JOIN EXNORA GREEN CROSS AND BECOME A TREE-TOTALLER

Tree -God's Wonder Creation

The aims and activities of the Exnora Green Cross

• To protect existing trees and forests.
• To plant more and more trees.
• To discourage mono-cultivation (same type of crop) in forests.
• To plan and plant a variety of saplings in order to create plant-bio-diversity particularly in forests.
• To save trees which are likely to fall, by strengthening the soil around the tree.
• To re-erect and replant the trees that falls during cyclones or by strong wind.
• To campaign for planting of atleast ten saplings by person responsible for cutting one tree.
• To adopt and maintain parks
• To encourage street gardens.
• To create and maintain Traffic Islands with greenery.
• To bring wastelands under tree cultivation.
• To promote kitchen gardens/terrace gardens/water and pond gardens/rock gardens in each one's domicile to the extent possible.
• To convert all available public open space and empty space into gardens/parks.
• To start Exnora nurseries.
• To encourage social forestry everywhere.
• To plant tree saplings on the hillocks.
• To plant tree saplings on the hillocks.
• To plant trees on the banks of rivers and canals and bunds of lakes to prevent soil erosion and to protect the banks and bunds.
• To plant trees having medicinal properties.
• To develop botanical gardens in town/village growing all types and varieties of saplings.
• To propagate and execute afforestation programmes.
• To conduct brain storming sessions and seminars on Tree planting and bring out innovations.
• To carry out on going research in the science of tree planting.
• To train people in the service of tree planting.
• To print and publish literatures/and books on trees, tree planting and developing gardens.
• To create a Green Library by buying books and literature on tree planting and to enable the members to fully acquaint themselves with A to Z about tree planting.
• To invite experts in horticulture and tree planting to teach about the science of tree planting, gardening and afforestation.
• To propagate the necessity of growing trees among the community and motivate people to join, participate, support and co-operate by explaining the causes and consequences.
• To carry on sustained and systematic propaganda against excessive use of wood and total dependence on it. Whenever possible, use of wood should be avoided. Substitutes have to be used. More substitutes have to be innovated. There should be a reduction in the use and consumption of tree products (e.g paper).
• In brief, to create a GREEN WORLD.

Exnora Tree Bank

Establish an Exnora Tree Bank preferably in schools or public parks, where tree saplings can be grown. Exnora Tree Bank is the depot and stockyard of tree saplings for Exnora Green Cross. Those who have surplus saplings can donate the same to the Exnora Tree Bank. Members and residents can make it a habit to donate Tree Saplings on their birthdays, wedding Anniversaries and other auspicious days to the Exnora Tree Bank. Tree saplings can be obtained from the Forest Department and the Municipal body and stocked in the Tree Bank. Those who need them can take from there. The Exnora Tree Bank can also have as part of its activity a seed Bank, to collect and provide seed of trees and vegetables. They can also provide fertilizers, compost, pesticides, garden implements, ornamental plants etc.

Water for Garden

Many residents complain that when they have no water for their personal use, how can they provide water for plants. This argument is incorrect. One need not waste water meant for drinking and bathing for their gardens. They can always channelize the used water from kitchen and dish washing place straight to the garden. In fact this water is more suited for the plants than the mere drinking water as the water from dish wash place and kitchen has rich nutrients. Even the water emanating out of bathing can be utilized for watering the plants, provided it is not mixed with water emanating out of washing clothes as that water will carry detergents which are harmful plants.

Tree Guardians

The easiest thing is planting saplings. But the difficult work is to protect water and nurture the saplings. In this regard the Exnora Green Cross members should motivate the residents nearby to be the Tree Guardians and request them to adopt one or two tree saplings. The duties of the Tree Guardians will be to water, fertilize, remove weeds and shrubs and protect saplings. In addition, if they are willing, they can also be requested to sponsor the cost of tree guards and saplings.

The children can be designated as Tree Guardians. Their name as Tree Guardian as well as the name of the sapling (including Botanical name) with the date of planting can be written and tied either to the tree guard or sapling. It will be indeed an exciting experience for the parents to watch the children grow and through their children the plants grow.

Tree Planting - Your First Duty to the Mother Earth

Members should spend their leisure helping to carry out "Saving the Earth" Exercise by planting trees and to allot a couple of hours on Sundays and holidays for this work.

Residents who celebrate their birthdays and wedding days (wedding anniversaries) can be encouraged to plant saplings on those days, making the occasion more memorable. Even Exnora members can give tree saplings as a Birthday Gift. (The sapling however should be planted by the Exnora member or he should facilitate its planting). If every citizen plants trees on his every birthday, global warming will stop within a few years. Important days like New Year, Republic Day and Independence days can be celebrated by Tree planting. Meetings can commence with planting trees, (like the prayer) marriage rituals can begin with planting trees and trees can also be planted in memory of the deceased, even in burial grounds. Songs about trees can be written, composed and sung as a group.

Tree Guards

Tree guards can be obtained through sponsorship. Business houses can be approached and requested to sponsor the tree guards. In doing so they are not only offering service to nature but also creating good publicity for themselves. The tree guard will bear the Company's name on a broad board fixed on the tree guard. (Once the trees out-grow the tree guards, they do not need any more protection and hence the tree guards can be removed and reused by re-erection for protecting a new sapling being planted). This exercise can be repeated any number of times as long as the tree guard is not completely worn out. Cheaper tree guards should be tried (like nil cost-Thron Tree Guard). Grown up saplings also can be planted which do not need the investment in tree guards. The tree saplings can be obtained from the Forest Department, the Municipal Body and Exnora Tree Bank if you have one in your centre. For the industries it is an opportunity to correct and compensate the damage done by their chimneys.

The Exnora Green Cross members can visit the industries and advise them to plant trees. They can inspect and suggest a plan. With their permission the members can do the tree planting themselves. They can involve the employers and workers. They can be requested to adopt and water the trees. They can be requested to plant trees on their birthday and wedding anniversary day and to nurture the plants thereafter.

Exnora Green Cross in Schools and Colleges

The Exnora Green Cross takes the responsibility of educating students in schools and colleges on the subject of trees and tree planting and conducts painting, essay and speech competitions. The students are encouraged by the school to plant a sapling on their birthday and to nurture the plant thereafter. The students who join and serve will be issued with certificates.

More than anything else an activity like tree planting does the greening of the mind too. Tree planting is the most constructive and divine act. Those who participate in it are sure not to acquire evil qualities. They will become as useful as trees.

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