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NEWSLETERRE Issue 7 | July 2018

Tree Plantation on World Environment Day

TERRE celebrated World Environment Day with Deccan Honda, Pimpri

This year, World Environment Day was hosted by India who received huge response from all over the country. Even at the ground level, large number of people participated and contrib-uted their efforts towards con-serving Mother Nature.

Deccan Honda, Pimpri or-ganised ‘Screening of environ-ment-based short films’ followed by an interactive session. TERRE screened two short films namely, ‘Turtle in the soup’ and ‘Leopards in the Lurch’. ‘Turtle in the Soup’ is based on the smuggling of tur-

tles for food purpose while ‘Leop-ards in the Lurch’ showcased how leopards are getting endangered every coming day! Both the short films highlighted the need of en-vironment education and aware-ness amongst the society.

The event progressed by an interactive session by Dr. Vinitaa Apte, Founder Director-TERRE. She focused on how the mankind is running towards destruction of our planet in high pace. “Waste is the most threatening cause of Pollution. When we throw the waste away, there is no ‘away’!”

TERRE Policy Centre and TATA Motors celebrated World Environment Day in the afforestation site in Mhalunge.

Mr. Vijay Mayekar, Mr. Achintya Singh, Mr. Mayuresh Kulkarni, Mr. NItesh Attarde and Mrs. Ujwala Khaldker from TATA Motors, and Dr. Vinitaa Apte from TERRE graced the event by planting trees.

There is no need to pray day and night to get nice rains.

Plant a tree, conserve the for-ests and rain will pour. It’s his

love towards the Earth. !!

Happy Monsoon’

Dr. Vinitaa ApteFounder President, TERRE

“ President Corner

quoted Dr. Apte. She appealed to the staff of Deccan Honda to plant one tree as a memory for every deal.



Plantation started in Dolvi - Million Tree Plantation Program

Plant Adoption at Smritivan, Warje

The biggest plantation drive at Dolvi has begun on 7th June, 2018! TERRE team is all set to accomplish the targeted planta-tion in Dolvi and Karav site. After land evaluation, baseline surveys,

gridline markings and digging of pits, the actual plantation is be-ing done everyday.

By the end of June, 9000 plants have been planted at Dol-

vi and Karav site. Engagement of the local communities in planta-tion drive by TERRE will help in upliftment and betterment of community’s livelihood.

Mr. Balkrishna Vishnu Kulkarni adopted Bahava tree in the memory of his wife, Late. Dr. Sushma Balkrishna Kulkarni



Founder Director of TERRE awarded by Rotary Club, Pune

Rotary Club Of Pune, Sahawas honored Dr. Vinitaa H. Apte with ‘Rotary Vocational Ex-cellence Award’ at the Hands of Hon. Mukta Tilak - Mayor of Pune. She was commended for

her multi-disciplinary expertise and contribution in various fields such as, theatre, media, author in literature, banking and inter-national platforms like UNEP and IUCN. Rotary Club emphasized

on her leadership qualities, ener-getic drive and positive approach towards Environment through ‘TERRE Policy Centre’, a not-for-profit organisation that she founded in 2009.

TERRE awarded with ‘Certificate of Recog-nition’ by Nelda

Watch glimpse of TERRE’s

Afforestation project

Nelda means ‘Champion’ in Irish language. It is an award given to organization or a group of volunteers who are working for the bet-terment and preservation of environment and society. Project Nelda was launched in the year 2016 with a plan to grow a billion trees by 2041.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bocsImqPhA8



TERRE felicitated Prakashache Bet Awardee

Volunteering activity at Mhalunge

On 29th June, TERRE felici-tated Mr. Dheeraj Watekar as an Awardee for the 9th edition of Prakashache Bet at the hands of Dr. Vinitaa H. Apte - Founder Director, TERRE.

While working in the field of environmental journalism, loss of forestry has been observed prom-inently. To aware and educate fu-ture generations and the society, Mr. Dheeraj Watekar initiated the afforestation programme.

Dr. Vinitaa H. Apte stated, “Preventing the deforestation must be the objective of every individual. This is why, TERRE is working in plantation at mas-sive level and has planted 40,000 Trees in last three years. In cur-rent year, TERRE is planting 30,000 trees at Dolvi site as well as 18,000 at Mhalunge.”

Mr. Dheeraj Watekar is gen-erating employment opportu-nities by planting the Sandal trees. “Building the forest with a

healthy biodiversity is one of the toughest job to do. It’s really dif-ficult at times to carry these ac-tivities but receiving encourage-ments from organisations such as TERRE will always provide the zeal to continue and achieve tar-gets.” he quoted.

News coverage of Previous Prakashache Bet:

http://deshonnati.digitaledition.in/1692873/Bhandara-Live/11-Jun-Bhandara-Live#page/2/2

http://www.epunyanagari.com/

Thirty volunteers from ‘Garware-Wall Ropes’ planted 100 trees at Mhalunge site. They ex-pressed their enthusiasm and have committed to volunteer in such socio-environmental activities consistently henceforth. They believe that giving

back to society and environment is an individual as well as group responsibilities.

TERRE appreciates Garware-Wall Ropes for their dedicated contribution.



Little Bee-eaterFound in Sub-Saharan Africa,

this is a brightly coloured Bee-eater. It often hunts from low perches, maybe only a metre or less high. Unlike most bee-eat-ers, this is solitary nesters mak-ing a tunnel in sandy banks but it roosts communally.

*Lake Manyara Tanzania 10.06.2014*

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_

bee-eater

Those little plastic scrubbers found in so many beauty prod-

ucts like facial scrubs, tooth-paste, body washes—might look harmless, but their tiny size al-

lows them to slip through water-treatment plants. Unfortunately,

they also look just like food to some marine animals. Opt for

products with natural exfoliants, like oatmeal or salt, instead.

“ Small Act Green Impact

QUEStIoN of tHE MoNtH

How many tiger reserves in India are governed by Project Tiger?

a) 55 b) 50

c) 73 d) 70If you know the answer, send in

your entry to us at

TERRE Olympiad, an online quiz competition organized every year by TERRE Policy Centre is step-ping into its 4th edition. We are happy to announce that the school registration portal for the exam is now open and you can visit the website below for more details: www.terregreenolympiad.com

Last month’s quiz answer Joules

[email protected]

WINNER of LASt MoNtH’S QUIz

Sonali Jadhav ([email protected])

NUMBER of tHE MoNtH

India increases grants to $15 million to handle global envi-ronment crisesReferencehttps://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/india-increases-grants-to-15-million-to-handle-global-environment-crises/1220528/

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TERRE signs its Grand MoUs

TERRE Olympiad kickstarts the Registration for 2018-2019 edition

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Editorial team : Rajkumari Suryawanshi & Rucha Phadnis

Editor NewsletERRE:Dr. Vinitaa Apte (President, TERRE)

DECLARATION: TERRE Policy Centre is a non-profit organization and this NewsleTERRE is a purely informative and non-commercial activity of TERRE Policy Centre. The source of information is always credited, where applicable.


CROSSWORDthe Environment

DoWN:1. A carbohydrate which is taste-less, odourless, a white powder and insoluble in water2. It is a by-product of fires (Stove, oil lamps or fireplace)3. Study of living organisms is called as _____4. A body of saline water 5. ______ is described as a weath-er depending upon a location’s latitude.ACRoSS:6. Which gas mainly causes global warming?7. Corresponding term for plant life -8. Effective oil for treating respira-tory problems is ______9. A mixture of molten or semi-molten rock, volatiles and solids beneath the surface of the earth10. Plant like organism having chlorophyll.

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