Padmanaban Gopalan Don't chuck that food! :- On the 29th July 2015, Padmanaban Gopalan will be awarded the 1000th grant in appreciation for his work in providing food to those in need of it. Padmanaban Gopalan's motto is "Be the change that I want to see in the world". In his 2nd year at college, he co-founded the green club at GCT. Padmanabhan serves excess food from weddings and parties to poor students in Coimbatore. Photo: M. Periasamy Their objective was to encourage children to think out-of-the-box for a greener world. Padmanaban interacted with many schools in and around Coimbatore and it was then that he saw how much food children wasted. Tiffins were emptied into dustbins, food was flung at each other playfully or just left around carelessly. He found out that each day 12 to 18 kgs of food were thrown into the garbage truck along with other school waste which made it almost impossible to segregate. He figured that one school with 1200 children had an average waste of 3875 kgs of 'edible' food in one year. On World Food Day, Padmanaban decided to put his food management plan into action and registered the domain nofoodwaste.in. His first awareness campaign was conducted at Carmel Garden School. The message was to try and make the school a 'zero food waste campus'. He did a survey and conducted an audit. Many other schools invited him to conduct similar audits. Padmanaban neighbours and many others generously lend him their vessels. They now supply frequently to 15 ashrams or orphanages. They carry out all this work on a two wheeler. Padmanaban's advice to reduce food waste could not be more simple: There is only so much one can eat, so buy just what you require. Look around your locality and share excess food with those who need it. If you think you cannot use up food that is approaching its expiry date in time, give it to someone who will. If you are eating out and there are leftovers, pack it up and give it to someone who is hungry. Full article in the link below "No food waste" needs volunteers. You can volunteer at 9629334185 No Food waste helpline is 90877 90877 Follow Padmanaban on http://www.facebook.com/agpadmanaban Please share this Ravi
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