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“I think I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair
Upon whose bosom snow has lain
Who intimately lives with rain
Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree.” Joyce Kilmer

Yes, we need trees and definitely have to improve the number of them in every area in Bengaluru.

By the way, when my plan was sanctioned, there was a clause in there, that I had to plant atleast 2 trees in and around the property. I hope every one has been given such a clause and that everyone follows it. During planning stage, we had resolved on a plan and were ready to start marking for digging foundation, when I found that one tree (already in our plot) would have to be cut, so we readjusted the plan (in fact making the house a little smaller) to ensure I did not cut the tree. But after all that, the poor tree, being very close to the building was badly affected by all the falling concrete, paint etc. But now after 1 year, the tree is happy and is growing well.

I request everyone to avoid cutting trees as far as physically possible.

A campaign for this is a very great idea. The example of one person planting a mango tree and making money is good. There are few more - Legendary story of Johnny Appleseed in the eastern Seaboard of USA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed
The current day story of Saalu Marada Thimmakka, in our own backyard - http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyin ... 0-saplings

Krish - your idea of keeping water for passersby, reminds me of our school days. On our way home, we would just stop and knock on doors asking for water, everyone used to be so kind to give us water, there were some houses that would regularly keep madkes of water (making it nice and cold too). But I do understand these days with the water shortage, I guess everyone won't be up for it. But I thank you on behalf of those who can use your generosity in this regard.

Some ideas -
1. Each one plant 5 trees, tell 5 people to plant 5 trees and pass on the message to 5 people to do the same. Like the infamous "pass on this message to 7 people in 7 minutes" types.
2. Check out other existing campaigns and try to adopt their ideas and also see if we can link with them to spread their experience and lessons learned to our communities.
Here are some existing campaigns -
http://www.plant-for-the-planet-billion ... paign.org/
http://www.globaltrees.org/
http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/member-cen ... /index.php
www.facebook.com/globaltrees
http://greenwave.cbd.int/resources/other-campaigns
http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/community ... e-campaign

Another very good organization to team up with is - http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/arti ... on-garbage - this is not just for trees and conservation, but for cleaning our neighborhoods (which is also a dire need for Bengaluru).

3. Work with the Agricultural and Horticultural societies in Bengaluru - like UAS, GKVK etc. and have them give information on the types of trees that will survive in the area, those that need least care and water to bring up (once we have enough trees, that helps reclaim our water tables, then we can plant the other fancy trees).
4. Figure out ways to generate saplings for cheap so we can distribute to communities to plant in their neighborhoods and nurture.
5. Work with local farms and farmhouses to donate some trees/saplings for distribution.

yes yesterday before posting i just remembered thimaka story she inspires many .....i think we should take this inciative by planting 1 tree in front of the house by doin this it will inspire others to do like our neighbors ,colleagues friends and family ...it makes big difference

people talk abt global warming and some times i think r we contributing a lil for this?

im doing very lil for global warming

1)plastic free... to buy things in grocery or veg shops i carry my bag instead of asking him for plastic covers and i buy food in hotels wher they parcel food with paper boxes ..only some times in shopping if things r more then i use plastic bags and say it is single pant or small things i dont ask him for carry bag i sometimes depend on plastic cover and also tell my mom to avoid plastic as much as she can

2)water....it is the biggest need ...im planin to do rain water harvesting and water contraoller is a must i have seen in some houses dont have n they dont care we it overflows from tank ...and also i make sure i use minimum water for my needs and and most imporant is that i make sure i dont waste water

3)light/power....before leaving room/ house i make sure i turn off the lights and also im planin to switch to led lights and i hope in future prices will come down

4)noise pollution....i dont use horn in my vehicle in fact in my two wheeler ther is no horn only in very rare case ....i dont know why people horn when they know that the other people dont have place to go ..as soon as the traffic signal green most of them horn and dont like to stuck in traffic again

we should do it ourselves then only it make big difference

The messages in this thread make me feel this world is NOT infested with selfish people. There are people who care for others and the nature.

The thread started out asking for suggestions on cutting tree, and transformed into bashing the thread starter (magblr) for that idea, before getting into a constructive discussion towards environment. So I think we need to give credit to the thread starter for bringing his/her questions out. I am sure s/he will ensure he exhausts all options before taking a decision on cutting the tree.

When we were planning our house, we moved the car park from one side to other so we do not cut the tree in front of our house. Still, I am sure, all/majority of us, including me, are building houses on land which were earlier forests (long ago), then converted for agricultural purposes, and then converted for residential/commercial purposes. This is one of the unavoidable bye-products of population growth. So, it becomes our duty to try and minimize the negative impact. Some simple steps like re-planning/planting trees/plants, harvesting rain water, recycling water where possible could be done for starter.

Most importantly, you need to make space for these efforts. Rather than building wall to wall, leave space around to provide for water harvesting, plants/trees. Unfortunately, not many care about leaving space to accommodate these efforts.

Unless we care the nature, we will not survive with the artificial developments.
In Todays leading daily, they've given a very good article about the awareness on Rain Water harvesting
initiated by Vagdevi School @ Munne kolalu. Similar facility i've seen in Sri Vani School at macho halli,
Magadi Road. Always Schools are the best place to create awareness among the upcoming generations.


Just b'cos of political power centre is in Bangalore, we are getting water at highest Cost. We can't imagine
the situation of water crisis across karnataka, especially in the rural regions. One fine day even we may have
to face such situations.

Kindly have a look at some of the clippings attached here.

I have obtained permission from the authorities to only to cut branches which comes inside the plot and rest I have modified my plan with slight changes in the parking space.In total out of 2 trees only 5 branches will be lost. I will compensate with planting addition trees and roof top gardens etc and also will try to reduce my automobile useage .Iam glad that with mininum damage I can go ahead. Thanks for all your inputs...

Jai ho go green!!!

Appreciate your effort in making this idea practical.
No doubt, You are a role model now.

keep up the green work.

@magblr thank u for taking good decision really appreciate it

Good decision magblr. You did better than what I was hoping. I was hoping that you will keep atleast one tree for yourself