Mandala
June 2023
Combating pollution through awareness
The foundation believes in directly reaching out to marginalised and vulnerable individuals, working closely to address some of their most pressing developmental challenges, and finding the right solutions. The capital city, Delhi, has an air pollution problem throughout the year. Factors like increased vehicular pollution and growing public works, such as construction, are the primary factors. The problem worsens during winters when climatic conditions fuse with cultural festivals like Diwali fireworks and agricultural traditions like
Wingify Earh: Educating children the right way about the environment We have often heard that each step makes a difference, so it is nice when we see this thought put into action.
Anil Chopra from Delhi began Wingify Earth in 2020 to combat pollution. This organisation aims to build a community of well-informed responsible citizens who actively take action towards reducing pollution and combating the climate crisis, which is the most challenging problem that mankind has ever faced.
The foundation began creating persuasive video content about climate change and, over time, it expanded its focus to promote environmental sustainability and take explicit action against air pollution through education and women empowerment.
Wingify Foundation, with like-minded concerned partners through projects and initiatives under Wingify Earth, empowers the community and shapes young minds to bring about behavioural change that positively impacts the environment through small actions. crop burning. The inspiration to take up this issue was that there is already so much news and noise around air pollution. People are generally aware of the issue. But the means to mobilise the community in the fight to improve air quality seemed to be missing. A path needed to be carved out that would take the people (polluters) from being passively aware to actively taking positive action towards solving this burning issue.The foundation’s partner organisations also played a crucial role as they were provided with a support network for individuals contributing towards environment conservation. Their initiatives include reducing air pollution by adopting crop diversification, child friendly content development and dissemination, board games, abandoning rice stubble burning, and distributing environment-friendly books.“We need to be more aware and sensitive about the environment, air pollution, and its impact. This is the only thing that can make our planet liveable for all of us,” says Anil.
With their passion and determination, I am sure we will hear more about them soon and continue hearing about them in the area of minimising pollution using their wings.
- By Jamuna Rangachari
Farmer at heart
Many of us, the so-called educated people, often forget our bonds with Mother Earth and lead a mechanical life. There are some, however, who are different, like Ajith Sai. Let us know more about him. Born in Tirunelveli, T a m i l Nadu, Ajith was always interested in farming, and even researched extensively on natural farming for his PPT presentation. This motivated him to take up farming studies. During his last semester, Ajith did his project on natural farming but he didn’t get support from his guide. The best project of that year was given to his plant biotech project. After c o m p l e t i n g his BTech in biotechnology, his father and other relatives studying in college, wondered why it could not be made profitable. Since his hometown was actively involved in agriculture and business, he was well-versed with both and noticed every change happening in these areas.
During his second year of college, Ajith was supposed to make a PPT presentation on modern agriculture. During the preparation for his presentation, his friend Ganesan said that his father is going to learn natural farming after retirement, from G Nammazhwar, an organic farmer. He then started finding out about Nammzhwaar and learnt about him. He was also introduced to environmentalists and natural farmers from India and across the world, such as Vandana Shiva, Masanabo Fukoka, and Bill Mollison. After Ajith was introduced to Nammazhwaar, he gathered information and urged him to pursue his MTech and PhD. Ajith did not wish to do so and felt that if he did anything without interest then he would be a failure. He knew this would be an easy path to follow, but he wanted to pursue his dream. He wanted to do something in farming as he had already learnt a lot about all the skills required and knew he could make it a success and convince others too. So, against everybody else’s advice, he took a firm decision to pursue farming. “It was a new field for me, so everything was a challenge,” he says.
Ajith wishes to promote farming to others as he himself has seen success in this field. As of now, he supplies products like palm jaggery, desi cow ghee, and cold-pressed oil across India. People from abroad also buy these from him.
Kudos, Ajith, for pursuing your passion. -
By Jamuna Rangachari
Ozone therapy: Safe Zone for Patients circulatory disorders, COVID-19, thyroid disorders, and many more. This book is
written by Dr Mili Shah, the president of OFI; Dr Jignasha Captain, the director of OFI; and Dr Pradeep MK Nair, the consultant of
research of OFI.
Dr Mili Shah said, “Ozone therapy has been in existence for over a century and has been practised in India since 2003. Ozone therapy is a holistic treatment that empowers your body to heal itself naturally. This therapy has effectively prevented and managed various acute and chronic diseases. By organising workshops and annual conferences, we aim to spread maximum awareness about ozone therapy as a healing alternative and encourage LP President Mr. D R Kaathikeyan at the 12th annual conference of OFI
The Ozone Forum of India (OFI), launched its first book, Clinical Ozone Therapy, at the 12th Annual Conference, ‘Ozone Therapy an Integrated Approach,’ which was held on April 29, 2023, in Mumbai. The two-day conference saw Mr Ramesh Chauhan, the chairman of Bisleri International; and Dr Mili Shah, the president of Ozone Forum of India, along with some esteemed guests, such as Dr K Satya Lakshmi, the director of the National Institute of Naturopathy; Dr D R Kaarthikeyan, the former director of CBI; and Dr Maria Emilia Gadelha Serra, the founder and president of the Brazilian Society of Medical Ozone Therapy, unveiling the book. This conference was attended by more than 170 doctors.
Clinical Ozone Therapy throws light on the benefits of ozone therapy in managing different diseases: skin disorders, infectious diseases, cancer, diabetes mellitus, respiratory diseases,
more people to resort to the treatment. We have trained more than 2600 doctors from diverse medical fields, to treat lakhs of patients suffering from different diseases.”
Ozone therapy is a safe, simple, and painless alternative medicinal therapy that has multiple benefits. Ozone is a powerful germicidal, anti inflammatory, oxidative, stress-reducing, and stress-relieving agent which, when administered through this therapy in the body, gets converted into oxygen, O2 (the most important element required by our bodies), and nascent oxygen, O. The latter is a powerful energetic molecule that readily attacks disease-causing microorganisms (bacteria, virus, fungi, etc.) while NOT harming any human cells, which helps in the treatment of diseases and allows the human body to regenerate good cells and enhance its immunological response. Ozone therapy addresses the root cause of diseases which are usually caused by oxidative stress and lack of circulation.