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This Earth Day, green fingers paint the town red

Shirodkar conducted a two-hour workshop where she said: "The five basic things to remember while starting a kitchen garden is to plant according to the amount of sunlight you get – if less than 4 hours, you should plant herbs and leafy veggies, and if more than 4 hours, then you can go for full fruits."

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Whether it is growing an organic kitchen garden, or hosting bio-diversity trails along the Powai lake, and painting a 1,000-ft-long wall, Mumbaikars have taken it up to be a part of this Earth Day wholeheartedly.

On Tuesday, a group of residents gathered at a mall in Kandivli to learn the basics of organic kitchen gardening. The event was organised by Earthoholics' founder Smita Shirodkar at Growel's 101 Mall.

Shirodkar conducted a two-hour workshop where she said: "The five basic things to remember while starting a kitchen garden is to plant according to the amount of sunlight you get – if less than 4 hours, you should plant herbs and leafy veggies, and if more than 4 hours, then you can go for full fruits."

She also spoke about the proportion of soil, manure and porous mix, pot sizes, amount of water required and the depth at which to sow the seed.

On Wednesday, Bal Snehalay, a joint enterprise of the Thane Municipality, the railway police and the Rainbow Foundation, will also be teaching its residents to grow their own food to empower to be the masters of their own sustainability. Bal Snehalay takes in street children, runaways, children found begging and rehabilitates them.

Social activist and environmentalist Naomi Pereira said: "Our aim is to provide them with the knowledge and support to make them self-sustainable, where growing their own food becomes a matter of pride and creative skill."

Powai Lake has long been a dumping ground for waste and is now running the risk of being dry. Young Environmentalists Programme Trust will be conducting a bio-diversity nature trail along the Powai lake in the early hours of Wednesday.

Meanwhile, a 1,000-ft-long wall has been painted by the volunteers from the Orchid Hotel and Airport Advance Locality Management, to spread the importance of Global Warming and other significant issues harming the planet and society at large. They're calling it the 'Earth Wall'.

Rajesh Gupta, vice-president of the Orchid, said: "The staff has enthusiastically brainstormed internally, and shared their ideas to create a wall that uses various items and other waste material within their respective departments."

Thus, Earth Day is steadily becoming a day for Mumbaikars to step up and do their bit for the environment, and are spoiled for choice in the way they do so.

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