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The Great Green ReCycle - 2017
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| (Simplified method for making world greener) |
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I have a great fondness for two types of plants. Firstly, those that produce
vibrant flowers with captivating colors, fragrances, and shapes. Secondly, those
with striking leaves in a kaleidoscope of colors, shapes, and designs. I'm
thrilled to see the vast array of colors and patterns in nature, both in flowers
and leaves. While collecting and planting these plants in our home lawn a few
years ago, I realized that there wasn't enough space to accommodate all the
varieties I wanted. It dawned on me that a single lawn couldn't possibly
showcase the vast diversity of plants that nature has to offer.
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After running out of space in our home lawn, I reluctantly moved outside and
started planting different type of plants in a park near our home. There, I met
a retired military havaldar, who shared my passion for gardening. Every morning,
he was diligently watering plants in the same park. His dedication inspired me,
and I found the motivation to continue my mission of planting a diverse range of
species in the park, transforming it into a beautiful oasis for the community.
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| Almost during those
same days in evening after walking for some time I used to sit in a park, near
our home and beside main road, to enjoy gentle and cool breeze of evening. There
were and still are a lot of “Azadirachta indica” neem trees on both sides of
that main road. But where I used to sit there was sadly an old but dead tree on
other side of the main road. Daily watching that tree not matching with it's
surroundings something came in my mind. So one day I went to place of that old
tree with right tools and around 4 liters of water and a few tree seedlings of
“neem tree” and planted them right beside that old and now dead tree. After that
I started daily watering those young seedlings. |
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| Slowly and steadily
they started growing. At beginning their growth was very slow but with time they
picked speed. There growth took speed specialty when dept. responsible for
up-keep of trees etc in our area started giving re-cycled water to all trees and
plants in the area. It made me very happy and I stopped watering plants planted
by me. Within few years those seedlings planted by me were, young trees, taller
than me and it made me excited and very satisfied. |
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| I started showing
those young “neem” trees to my friends and relatives and slowly, slowly also
started to feel like those people who earlier, in fact very earlier, had planted
those now fully grown beautiful neem trees. For some years time passed like that
very happily. BUT ... suddenly one day when I went to see “neem” trees planted
by me I was shocked and surprised to see that those trees were completely cut by
someone and there branches were lying on ground nearby. I watched here and there
but no one was there to give answer to my questions. A few days after that sad
day I again went to same place and was again surprised to see that almost all
trees on one side of main road were cut to ground completely. On inquiry I got
reply that govt. is making these roads wider and thus they are cutting trees.
:). I felt relieved and relaxed. |
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| After that I
stopped planting plants any where other then lawn of our home. But at the same
time started thinking how in some other way this can be done. After thinking and
thinking I made some ideas and one of them looked very interesting and simple
also. |
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| That idea was and still is something like this: |
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Collect seeds of long living and hardy building, fruit giving, flower giving
and/or shadow giving trees etc from common public, private companies, government
organizations and/or farmers etc. |
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Categorize collected seeds according to their quality.
Discard low quality seeds. |
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Categorize collected seeds according to their type. For example Building,
Fruit-giving, Flower-giving and Shadow-giving etc. |
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Select suitable areas for each type of tree. |
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Plant/sow quality seeds selected in second step, just before rainy season, in
areas which normally have good rains every year. |
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Sixth: Do not do any thing else like giving water etc in
planted area. |
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Let
trees grow naturally and wildly. Do not trim them. |
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Do not remove any plants etc which grow beside/under planted trees. |
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Ninth: Repeat from First step every year. There is no End time
for this plan. |
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Note: There is no END time for this plan and START time for this plan is as early as
possible. |
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I think this scheme is simple and cheap to implement and maintain. Very
easily any individual or group or private company or government organization can
do it. |
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| By keep planting
trees in rainy areas and beside rivers, lakes etc every year we will one day
have in Pakistan our own made rainforest like Amazon rainforest of Brazil etc. |
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| HINT: We can also
plant seeds of fruits (dates etc) we eat in every ramzan and any time else. Just
think how much/many seeds we waist every year. We must surely re-cycle seeds. |
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If there are any mistakes then I will surely remove them whenever found.
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