Awareness talk

22 February 2013.. A first in the lives of 3 members of The Green Visionaries. Abhishek, Harish and Alex made their way to Sri Matha Matriculation School in Kumbakonam to give a talk to some students of the school.

After meeting the Principal of the school, who gave the three an introduction about the school, they made their way to the library. The 30 odd people from 9^th grade who were in the room were as excited about the event as the 3 Visionaries were.

 The talk was a general interactive session with Abhishek and Harish talking about the importance of reducing food wastage and the ways it can be done. The main intention of their talk was to inspire the students to make moves like donating excess food to NGOs. The discussion also included a talk about water conservation and modern methods, like waterless flushes, which aid in water conservation. 

And as in every talk about environmental issues, the matter of electricity was also discussed. Considering that power cuts are a major problem in the state, simple steps to reduce electricity consumption, like turning off unnecessary electrical devices, was talked about.

The 25 minute talk ended with a general talk about their studies, like solving simple mathematics and physics problems. Some of the students received goodies from Mozilla, courtesy of the Mozilla Club. The main intention behind this little segment of the talk was to tell the students that studies don’t give the whole picture of life. Everything that we do should aid our planet in some way, because “if we don’t save our planet, who will ?”

The excitement and interest that the students showed inspired the Visionaries in a great way. The experience was something unique to the three, and as they put it, “it’s something I’d definitely look forward to doing again”..