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  HawaBadlo, an initiative of GAIL ( India ) Ltd, has launched online campaign #MotherEarthBlesses for creating awareness about clean air and better environment. The initiative invites netizens to take responsibility and adopt befitting lifestyle habits such as planting trees, cycling, walking and carpooling, using public transport, conserving energy and using cleaner energy options. This initiative inspires and motivates younger generation to act upon curbing air pollution. An engagement contest has been initiated for large participation of people who are enthused to share their stories, poems, and slogans in both photo as well as video showing their positive inclination towards preserving environment and cleaner inhabitant. Ten most interesting stories with befitting photos and videos will be acknowledged for recognition. #MotherEarthBlesses initiative aims to inspire people for celebrating the festivities by being responsible to each other in view of the current pandemic and...

Saving the Himalayas an urgency: Bhikkhu Sanghasena The whole world is troubled by global warming. Scientists are trying to figure out why the global temperature is changing so rapidly. In the meantime, one reason has come to light that short shelf life of our clothes is also responsible for the menace of global warming. According to the statistics of World Economic Forum, nowadays people randomly wear a cloth for a longer time. Clothes are cheaper day by day and are thrown out very soon. Clothing sales have been increasing faster than world GDP. In the year 2000, 50 billion clothes were sold in the world, while in 2015 this number swelled to 100 billion. Due to this, mountains of garbage have come up everywhere. Bhikkhu Sanghasena, Founder, Save The Himalaya Foundation (STHF) says, “Time has come that we consider environmental issues seriously and take appropriate measures to save the Himalayas and the environment for the sake of our future generations.” Sanghasena...

   GAIL ( India ) Limited has been creating awareness and inducing behavioral changes to ensure a greener and cleaner tomorrow through its movement ‘Hawa Badlo’. This movement has been actively working towards educating the Indian masses against air pollution through events, short films, contests, raahgiri, pledges etc on advocacy against air pollution, problems caused due to air pollution and solutions for curbing it. ‘Hawa Badlo’ will be launching a four episode web series over a premium OTT platform to subtly ingrain the message of a better lifestyle for a better environment among the Indian masses through an entertaining web series. The web series will be first of its kind that is being produced in India on such a serious topic where entertainment meets serious messaging. This web series would lead to amplifying the conversation around better environment as we approach the World Environment Day celebrated on 5 June 2019. For the last three years ‘Hawa ...