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 Champions Factory - Energy Of Asia  

 
Date of Publish - Wednesday, 15th August 2018

Igniting Minds HaraHaiToh, BharaHai #GreenChallenge is going viral globally  

In order to inspire the people especially youth, IGNITING MINDS is Honoring with VANAMALI Certificate whoever plant 3 trees upload in www.ignitingminds.in and pass the challenge to 3 others and they can win 2018 numbers surprise gifts that include: Celebrity autographed cricket bat, Racquet bag, T-Shirts and caps.

Today the Indian Athletes are going to JAKARTA to Participate in THE ASIAN GAMES 2018. The Indian Badminton Contingent “CHAMPIONS FACTORY” (Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy) is leaving for JAKARTA today. The Entire Team Accepted The“HARA HAI TOH BHARA HAI” # GreenChallenge, PLANTED THREE SAPLINGS AND PASSED ON THE CHALLENGE TO OTHERS. WE WISH THEM ALL THE VERY BEST AND ARE SURE THAT THEY WILL NOT ONLY WIN MEDALS BUT THE NATION’S HEARTS WITH THEIR STUPENDOUS PERFORMANCE. LET’S GET READY TO WELCOME THEM BACK BY MAKE INDIA GREENER AND THE CHALLENGE WELL-SPREAD WHEN THEY RETURN.

From 17th Of July to till date #GreenChallenge is Accepted by 4.12 million People and planted 5.62 million saplings Globally. www.ignitingminds.in

 

CANADA IS THE LEADING COUNTRY WITH THE TREE: PERSON RATIO OF 9000 TREES PER PERSON.

 

CHINA HAS 112 TREES PER PERSON.

 

INDIA HAS 28 TREES PER PERSON.

 

NOW THE BAAP OF ALL CHALLENGES- HOW SOON CAN WE BEAT THE TREES PER PERSON RATIO OF CHINA:

 

IN 5 YEARS?

IN 10 YEARS?

IN 15 YEARS?

COME ON INDIA, LET’S SHOW THE WORLD THAT WE ARE SECOND TO NONE!!!!

 

The bottom line is to make a Green India and a Greener Earth.

What is Igniting Minds doing Now?

A study has revealed that a person on an average consumes 284.7 kgs of Oxygen per year. On an average, a tree produces 100 kgs. of Oxygen per year. It means that on an average a person consumes Oxygen produced by three trees in a year.

The forest cover of the earth today is only 31% of our earth. The loss of forest is 5.2 million hectares per year, in the name of urbanisation. The grim fact is that slowly but surely, we are choking ourselves and the life on earth to extinction.

We, at Igniting Minds, have decided to restore and revive the green cover by planting trees all across the nation. To make it interesting and a social activity, we have come up with the concept of ‘GREEN INDIA CHALLENGE’. We have coined a Slogan, ‘Hara hai toh bhara hai’ to take it forward and make it viral.

The iconic leader, former President of India, the missile man, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s death anniversary falls on 27th July. As a fitting tribute to that great soul, who strived for the humanity in general and the people of our nation in particular, we at Igniting Minds have decided to launch this global movement on this day and dedicate it to the visionary who strived for the betterment of humanity.

 

What is the challenge?

First, you accept Igniting Minds’ “Hara hai toh, Bhara hai” #GreenChallenge of planting 3 trees in the next 10 days. Then, you nurture them for the next 3 years, geotag and post the photographs of the same.

As a next step, you pass on the challenge to 3 others, who take it further and the chain continues. It is that simple.

The challenge was initiated over a week ago and has had a cascading effect. It has not only spread across 30 states of India to date but, has also gone viral globally with people across the globe accepting and spreading the challenge in over 36 countries till the last reports came in. This is a very encouraging sign and only goes to show that a good humanitarian cause gets worldwide acceptance despite the geographical demarcations. The Minister for IT, Municipal Admin. & Urban Development, Industries & Commerce, Textiles & NRI Affairs, Shri. K. T. Ramarao accepted the challenge and planted three saplings and geotagged them. He, in turn, challenged Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Rajdeep Sardesai, and Matinee idol, Mahesh Babu.

The United States Counsel General in Hyderabad, Ms. Katherine B. Hadda accepted the challenge, planted the saplings, tagged the same and passed on the challenge to Saina Nehwal and other celebrities. It is spreading by the minute and the list of participants is growing and spreading like wildfire.

Author :
M. KARUNAKAR REDDY
 

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