I noticed a deliberate activity to gather leaves and prepare them for compost in a residential campus I recently visited. The wooded parts of the campus in between the buildings had many trees which looked bare with the fallen leaves making a carpet around them. The leaves were gathered in and made into compost as in the last photo.
I noticed the watchmen making a fire with leaves to warm themselves just before the day break. Excepting for that, the leaves were gathered to form compost.
In a campus where there are hundreds of trees, it is an effort. And yet seeing the attention given to gather them, lest there is an accidental fire was a refreshing sight to watch.
I happened to meet the estate officer who supervises the health of the environment. The desire he carries is to have an environment that is healthy for humans and plant life.
I found him carry a message that was spontaneous with him. He said, "We are to regard our environment because it provides for us food, oxygen, flowers, timber, and shade. We can receive only when we take care of the environment" !
The plant life sustains our environment.
One humorous part of the sights was, what was seen in a 'no parking zone'!
When the environment is cared for, it is educational and communicative!!
There is aesthetic attention to bring plant life close to spaces, where people come to work! This is seen in the indoor spaces within different work places in the campus that I recently visited!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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