Archive for May, 2008

Cut the other tree

Some years back, there stood a large tree in front of those shops. I don’t know what happened to that tree. What still exists is the circular concrete slot meant for the tree. Since the slot was anyway meant for a tree, I asked one of the shop owners about it. They directed me to [...]


Handcrafted-Recycled-paper cards

We are in the process of improving many of the small yet very important things at Sapgreen. As a result, the ‘tree gift’ cards we send have been completely given a fresh look and personal feel to it. The cards are now made from hand-made paper. Even the envelope is one of its kind. All [...]


250 Saplings. One Aim.

Today, we have procured 250 very large saplings with one aim. A greener Earth.
First of all, about the saplings. These are approximately 10 feet in height and of various varieties. Indian Tulip, Rain tree, Mahagony, Wild Almond, CannonBall tree, Maulsari, Saptaparni, Kassod, Indian Almond, Neem, Champak, Bhadrakshi, Rudrakshi, Bilvapatra, Soapnut, Kadamba, Weeping fig, Dhalichandra and [...]


Things to do

Its been 39 days since Sapgreen became operational. Even before start, there was optimism on various issues and there was pessimism on a few. However as the days progressed, doses of reality and the day to day operational hurdles took away much of our time and focus. Pessimism started to creep in. A sapling beautifully [...]


Silence on blogosphere

The sapgreen blog has been silent for a few days now. There wasn’t much news happening to report here. Only regular planting of a few trees. I had an interaction with an interesting person, Arun who planted 12 trees in a vacant park in front of his home in Hebbal. He plans to slowly, over [...]