http://www.sapgreen.com synonym for a billion trees Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:30:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was two weeks back that I posted about the energy efficiency classes that were held at a school. Since then, I have conducted another class for the same students. This class was focused on 'why energy efficiency is important?'. It is always best to describe using pictures or movies ... http://www.sapgreen.com/2009/updates-on-past-2-weeks-at-sapgreen G V Krishnan had a suggestion about doing a household energy audit with the help of school children. He has written about it here: Household energy audit. I have acted on this and have started a small program for school children. Vidyavardhaka school in Kuvempunagar, Mysore showed tremendous interest in ... http://www.sapgreen.com/2009/energy-efficiency-class-part-1 Venugopal who works as a software engineer in Bangalore  was in Mysore on the weekend. He could have slept till late on Sunday morning but he decided to join us in planting a few trees. And that made a difference to the world. You too can make a difference. Plant a ... http://www.sapgreen.com/2009/plant-a-tree-today After an initial burst of activity last year, things happened pretty slow at sapgreen. This year too, we made plans on Devaraj Urs Road, showed it to the corporation and got it approved too. However, the action was still not there. Opposition from some of the shop owners didn't help ... http://www.sapgreen.com/2009/grassroot-work In order to get more inputs on the DD Urs Road tree planting plans, my business partner and friend, Suraj met someone who had already did this earlier. It seems that he is the one responsible for the few trees that exist on the road now. The road boasted of ... http://www.sapgreen.com/2009/devaraj-urs-road-part-2