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Greening the Future: Grassroute’s Second Mangrove Planting Project Flourishes at BPCL Campus!

This project was a follow-up to our previous efforts in November 2022, specifically within BPCL’s STF area, an essential component of the Kerala State Government’s mandated mangrove restoration initiative. Unlike our previous planting in the STF area, the conditions were optimal this time, giving us confidence in the survival of each sapling.

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Activities Mangrove Planting

Celebrating a Year of Mangrove Restoration: A Joint Effort with Sustera Foundation

The collaborative effort between Sustera Foundation and Grassroute is just the beginning. The success of this mangrove restoration project is a testament to the power of dedicated individuals and organizations working together to make a positive impact on the environment.

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Activities Mangrove Planting Waterbodies

Celebrating World Wetlands Day with Planting Mangroves at Valappu Beach

World Wetlands Day was marked by a planting project at Valappu Beach, organized by Grassroute. Mrs. Rasikala Priyaraj, the Panchayath President of Elamkunnappuzha, inaugurated the project and students from various schools participated with enthusiasm. The event was supported by Transworld and Social Forestry and emphasized the importance of wetlands for ecological balance and species survival. The planting project was a success and a demonstration of community involvement in creating a more sustainable future.

World Wetlands Day

Planting 100 Mangrove saplings at Valappu beach, Vypeen Island in cooperation with Transworld Group. About 100 School students will also participate in the event. A warm welcome to all.

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Mangrove Planting

BPCL adopts 100 mangrove saplings at the Puthuvype STF campus.

The species we planted were Rhizophora mucronata which was taken from our own nursery. To avoid plastic, all the saplings were kept in bamboo pots. We had a lot of trouble digging the pits and planting the mangroves as the canal was filled with solid soil instead of mud. Therefore, it took more than two and a half hours to plant a hundred saplings.

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Community projects Planting

Grassroute Celebrates World Coconut Day with Mathrubhumi Seed

Keralites use coconut as food, tender coconuts for water and toddy they drink, with the fronds they make mats and roofings, with the oil they cook and with the husk fibre they make ropes. But the thing is that coconut is declaining in Kerala. On World Coconut Day, we plant a few saplings.

Planting Coconut Tree Saplings

Together with students and teachers from four schools, Grassroute and Mathrubhumi Seed Club will plant Coconut Tree Saplings in the compound of SSV Sabha, Kochambalam, Nayarambalam.

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Activities Mangrove Planting

Planting Mangrove Saplings 2nd Phase with Sustera Foundation

Sustera Foundation activists, team Grassroute and Rajagiri Outreach Students jointly planted Mangrove Saplings at two locations near to Natural Fish Ponds at Nayarambalam.

Planting Mangroves with Sustera Foundation for the second time.

Grassroute joins hands with Sustera Foundation and GenRe to plant Mangrove saplings at two locations at Nayarambalam. Rajagiri Outreach students also will take part in the planting.

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Awards Organic Farming Planting

Pokkali Farming Workshop. Chapter 3

About 75 students participated in the Pokali Farming Workshop Chapter 3 designed with the intention of popularizing Pokkali farming. By covering this chapter, participants learned the transplantation of the Pokkali seedlings in uniform distance in straight rows.