Pushing the pedal against global warming
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CHENNAI: A lot of people know about the evils of global warming, but only very few are willing to do something about it. J Umanath is among those who are willing to walk — in his case cycle — the extra mile to encourage people to plant trees and reduce pollution.
The 42-year-old from Jawahar Nagar near Perambur, who began his bicycle odyssey on December 15 at the Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam near Guindy, has so far travelled 300km. He plans to wind up his rally on the Marina beach at 6pm on December 31.
Every day along his trip, he makes frequent stops — at colleges, universities, private firms, government offices — and encourages people to plant saplings. Some of these he plants on the roadside and on university campuses. He also delivers impromptu speeches, asking his audience to start organic culture and to include organic food in their diet.
Umanath has a light breakfast and a cup of tea, before starting out every day. He subsists on tea and biscuits throughout his journey that ends at six in the evening when he heads for home and a hot meal.
In support of his campaign to promote the use of organic food, he explains how he planted two seeds using "Bhumiputra," an organic booster taken from sugarcane molasses, and harvested 70kg of snake gourd, a popular vegetable. He says he picks up seeds from the roadside during summer, ferments them and plants them.
Also, Umanath doesn't plan to stop with this campaign. Next year, he plans to hit the Limca Book of Records by travelling throughout Tamil Nadu in support of his cause.
Umanath works with Trust 1-2-1, a 600-member non-government organisation that focuses on planting trees, avoiding plastic, saving trees and harvesting rainwater. The other members of trust, started in 2003 by Pasumai N, plan to go to places like Theni, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur and plant saplings. They plan to plant around 1500 saplings at Usilampatti in Madurai district on December 24 and 25.
The 42-year-old from Jawahar Nagar near Perambur, who began his bicycle odyssey on December 15 at the Chennai Trade Centre in Nandambakkam near Guindy, has so far travelled 300km. He plans to wind up his rally on the Marina beach at 6pm on December 31.
Every day along his trip, he makes frequent stops — at colleges, universities, private firms, government offices — and encourages people to plant saplings. Some of these he plants on the roadside and on university campuses. He also delivers impromptu speeches, asking his audience to start organic culture and to include organic food in their diet.
Umanath has a light breakfast and a cup of tea, before starting out every day. He subsists on tea and biscuits throughout his journey that ends at six in the evening when he heads for home and a hot meal.
In support of his campaign to promote the use of organic food, he explains how he planted two seeds using "Bhumiputra," an organic booster taken from sugarcane molasses, and harvested 70kg of snake gourd, a popular vegetable. He says he picks up seeds from the roadside during summer, ferments them and plants them.
Also, Umanath doesn't plan to stop with this campaign. Next year, he plans to hit the Limca Book of Records by travelling throughout Tamil Nadu in support of his cause.
Umanath works with Trust 1-2-1, a 600-member non-government organisation that focuses on planting trees, avoiding plastic, saving trees and harvesting rainwater. The other members of trust, started in 2003 by Pasumai N, plan to go to places like Theni, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur and plant saplings. They plan to plant around 1500 saplings at Usilampatti in Madurai district on December 24 and 25.
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