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VISIT REPORT AND SUMMARY #1
Orchid Hotel - Asia's 1st eco-friendly hotel
We visited the Orchid Hotel located in Mumbai and found out more about their ecological policies and how they implement them.
The Hotel's policy:
(1) Optimizing use of natural resources such as forest, water, food, energy.
(2) Minimizing impact on air, land, water by continuing and enhancing sustainable practices.
(3) Striving to go beyond the applicable Environmental laws and Ecotel requirements (Certified by HVS Industry, USA)
(4) Implementing Environmental Awareness in our Team Members, Business Partners, Guests and Community
FIVE GLOBES Of the Hotel:
Solid Waste Management
Energy Efficiency
Water Conservation and Preservation
Environment Commitment
Employee Environment Education and Community Involvement
Implementation of Eco-Friendly Methods:
Separate recyclable and non-recyclable in guest rooms
Black waste goes into a machine – ‘pulverizer’ which mixes with waste. It is then mixed with soil an cow dung. This is then put into six bins and it turns into manure in 60 days. This compost is used in all gardens in the hotel.
Solar panels on the rooftop
Skylight – Sunlight provides direct light through the atrium/lobby
EDS in all rooms
Eco switch in all guest rooms – Increases the AC temperature by 2 C if the button is pressed
Water Conservation Techniques:
(1) Aerators in all tape which mixes air and water. Reduces 50% water consumption.
(2) Sewage treatment plant in the hotel itself
(3) SOP program (Save Our Planet) for guests to reuse bed linen and towels – Guest Awareness Program
Summary and Conclusion:
The Orchid Hotel is very much an eco-friendly hotel (Ecotel). It does its best to be ecological and comes up with new programmes every year. The hotel holds environment education programmes and workshops in schools. The trip was very informative and enlightening. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip.
VISIT REPORT AND SUMMARY #2
Khadi and Village Indsutries Commission - A Central Government Organization
An Introduction to Khadi.. How it came about:
Khadi is a central governmental organization. Khadi means cloth. Khadi was started by Gandhiji. After Independence, uneducated people had a lot of problems and they now had nothing to do. Hence Gandhiji decided to give these people employment in cloth manufacturing industry. These people made Khadi clothes through a charkha or a simple spinning wheel, hence giving rise to Khadi Industry.
Khadi is a central governmental organization. Khadi means cloth. Khadi was started by Gandhiji. After Independence, uneducated people had a lot of problems and they now had nothing to do. Hence Gandhiji decided to give these people employment in cloth manufacturing industry. These people made Khadi clothes through a charkha or a simple spinning wheel, hence giving rise to Khadi Industry.
Products Manufactured By Khadi:
- Khadi Clothes made from silk, cotton, muslin or wool. This also includes Polyvastra Khadi. Silk is obtained without killing the cocoons.
- Leather products like Kolhapuri chappals, sandals, shoes and purses. This leather is only taken from dead animals who have died naturally.
- Fibre utility items are made out of Sisal Banana, Pineapple, Palm and other fibres. Incense sticks with fragrance are available in different varieties.
- Processed Fruit: Products like Mango pulp, tomato pulp, etc. can be exported in large quantity. The products are covered under FPO (Food Product organisation) license.
- Honey is a natural sweet syrup collected by honey bees. Honey is also used as cough syrup, blood purifier and also as a general tonic. There are bee boxes made in which the bees make their honey and thus the honey is taken in such a way that no bees are harmed.
- Hand Made Paper: This is a beautiful product uses the pulp made from crushed cloth rags and waste paper as raw material for production thus contributing in saving the trees, and hence preservation of ecology. It is environment friendly as it does not use wood pulp as raw materials and hence save trees. It also converts waste into wealth, recycling nature.
- Biogas using animal and human excreta.
- Other products from bees like propolis, wax, pollen, venom and royal jelly.
Khadi’s Environmental policy and aims:
Khadi follows a no-profit policy. It follows a policy of complete non-violence and eco-friendliness. It’s main aim is to provide employment to the villagers living in the rural areas who do not have any other source of livelihood. It gives employment to almost 50 lakh villagers. It is the most eco-friendly organization in India.
It also does not consume much energy in the form of electricity or otherwise. Khadi only uses a little bit of solar energy and a little water.
The fabric is very soft and heat absorbing. It keeps us warm in summer and cool in winter.
It is the only organization allowed to make the National Flag of India.
KHADI OUTLETS AND MARKETING ABROAD:
In the beginning, Khadi had only 17 outlets. Now, it has increased to 7050 sales outlets all over the country. Hand-made paper manufactured by them is being exported to foreign countries like America, Europe, Canada, Saudi Arabia, etc. It has 60 directorates.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION:
All in all, the visit to Khadi Gram Udyog was a very pleasant one. It truly is an ecological company and does a lot to manufacture it’s products in an eco-friendly way. The visit was a very enjoyable and educational experience.
THANK YOU!
Khadi follows a no-profit policy. It follows a policy of complete non-violence and eco-friendliness. It’s main aim is to provide employment to the villagers living in the rural areas who do not have any other source of livelihood. It gives employment to almost 50 lakh villagers. It is the most eco-friendly organization in India.
It also does not consume much energy in the form of electricity or otherwise. Khadi only uses a little bit of solar energy and a little water.
The fabric is very soft and heat absorbing. It keeps us warm in summer and cool in winter.
It is the only organization allowed to make the National Flag of India.
KHADI OUTLETS AND MARKETING ABROAD:
In the beginning, Khadi had only 17 outlets. Now, it has increased to 7050 sales outlets all over the country. Hand-made paper manufactured by them is being exported to foreign countries like America, Europe, Canada, Saudi Arabia, etc. It has 60 directorates.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION:
All in all, the visit to Khadi Gram Udyog was a very pleasant one. It truly is an ecological company and does a lot to manufacture it’s products in an eco-friendly way. The visit was a very enjoyable and educational experience.
THANK YOU!