Surat: The diamond city is all set to witness a unique petathlon-2020 event where the participants will be given seed-balls to spread the message, ‘grow more trees’. More than 250 pet lovers from the city are expected to participate with their pet animals and birds at the Petathlon-2020 to be organized by Animal Friend, a non-government organization (NGO) on February …
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Allahabad: Seed balls of Ganga Task Force enhancing forest cover
ALLAHABAD: If you are a visitor of the Ganga Gallery of the Magh mela area and after witnessing the exhibits, you decide to leave but on the gate, you receive a ball, made of soil, ensure to throw at a piece of land where you would like to see a tree growing in future. This is “seed ball” manufactured by …
Hyderabad: Volunteers make seed balls to increase green cover
Hyderabad: As part of National Volunteering Week and coinciding with Republic Day celebrations, Bhumi Hyderabad chapter organised a seed ball making event at Phoenix Arena, Hitech city. Around 30 volunteers participated in the event and added their efforts to the Seed Ball programme that focuses on increasing the green cover. In three hours, the volunteers prepared more than 3,000 seed balls. …
To increase forest cover, Punjab looks to seed ball technique
As Punjab struggles to extend its forest cover from 6.86 per cent of its total geographical area to 20 per cent despite launching several plantation drives, a village in the remote Talwara block of Hoshiarpur district has been showing a highly cost-effective and time-saving way to enhance ‘green cover’. The village uses women with a small self help group (SHG) …
Kharghar school students make seed balls
A seed ball (or seed bomb) is a seed that has been wrapped in soil material — usually a mixture of clay and compost — and then dried. Essentially, the seed is ‘pre-planted’ and can be sown by depositing the seed ball in anyplace that is suitable for the species. Seed balls provide a larger window of time when the …