A Rising Community is one that is not a burden on the area they are in, but rather a positive asset to them. Here are the various categories under which community behaviors are listed. How Risen is your Community?
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1 Garbage
- Segregates garbage
- Composts food waste generated as well as leaves/greenery from the community
- Disposes garbage responsibly including sanitary waste
2 Water
- Encourages low use of water
- Does Rainwater harvesting
- Recycles water
- Runs a proper STP and does not dump sewage onto the drains leading to our own lakes (you will be surprised. Do check)
3 Traffic
- Encourages Carpooling
- Encourages Group/ Public Transport usage
- Provides first mile assistance so residents can easily get to a train or bus
- Ensures the turning into and out of the community is not prone to causing a jam
4 Environment
- Runs all community events as green events – ie no waste
- Plants as many trees in and around the community as possible
- Does not use chemicals or pesticides in the upkeep of the community
- Encourages environment friendly practices for community use at home
- Ensures ecological balance at the community level
5 Urban Wildlife/Animal Welfare
- Brings awareness to the community on the importance of co-dwelling with urban wildlife
- Adopts indian strays as community dogs, neuters and feeds them
- Has processes in place for snake management and not just kill them on sight
- Reveres bees and preserves them as much as possible
- Brings awareness to residents wrt pets and the importance of caring for them responsibly
6 Citizenry
- Runs Voter registration drives regularly
- Encourages residents to participate in the democracy by bringing in candidate information and helping them on the date of elections
- Ensures the higest possbile voting turnout
- Encourages local language learning for a good migrant local relationship and preserving of the local culture
7 Community, Culture and Contribution
- Makes sincere efforts to uplift the “staff” working for the community. This could be education funds, medical insurance, awareness sessions and more
- Engages outside the community to build relationships with those living in the area
- Works to keep the area around them clean and full of trees.
- Encourages heritage arts, crafts and culture
- Runs awareness sessions for women’s safety and children’s safety
- Runs driver training sessions if applicable
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