8am, 11am, 1pm, 4pm, 6pm, 9pm to listen to our promo
India Today June issue (appearing June 8th) will also feature the Coastal Cleanup. Don't miss to grab a copy.
Earth Recycler is our Recycle Partner. All estimated 50 tons of garbage which will be collected on Sunday will be transported to their premises to undergo second and third level segregation to enable maximum reuse of around 80% and minimize waste going to the garbage dump
First level segregation will be done by the volunteers during the Coastal Cleanup itself into three mayor categories: glass, plastics and others. Requesting all to shake of the sand which will allow better recycling of plastics, etc:
To further increase awareness we are creating a massive sand sculpture at Marina beach this weekend and our lake-cleanup partner Environmental Foundation of India is doing a street play at Eliot beach on Saturday evening.
The multi-city cleanup across South India is only possible through the support of our partner NGOs at Pondichery, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Vizag, Trichi, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Kanyakumari. Today the 11th location got included - Pulicat Lake.
Volunteer headcount in the regional cities has been rising steadily: 1800 and counting.... Don't forget to notify your friends, family and known NGOs, colleges in these cities to join the largest cleanup in South:
Finally, let me introduce the amazing group of organizers from the Chennai Trekking Club who have been working selfless behind the scenes to make this years Coastal Cleanup a success. All of them are brimming with energy to break the records this Sunday!
Missed the previous week updates which contain lots more info?
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