MyTree Project
Objective
To promote sustainable living by encouraging planting of trees.
Sustainable Living
MyTree Project aims to inspire harmony with nature to energise our immediate eco-systems and reducing our personal footprint. The initiatives envisage working closely with governments, businesses and local communities to facilitate sustainable living. The project encapsulates a mode of living where we live within the innate carrying capacity of the planet and inform the stakeholders about the dangers of global warming, increasing pollution, indiscriminate mining, elimination of forest cover, unregulated expansion of urban spaces and exploding population growth will be part of the campaign. Afforestation, rain harvesting and maintenance of water bodies will be undertaken with due diligence.
MyTree
MyTree is inspired by the Sanskrit word – Maitri – meaning amity. Amity conforms to the concept of Manav Ekta (oneness of humanity) propounded by Sri M, which is being implemented through the various programs of the Mission. It is envisioned that by encouraging an individual/community-led partnership to plant trees, a natural human alliance will be formed to ensure a sustainable relationship with nature. This amity or Mytree (derived from Maitri) will become the crux of the proposed initiative.
News & Updates
MyTree Projects Vivify Lands Across Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
MyTree projects across three Indian states have borne fruit over the past six years transforming urban wastelands and depleting green cover in rural hinterlands to breathe fresh life into Mother Earth.
Preserving the Saswad Grasslands in Wadki, Pune
On 9th April 2023, members of Team MyTree Pune conducted a field visit to Wadki to assess its topographical situation in preparation for a tree plantation drive during June and July 2023.
Preserving the Devrais in Maharashtra
Devrais are sacred groves situated in the Western Ghats, Maharashtra. The word devrai comes from two words: dev which is God and rai which is forest. These sacred groves or God’s forests are key hotspots of biological diversity wherein the felling of trees and killing of animals is considered taboo by the local communities. They play a pivotal role in the maintenance of the local ecological balance, conservation of watersheds, and preservation of bioresources.
MyTree Project – An Urban Dense Forest
Over 1000 trees were planted in about 5000 sq ft of land. The trees were chosen and the planting grid designed based on the Miyawaki Dense Forest concept as adapted to local conditions.
“Each One Plant Two” Growing into a Nationwide Movement
The Mytree initiative of The Satsang Foundation, since its inception in 2015 during the Walk of Hope, has aimed to inspire harmony with nature, strengthen the ecosystem, and reduce our personal footprint.
MyTree projects contribute to greening efforts across the country
Over the past seven years, the number of saplings planted during each plantation drive undertaken by the TSF centres and kendras has grown steadily to over 68,000 currently.