how to plan a green nagar kirtan

How to plan a Green Nagar Kirtan

7 Easy Steps7 Easy Steps

Always holding in mind the vision that you will make the streets CLEANER AND

GREENER than they were before the Nagar Kirtan, so that this:

Sikh holy procession is truly a blessing to everywhere it has passed through…

Our visionOur vision

Create a powerful team for clean-up: schools, friends, youth clubs, Rotary, men’s societies,

women’s societies, Gurdwaras…

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Check your shopping list

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• Dress code: Turban/Head Bands of one colour, “green” preferred

• Safety equipment: Latex or surgical gloves (twice the number of pairs as volunteers)

• Recycled bin bags: (5-10 Kg) – get more than you think you need

• Recycled pieces of cardboard: For helping pick up trash on the road (see picture far right). Get half as many as there are volunteers

Hire or borrow a truck/cart to carry trash. Put a big notice on the side and also acknowledge the company

that lent it

Step -IIIStep -III

Awareness Leaflets and Banners

Step -IVStep -IV

Download the designs at this LINK or create your own.Please check EcoSikh Flickr for more ideas

Encouraging the food stalls

Step -VStep -V

• Visit food stalls beforehand• Ask the stall-holders to install

rubbish bins• Ask stall-holders to depute volunteers for clean-up• It is vital to encourage the public to use bins or bin bags and keep the streets clean

Offer a prayer or ardas to the Almighty, start the clean upwith Jaikara Bole-So-Nihal... Sat Sri Akal...

Step -VIStep -VI

Step -VIIStep -VII

Take good shots, videos and share with us at admin@ecosikh.org

Hand over the collected trash to the Municipal Corporation. AND work with them to make trash collection in your city better

Now you have made the contacts and have enjoyed the energy… FOLLOW UP:

• Start an eco-club• Have a “trash” meeting with the mayor• Create a green directory of local businesses• Plan for Sikh Environment Day, March 14• Or something else...

What next?What next?

Let’s leave the world CLEANER and GREENER than when we arrivedwww.ecosikh.org