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ECO Drives
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In various cities around the world, graduates of the WAYE
programs have led street adoption and city cleanup efforts. These include recycling
and cleanliness drives, which have completely transformed many environmentally degraded
areas of India. For example, the Mumbai Clean Up campaign
featured 1800 college students taking leadership to clean 100 streets in the city.
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YES!+ and UTSAV
graduates in various areas in Mumbai, adopted streets and cleaned them on a weekly
basis. Furthermore, they educated people living in that area about garbage separation,
rainwater harvesting, tree plantation, and hazards of littering, spitting and using
plastics. The Mumbai Clean Up project was completed in collaboration with Delloite
and the United Way Foundation. The media covered it widely. It set a benchmark for
other cities, inspiring them to incorporate it in their city.
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Eco Action for Global Youth Service Day:
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To celebrate the Global Youth Service Day which is the largest annual celebration
of young volunteers. Millions of young people in countries everywhere highlight
and carry out thousands of community improvement projects. In keeping wit the UN
Millennium Development Goals, The Art of Living Foundation
Youth chose to make its objective to ensure environmental sustainability to be the
focus of this year's Global Youth Service day.
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Global Youth Service Day was a great success across the country and world. Hundreds
of young people came together from more than 20 cities across the country, and 6
countries across the world, to plant trees, clean up beaches, and raise awareness
about global environmental issues inspired by the New Year message of
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Participating countries included USA, Kazanlak, Veliko,
Tarnovo, Sofia, Plovdiv, Shumen and Stara, Zagora, Bulgaria, Den Haag (The Hague),
Netherlands | Warsaw, Otwock, Lodz, Bialystok, Gdansk, Cracow, Rzeszo, Katowice,
Taraska, Poland | Paramaribo, Suriname, Edmonton, Canada.
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Click to view the YUVARATRI VIDEO
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