Do You Have It In You? For Our City And Its Trees

“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods.  But he cannot save them from fools.”  
 John Muir
These lines are true for those foolish fellows who go on rampant felling and cutting of tress for their meagre profit. But you can stop them from doing so. Especially [...]

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Delhi is looking for your Participation:Are you Ready?

The Forest Department distributes seedlings free of cost to public for the purpose of plantation on any land. The seedlings are available from the following Nurseries:

S.NO.
NAME
PH.NO.

1.
Kamla Nehru Ridge
23923561

2.
Anand Vihar (I.S.B.T.)
22166232

3.
Bhairon Marg, Ring Road
–

4.
Old Yamuna Bridge
–

5.
Hauzrani City Forest, M.B. Road
26561439

6.
Alipur City Forest, Old Seed Farm
27204688

7.
Brar Square Nursery (Nrar Rly. Crossing)
25696875

8.
Phoonth Kalan
25483026

9.
Badli Nursery, Near Rly. Station
–

10.
Najafgarh [...]

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Goal 2010:Making Delhi the Greenest city in World

A number of City Forests had been proposed at different sites in Delhi, viz.Mungeshpur, Rewla Khanpur, Sultanpur Dabas. are yet another addition to the existing Green lungs in the Metropolis of Delhi. These City Forests are developed under the aegis of the Department of Forests and Wild life, GNCTD. The proposed City Forest will have [...]

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Urban Greens Campaign:Work by Kalpavriksh

Kalpavriksh (KV) has been involved in networking and campaign for environmental advocacy since its inception in 1979. It began as youth-led campaigns to save the Delhi Ridge Forest – a green lung that is critical to the ecological stability of the metropolis; and over the years members have kept the issue alive in their hearts [...]

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Sustainable Cities

The City is not an ecological monstrosity.It is rather the place where both the problems & the opportunities of modern technological civilization are most potent & visible.  Peter Self…..
Today more than half of the whole world population lives in urban areas & by 2025 about two thirds of the humanity will be urban dwellers (U.N [...]

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