India is a megadiverse country with rich flora and fauna, but the biological diversity is in danger. 387 Indian plant species listed under IUCN Red List. Out of 387 plant species, 77 are ‘critically endangered’.<ol><li>We are depleting the Earth’s natural resources, polluting its air and water, destabilising the climate, and driving many of its species to extinction.</li><li>The total forest cover in India is 80.73* million hectares which forms 24.56%* of the geographical area of the country. The country has lost 1.93 million* hectares of forest cover from 2001 to 2020.</li><li>Tree felling almost doubled between 2016-2019 in India: As per the Data from Environment Ministry, 76,72,337 trees were cut down between year 2016-17 to 2018-19</li><li>Air pollution on rise in Indian cities: The researchers speculated that increases in PM2.5 and NO2 in India reflect increasing vehicle ownership, industrialization and the limited effect of air pollution policies to date</li><li>North India staring at severe water crisis during summer 2021: The High temperatures in North India currently and in summer would worsen the water situation. IMD has declared that the March 2021 temperatures in Delhi were the highest in last 11 years.  </li></ol> FBH is an ecological movement envisioned to create spaces where humans coexist in harmony with Nature. An initiative of Heartfulness Institute to partner with global communities to grow, nurture, protect and conserve native, endemic and endangered tree species while ensuring diversity, sustainability and longevity. Diversity<ul><li>Through multi location enabled mini-forests</li><li>Guidance of several agroforestry scientists, forest officers, academicians, and conservationists</li></ul>Sustainability<ul><li>Focus on native, rear and endangered species</li><li>Diverse plantation style in sync with local ecology</li><li>Support of nationwide nurseries to grow highly resilient saplings</li></ul>Longevity<ul><li>Careful selection of identified land</li><li>Involvement of local community</li><li>Focused aftercare and monitoring using geotagging/satellite imagery/third party audits</li></ul>Our Focus is the creation of Ex-Situ conservation sites of Rare and Endangered Species from India’s Biodiversity HotpotsOur projects and plantation drives have involved participants, volunteers and environment enthusiasts from all walks of life, nationalities, corporations, universities, schools, government including collaborations with other non-profit organisationsForestsByHeartfulness has a large hub and spoke network of 18+ active nurseries across India With Systems, process and related infra in place, FBH aims to rapidly increase production to 200 million saplings across more than 28+ nurseries by 2025 from its current 7.5+ million grown presently across Heartfulness centres, India wide to facilitate localised sapling production <ol><li>Conserve endangered tree species: Most FBH projects have this as a key objective, and several endangered tree species are included during species selection.</li><li>Attract biodiversity: The forests are created with highly diverse tree species, native to that region. This results in a highly biodiverse flora attracting lot of birds, bees, reptiles, and small mammals within 1-2 years.</li><li>Increase in water table: Large FBH projects have witnessed tremendous rise in ground water levels owing to extensive rainwater harvesting and bio-mimicry methods.</li><li>Benefits to local communities: Most projects benefit the local communities through a favorable microclimate, supplying medicinal herbs &amp; plants.</li><li>Sequester CO2: High dense forests are known to sequester more CO2 per unit area than traditional farming.</li><li>Agroforestry: To create additional income source to farmers through tree-based agriculture on farm lands.</li><li>Hill restoration: To green the barren hills of India to restore lost habitat</li></ol>

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Nilona dam was built 40 year ago in order to supply water to Yavatmal. Gradually, storage capacity got reduced due to large quantity of accumulated silt leading to reduction of water supply to Yavatmal. Afterwards, Prayas took a pledge and carried out desilting project starting from April to June 2015. Team of 50 volunteers at Prayas, Yavatmal worked hard and removed 35,000 trollies silt and were given free to farmers of surrounding villages in order to increase the fertility of their farms. 12,000 citizens had visited Nilona dam for Shramadan. Citizens of Yavatmal contributed Rs. 25 lakh and remaining Rs. 11.43 lakh were provided by government of India. 
 For 2016, target of removing 1 lakh trollies silt has been set and will be distributed to farmers of surrounding villages for no cost. The actual work of desilting has been started on 6th March. Till now, 500+ trollies have been desilted. Our aim is to remove around 1000-1200 trollies silt per day. We will be spreading awareness in Yavatmal about proper water usage along with tree plantation and catchment area treatment so as to reduce the silt accumulation in future. 
 Citizens of Yavatmal have already taken the ownership of the project. The government of India also came forward to work with Prayas on this project. This became the PPP project model, which can be replicated anywhere. The fertility of agricultural field will get improved by use of silt and followed by increasing the farm yield. Also, awareness about proper use and conservation of natural resources will increase. Through awareness programs we intend to sensitize the cause and work on building capacity of our volunteers.

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Climate change is an undeniable reality, primarily driven by the excessive use of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas. Currently, a staggering 80-85% of the world's energy needs are met through fossil energy sources. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stresses the urgent need for "drastic" and "immediate" changes in energy consumption to avert catastrophic and life-threatening climate change, which could come at a very high cost. Thankfully, renewable energy, especially solar energy technologies, has evolved into economically and technologically viable alternatives. However, before we embrace any energy solution, including solar energy, it is crucial to grasp the implications of energy generation and consumption on the environment. This is where Energy Literacy Training comes into play. It serves as the foundational level of training, educating individuals about energy usage, generation, and consumption. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of where our energy comes from, how much we use, how much we waste, and the environmental impact of our energy choices. Most importantly, the training equips individuals with the knowledge to adopt sustainable practices and move towards carbon-neutral living. For just Rs. 5/-, we can provide this essential training to one student, empowering them to take meaningful action against climate change.By the year 2024, we envision making 20 million people Energy Literate, enabling them to make informed decisions about energy consumption and contribute to conserving energy and mitigating climate change. Our ultimate ambition is to make the Entire India Energy Literate by the year 2030. Together, we can create a global impact and pave the way for a sustainable future.Join us in this transformative journey by supporting our cause and making a difference in the fight against climate change.Let's build a greener, more sustainable world for generations to come!

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Regenboog is a charity organisation that is based in Tiruvannamalai. It is involved in the fields of children’s welfare, rural healthcare, education and environmental care. Presently Regenboog serves the society through following projects:<ul><li>Mobile hospital: Mobile hospital visits remote villages and offers free medical treatment to the people living there and a team of a doctor, two nurses, pharmacist and social worker visits Monday to Saturday villages. They offer basic medical care and also good health education. Every year this project treats over 30,000 patients.</li></ul><ul><li>Mobile Library: Mobile library working hard to bring back the reading habit among the kids. It has over 15,000 books and it visits the Government schools, villages, streets and delivers books every fortnight. Last year kids read over 30,000 books.</li></ul><ul><li>Evening Schools: Evening schools works for the children from the slums and villages where they miss good care about their education and future. It supports over 300 students every evening and they get great care ad education to go on.</li></ul><ul><li>Naviram Children’s Park &amp; Science Park: An ignored ground of Government was turned into a unique park today with the help of the government. Regenboog created a park for children in 2018 but now it turned into a great place for everyone at Tiruvannamalai. And also the Government built a huge Science Park and that too maintained by Regenboog India Foundation which has the visitors of over 9,000 people at weekends. This explains Science as an easy way for the kids.</li></ul><ul><li>Water for animals: Regenboog built over 10 water holes (small ponds) in and around of famous Arunachala Holy Mountain to feed water to the deers, birds and other animals during the summer times.</li></ul><ul><li>Environment Project: Regenboog is maintaining a nurser with over 10,000 saplings which are going to plant in and around Tiruvannamalai foothills and other regions too. Regenboog also involved cleaning and forest fire fighting on the Arunachala hill every year. Also, we are actively involved in the cleaning of Parvathamalai Hills.</li></ul><ul><li>Educational Support Project: Under this project, 24 students are supported for their school and University education.</li></ul><ul><li>Covid works of Regenboog:: Since Covid starts Regenboog actively involved in the field works at the frontline together with the various Government departments. We started mobilising the resource materials for like surgical masks, sanitisers, surgical gloves, surgical caps, medicines, PPE for the government hospital doctors since the Covid surge started here. Also created and spread various awareness vides together with the police department. Also, our medical team was involved in the frontline work which included taking swab tests, monitoring the quarantined patients and offered medical treatments to the people during the pandemic times. So far, we have distributed so far over 500,000 masks, 3,000 litres of sanitisers to the health professionals. </li></ul>

Madhan Mohan

Regenboog India Foundation

This nonprofit is registered as a charitable trust under section 12A of India's Income Tax Act, 1961.

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<ol><li>Water need for Animals at the foothills of famous Arunachala Hill and Kavuthimalai Hills</li><li>Man made and natural fires on these two Mountains</li><li>Nursery and tree plantation</li><li>Water scarcity and loosing the count of palm trees</li></ol> 
 <ol><li>Regenboog will buy and provide water to animals during the summer times at the foothills of Arunachala and Kavuthimalai Hills</li><li>Fire fighting along with the Team of Regenboog and volunteers during the forest fires</li><li>Growing saplings at the Nursery and planting the trees</li><li>Sowing palm seeds on the lake banks and other areas</li></ol> 
 <ol><li>Animals won't loose their lives while coming out of the forest looking for water since we provide water inside the forest itself</li><li>Fires will be put off quickly and the animals and the plants are saved and so the green cover is too saved</li><li>Increase the green cover in Tiruvannamalai region</li><li>Increasing the number of Palm trees in this region</li></ol>

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