While Rotary International President Ian Riseley is encouraging afforestation, and urging Rotarians to plant a sapling each, the seed ball technique is quietly catching up with the green volunteers across the country. The ancient concept of seed balls, also called clay dumplings, was rediscovered by a Japanese farmer, Masanobu Fukuoka, known for his revolutionary ideas on re-vegetation of land. Seed …
Last year, various departments of the state government and social organisations planted 2.82 crore saplings on a single day — July 1 — and earned a place in the Limca Book of Records. Now, the government claims that 2.14 crore or 76% of them have survived.The government aims to plant four crore saplings this year and 50 crore by 2019. …
BENGALURU: Children like nature and they want to do their best to protect it. Now, Bengaluru’s children have a cool weapon to fight desertification of the city and to save the environment: seed bombs. Seed balls are made by wrapping seeds in mud. Once dry , they are tossed into any open space.When nourished by rains, the seeds may germinate …
