Students from Kuilapalayam cleaning trash near the temple pond
Kuilapalayam and Edyanchavadi, two of Auroville’s
neighbouring villages, are in the process of being cleaned up. Over the years,
many local schools have created strong eco-clubs which are building
environmental awareness by doing
environmental programs. One of these is the New Era Secondary School’s
‘trash-clean up walk’ initiated by the students themselves, which has been
taking place for the last 10 years.
The clean-up effort has recently started to include many
interested adults. In Kuilaipalayam, a committee of nine is now directing the
Clean Kuilaipalayam effort. The team includes a few Aurovilians. On November
23rd, it organized a big event involving students of the Kuilaipalayam Trust
School, the New Era Secondary School, the Kuilapalayam Cultural Center, the
Hygiene Team, and the Yatra Multimedia Center walking the streets picking-up
trash and spreading awareness. They began the work early in ...
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