Project Jatropha: Project Jatropha team returns to CA after successful completion of planting more than 11,000 new Jatropha seedlings in Kirijaji and Thippalapura

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Project Jatropha team returns to CA after successful completion of planting more than 11,000 new Jatropha seedlings in Kirijaji and Thippalapura

Adarsha and I landed in San Francisco airport by 10:35 AM today. We're safe but terribly jet lagged. We are very happy and

content with our work in India. We had a busy schedule. It was not easy but we did it. Though Adarsha had assured the blog followers that we would update our blog every day while we were at the project site, that was impossible. Forget about internet, the basic electricity was very scarce in the villages due to heavy rains. It was pouring heavily almost every single day. That did not stop the farmers from working. We all drenched in rain every day and it was actually pretty fun!!! We have exciting incidents to be reported. We will do so once we settle in. We've updated the blog with new pictures

~Apoorva

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Project Jatropha

Greenhouse gas emissions are local, but their effects are global. There are one hundred and ninety six countries and over seven billion people on this pale blue dot. The boundaries between nations are fixed, but the air that we breathe is shared. We all suffer together, no matter who contributes how much to the greenhouse gas emissions burden. The years-2014, 2015, and 2016 have had the highest average earth surface temperature since modern record keeping began in 1880. Arctic sea ice levels are continuing their downward trend, and more extreme weather patterns such as heat waves, droughts, and downpours, are being observed across the globe. The trend over the past thirty years and the science show that anthropogenic climate change is real, and it is happening right now. There are several potential tipping points that if passed, will lead to runaway climate change that will have disastrous consequences. But no one is sure of their exact location: for all we know, the points have been passed already, or might be just ahead.

Halting anthropogenic climate change and tackling its impacts are difficult tasks. If we do not change the way we live, if we do not start decreasing emissions and transitioning away from fossil fuels, the point of no return will stare at us in the not too distant future.

The United States of America is looked upon as a world leader, but if we do not lead by example, we are destined to be followers. In developing nations, environmental protection, sustainability, preventive health care and alleviation of poverty are much more closely related than what is seen in prosperous nations. During a time when there are major differences between developed and developing nations as how to mitigate climate change, Project Jatropha aims to demonstrate the commitment of the sustainability enthusiasts in developed countries to environmental and other closely related issues that impact the developing nations.
Our mission encompasses several diverse themes of environmental protection, sustainability, preventive health care and alleviation of poverty which we see as the many threads to weave fabric of a new society of the future.

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Project Jatropha team returns to CA after successful completion of planting more than 11,000 new Jatropha seedlings in Kirijaji and Thippalapura

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