We are on a mission to reset the healthy and sustainable environment by facilitating the restoration of degraded natural ecosystems like Ponds and Urban forests. In this herculean task of preserving life-sustaining processes on planet earth we would certainly need many more hands to join the movement so let us spread the word everywhere we together can and yes let us not just pledge however start by every bit of contribution towards the Mother Earth.
Started as a volunteer himself, Ramveer Tanwar, a young engineering graduate, founded the trust ‘Say Earth’ to further his vision of restoring degraded water bodies. Popularly known as Pond Man, Ramveer, a known Environmentalist and a TEDx Speaker based out of Greater Noida in Uttar Bhu Jal-Senaredited with spearheading the restoration of several degraded waterbodies and the transformation of wastelands into urban forests.
Hailing from a rural hinterland, he has been passionate about the cause of water conservation since his student life and has been working towards this cause. To make the process participatory, he initiated awareness generation programs like Jal Chaupals which played a pivotal role in ensuring the participation of people from all walks of life.
Ramveer’s efforts have won him accolades from Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi who mentioned him and his endeavours in the Mann Ki Baat program and also by Hon. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath.
Besides, he has been appointed Brand Ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission, Ghaziabad, and district coordinator of the ‘Bhu Jal-Sena, Noida (Groundwater Force)’ by Government of Uttar Pradesh.
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