Book 1 - Hola MaHigh-School - June 2022

There are ‘positive’ signs. The Covid lock-down set the ‘clock’ back with
some weeks. It is a sign that we can do something.
We need to look at our consumption.
Van Mahotsav is a ‘Forest festival’.
It is an annual one-week tree-planting
festival in India which is celebrated in
the first week of July.
It was organized by M.S. Randhawa in
July 1947. Randhawa had been inspired
by ideas of a forest week in various
countries.
Wiki says: “By encouraging Indians to support tree planting and tending,
festival organizers hope to create more forests in the country.
It would provide alternative fuels,
increase production of food
resources, create shelter-belts
around fields to increase productivity,
provide food and shade for
cattle, offer shade and decorative
landscapes, reduce drought, and
help to prevent soil erosion.
The first week of July is just the right time for planting trees in most
parts of India since it coincides with the monsoon.