Google generally defines the environment as a ‘natural world being a whole or in a particular geographical area, especially as affected by human activity.’ Thereby, it very evidently denotes that humans are ruining our environment and don’t quite care much for us or our future generations.
But around the world where a lot of organisations who are making people aware of the depleting environmental factors in addition to working for it.
Here are a few organisations who are working out of New Delhi, India to help the environment sustain:-
- Help Delhi Breathe, Delhi
These guys have been trying to solve our air pollution crisis by ensuring that all Delhi citizens have proper information about this problem and how they can protect themselves. So they have been making people aware of the problems, solutions they can have for tackling air pollution by setting up different campaigns in Delhi and making people sign petitions to make people more aware of air pollution in specific and join hands with them in specific.
2. Chintan, Environmental Research and Action Group, Delhi
As told by them, Chintan works for environmental justice in partnership with people and groups from diverse sections of society. “Our focus is on ensuring equitable and sustainable production and consumption of materials, and improved disposal of waste”. An important part of this is ensuring green jobs, security and dignity for the urban poor, many of whom earn a living as waste recyclers.
3. Clean Air Asia, Delhi
This organisation too works for the likes of air pollution and its objective is to improve air quality and contribute to more livable and healthy cities. The focus will be on cities with high impact potential as well as the potential for leveraging wider change. It is aiming to work on the following:-
- Be working with cities to implement concrete actions for measurable change.
- Promote national and regional collaboration and learning to implement best practices and drive innovation.
- Mobilize for change by communicating to and raise awareness of the public and key stakeholders including non-environment NGOs in relation to air quality.
4. Toxics Link, Delhi
These people help in creating awareness about toxins prevalent in the environment around us. According to them, they are a group of people working together for environmental justice and freedom from toxins. They have taken it upon themselves to collect and share information about the sources and dangers of poisons in our environment and bodies, as well as clean and sustainable alternatives for India and the rest of the world. They have Film Festivals, Mass media awareness and much more.
5. Environics Trust, Delhi
This Not for Profit Association conducts participatory research on issues of environmental and human behaviour and uses these outcomes for innovative community development programmes. Environics provides research and evaluatory services to International, National, State and Local Institutions and directly works with marginalized communities such as those in the mountain regions, tribal and communities adversely affected by mining and industrialization.
