Refresh, Rejuvenate and Conserve Water

by January 6, 2015 Environment

Soil and Soul brings to you a unique workshop on water that will cover two different challenges we are facing globally:

– Understand the natural water cycle and its interconnectedness with our food
– Various steps to inculcate as our lifestyle and to contribute back to earth’s regeneration cycle
– Entire water healing & dynamisation process  based on our experiential learning
– Various practical methods to implement in water conservation
– Screening of a Film
– Explore sustainable lifestyle choices we have in our lives
– DIY – Making your own Natural Alternatives for Mr. Muscle, Harpic, Fabic Conditioner, Vessel Cleaner, Shampoo, Detergent
– The world of Bio-Enzymes
– Water Dynamisation as water purification
 
The workshop is on Saturday, 17th January 2015 at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Rain Water Harvesting Theme Park in Jayanagar 5th Block, Bangalore.
 
For the DIY workshop, you will need to bring the following:
– one 2 ltr empty plastic bottle
– two 1/2 ltrs empty bottles
– 300 gms of citrus peels (sweet lime / orange / lemon – any or even all mixed)
– 100 gms of jaggery
 
Prior registration for the event is a must. More details are in the poster below. See the Facebook link here.

 

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About Arathi Manay Yajaman

Arathi is a market researcher who loves to run and write. She has been actively involved in issues that affect citizens, including apartment management, waste management and lakes. She used to live in Mumbai and is now based in Bengaluru, working as a Community Anchor with Citizen Matters.
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