Top 5 Best NGOs In Delhi Working Towards Environment Protection

NGOs have evolved and strengthened over the last two decades with their kind efforts. However, a few of them have created a beneficial impact in protecting our planet through their awareness programs and other initiatives. Here is a list of the top 5 best NGOs in Delhi working every day to protect our environment.

1.   Mobius Foundation

Mobius foundation is among the best NGOs in Delhi that works towards environmental issues and sustainable development. They encourage residents and businesses to adopt sustainable practices over traditional habits by renewing, re-using and replacing the limited resources of nature.

 

Their initiatives focus mainly on eradicating overpopulation and educating people about the importance of sustainable practices through green schools and awareness campaigns. During the pandemic, they have also raised covid relief fund to provide essential items to covid frontiers and lower-income groups in the rural areas of Karnataka.

2.           Swechha 

Based in New Delhi, Swechha is a youth-led NGO working towards the betterment of the environment. They aim to educate people to ‘be the change’ by making a valuable difference towards the environment. They also raise voices against humans’ day to day habits that cause water and air pollution in urban areas. 

 

Their recent events focused on sustainable practices for a low carbon future, upcycling, ways to lower air pollution, managing kitchen waste, etc. People interested in giving back to nature can associate with them as they are 24*7 looking for young and kind individuals who can help create a change in society.

3.           Chintan

Chintan is a non-profit organization that works towards protecting the environment with knowledge, action and activism. They focus majorly on waste management, combating air pollution, recycling, and making Delhi a sustainable city. It is currently the top environmental NGO in Delhi.

 

Recently Times of India had a talk with Chitra Mukherjee, head for advocacy and policy at Chintan, regarding the apathy of Delhi residents towards waste pickers during such worrying times. Therefore Chintan has started undertaking awareness campaigns for waste pickers wherein they are taught about waste segregating and management techniques.

4.           Toxics Link

Toxics Link is one of the best environmental NGOs in Delhi that works with a mission to free the environment from toxins. Toxins like chemicals, lead paints, POPs, pesticides, mercury, bio-medical waste, electronic waste, plastic, etc., harm the health of both human and nature. They have set up specific campaigns to put an end to all these toxins. 

 

Since the coronavirus outbreak, they have also started covid relief work wherein they provide hygiene kits like sanitizer, masks, soap, gloves and food to vulnerable groups. They are also educating these people about the safety measures they must undertake for protection against the virus.

5.           Delhi Greens

Founded in 2007, Delhi Greens is a home-grown environmental NGO in Delhi that promotes the conservation of nature and natural resources. Their mission is to teach the public and invite them to participate in sustainable development. With this mission, they want to spread the message of environmentalism and a green economy at a global level.

 

In 2010, their web-based publication ‘Delhi Green Blog (DGB)’ was started by one of the founders to protest against the heritage tree felling in Delhi. After a vast outreach and student protest, it is later considered the first Green Media Network initiative in India.

Environmental NGOs work selflessly even during such worrying times only to protect our planet and future generations. Join hands with them and make a difference.

 

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Pradip Burman and Mobius Foundation Launch Asia’s First World Environmental School

 

Every day the climate is becoming hazardous due to the negligence of people towards nature and the perilous outcomes of traditional methods. Sustainable development will let the planet breathe and live peacefully forever. To spread the knowledge about sustainable practices among the younger generation, Mr Pradip Burman set up the World Environment School (WESc) in the hills of Coorg, Karnataka.

World Environment School launched by Mr Pradip Burman, is Asia’s first green school spread over 100 acres across the sensitive western ghats of Coorg. It is also the first school in South Asia that has taken a step ahead to encourage and deliver environmental education, with sustainability being the crux. The mission behind building this school is to inculcate strong ecological and moral values at a younger age and keep on spreading the importance to our future generations through the students of the school.

World Environment School is set up with the support of Whitgift School, a prominent British Educational Institute and a part of Whitgift Foundation, a charity based in Croydon, South London, England. It will start functioning in 2021 for students around the globe studying in grade 6 to 12. The school will board 950 people, out of which 550 will be students and the rest teaching and non-teaching staff. The school offers an international curriculum with affiliation from Cambridge Assessments and International Baccalaureate.

The school focuses on providing practical experiences to students, forming sustainable practices part of their lifestyle. Some of the impressive features of the school campus are as follows:

·         All the significant buildings will have south-facing slopes to maximise the usage of solar and wind energy.

·         Zero energy, zero waste and water independent campus.

·         5 artificial ponds to harvest rainwater.

·         Organic waste will be composed or utilised as animal feed.

·         Non-biodegradable waste will be sent to the recycling unit.

·         E-vehicles will be used inside the campus.

·         Total energy demand will be met by solar PV panels or wind energy.

·         The entire school campus will be 100% plastic-free.

The campus will set an example with its sustainable systems, construction, water and air quality, flora and fauna, weather dashboards and technology.

During the launch session of the World Environment School at the International Conference of Sustainability Education (ICSE) 2019, Mr Pradip Burman said, “The school will touch all the aspects of sustainability. We are also trying to make a special curriculum so that the students graduating from the school will be fully briefed about the sustainability issues and the consequences of not undertaking sustainable practices when they are grown up. It will turn the students into student leaders, making more leaders as they will pass on the knowledge to other students. They can also start movements which will force the people to protect the environment now rather than waiting till its destruction”.

World Environment School is an initiative through the Mobius Foundation, a Non-Profit Organization founded by Mr Pradip Burman that works towards environmental protection. The NGO entirely focuses on protecting the ecosystem by spreading awareness about the importance of adopting sustainable practices in our day to day life. They organise awareness programs that help encourage and educate the people to curb overpopulation, pollution and traditional methods harming the nourishment of the ecosystem.

With this initiative, Mr Pradip Burman has opened gates to an environmental school in India without walls, a campus that ignites the natural curiosity of children.

 

Mr Pradip Burman Shares His View On Overpopulation

 The birth rate is at an all-time higher in India as compared to the death rate. India is in the second position globally for the highest population and is said to step up to the first position by 2025. Also, its landmass is much smaller to accommodate a higher population. Such issues have been noticed by social leaders like Mr Pradip Burman and are making valuable efforts to eradicate overpopulation.

Mr Pradip Burman, chairman of Dabur, Nepal and a board member of Aviva Life Insurance, is a philanthropist, sworn environmentalist and a crusader of sustainability. He has been the director of his ancestral FMCG company Dabur India. He has also founded Ayurvet, a company manufacturing herbal products for animals.

According to Mr Pradip Burman, overpopulation has led to the two biggest sustainability challenges, i.e. climate change and air pollution. Due to air pollution, our children are suffering. They have asthma, lung ailments and other respiratory problems from a young age. Pollution is also the leading cause of climate change. It is happening through overpopulation because the greater the population, the higher the emission of gases.

Mr Pradip Burman further says,” Overpopulation is the most significant challenge faced by many countries today. As the global population grows towards 10 billion, consumption of water, food and energy is increasing, which results in the depletion of non-renewable resources. But these challenges can be overcome through solutions like recycling and 100% consumption of renewable energy. We have to recycle everything and consume resources that will come from renewable energy. If we can execute these two things, I think the problem will be solved”.

Being around philanthropists and environmentalists all his life, Mr Pradip Burman is determined towards protecting the environment and is currently working for various social causes. One of them is population stabilization through Project Aakar.

Project Aakar is an initiative that focuses on curbing overpopulation in India. Setting up the project in 2 districts in Uttar Pradesh, namely Barabanki and Bahraich, they educate the people in rural areas on the importance of family planning, reproduction, and the usage of contraceptives. The reason behind starting this initiative in these regions is due to its high fertility rate. They are also creating awareness among newly married and young unmarried people. There are primary health centres where they make contraceptives and distribute them to young couples. Their short film, namely ‘Dampatti No 1’, depicts the importance of family planning and has won an award for the best film towards family planning.

Project Akar is an initiative through the Mobius Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Mr Pradip Burman that works towards environmental protection. The organization aims to protect the ecosystem by educating people about the importance of sustainable development that can also help eradicate overpopulation. They organize awareness programs that help to curb overpopulation, pollution and traditional practices that harm the environment.

Besides Project Aakar, they have also initiated two more projects, i.e. World Environmental School (WESc) and Gyan Anant Vidyalaya (GAV). These are educational institutes that help people educate about the importance of a sustainable environment and the harmful consequences of resource extinction in the future.

In today’s world, we can’t deny the significance of sustainable development. Adhering to the goals of stabilizing overpopulation is the need of the hour, and we as a country should come forward together to accomplish this mission.

5 Growing Environmental NGOs in India

 The environment is becoming hazardous day by day due to climate change, pollution, overpopulation, deforestation, global warming, consumption of non-renewable resources and many more. To eradicate such causes, environmental NGOs are making selfless efforts to save the planet for our future generations. 

Find below the list of the top 5 growing environmental NGOs in India

1. Mobius Foundation

In 2015 Mobius Foundation was initiated by Mr Pradip Burman, an influential leader, sworn environmentalist and a crusader of sustainability. He has set up initiatives that focus on the importance of a sustainable lifestyle in today’s world. The 3 initiatives are:

a. Project Akar

b. Gyan Anant Vidyalaya (GAV)

c. World Environment School (WESc)

Mobius Foundation’s mission is to organise awareness programs that help in encouraging, educating and adopting practices that preserve the ecosystem. Visit their website and watch some exciting comics that help in learning sustainable practices easily.

2. Catch Foundation

Catch Foundation is one of the best environmental ngos in delhi. Their team includes army officers, government officials, senior citizens, entrepreneurs, students, homemakers, etc. Their awareness programs aimed at the plastic-free environment, waste management and plantenance (plantation+maintenance) of trees. Their mission is to make people aware of the sustainable lifestyle to create a clean and better environment for future generations.

Their upcoming event ‘Swachhta Sangram 2’ will help spread the message ‘Say No To Use Single-Use Plastic’ The volunteers will collect old newspapers from societies and make paper bags. These bags later will be distributed to the vegetable vendors in local markets.

3. Help Delhi Breathe

In 2015, Help Delhi Breathe, an environment protection NGO, was established to put an end to the rising air pollution in Delhi. Every year in winter, Delhi becomes one of the worst air-polluted cities in the world. People face respiratory and vision problems as the air is full of smog. This crisis has led to this initiative.

Their mission is to educate residents and businesses to adopt permanent practices that lower the pollution levels. They organise awareness programs to fill the gap between conscious lifestyle solutions and the people.

4. Ahwaan Foundation

Ahwaan Foundation is among the best NGOs in India that clean water bodies and protect marine life. Their mission is to ensure pristine water, a lively ocean and approachable beaches for everyone to be enthralled around the water bodies.

They are mostly worried about water pollution through single-use plastics, tins, medical wastes, surgical masks, sanitary pads, needles, etc., that could be dangerous to marine life. Therefore they have started collaborating with various local beach cleaning troops across India. The volunteers come together and clean the dirty beaches, rivers, oceans, and lakes and responsibly dump the water waste.

5. SankalpTaru Foundation

SankalpTaru Foundation is the top NGO in India that promotes spreading greenery and eradicating the climate crisis. They work with their core philosophy of ‘Planting trees for the people, by the people’. They have planted and maintained over a million trees across 21 states in India. They focus on intensifying agriculture, lessen carbon footprints, diversifying India through heterogeneous flora and many more.

With this initiative, over 30000 farmers are benefited, 20000 students are enlightened, 5000 acres of land are greenified, and more than 31000 volunteers have made this initiative successful. Anyone can donate them to plant their own tree and track its live location and growth updates.

Join hands with us today. Let’s come and work towards the betterment of our planet together!