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Getta Ride – Cycle or Walk all the Way! Urging Bangaloreans to adopt a healthier and ecofriendly option for transport, getta foundation is organizing “getta Ride” one of the city’s biggest Cyclathon event on19th of August. The 2 hour Cyclathon will kick start at 8 am with Shri S M Krishnaji flagging off. The event will see cyclists and walkers comprising of students working professionals, environmentalists and people from all walks of life. The initiative is aimed to create awareness among the Bangaloreans regarding energy conservation, rising pollution in the country and a healthy life style. Be a part of the largest cyclathon and spread the message. Our other Initiatives Mission Sparrow To retreat sparrow and other bird’s in urban area. To Study and conserve urban biodiversity. To find management practices for sustaining urban wild life without affecting human welfare and environment. Urban Farming Urban farming offers many unique solutions to combat the ill effects of urbanization. Apart from drastically reducing the food miles (the distance a food item has to travel from farm to consumer), the key benefits include protection of natural resources, pesticide-free organic food, better waste management, changes in micro climate, increased span of greenery, efficient use of vacant space/terrace and tremendous savings for the household. Vegetables consumed on a daily basis such as tomatoes, brinjal, chillies, capsicums, ladies finger, beans, cowpea, raddish, beet root, carrot, cucumber, baby corn, sweet corn, sweet potato, onions, green peas, bitter gourd, snake gourd, bottle gourd & ridge gourds, cabbage, cauliflowers, drum sticks, pumpkins and mushrooms are some of the vegetables that can be grown through urban farming. Urban farming also contributes to food security, food safety and nutrition security apart from financial security especially for the urban folk. Reforestation Greening the denuded patches of the forest, vacant lands…… Imagine then, a clay ball the size of a large marble. Imagine also that it contains seeds for a complete habitat. The seed ball: it could contain plant potential for an entire ecosystem. It can be made by anyone, anywhere in the world where there is clay, compost, seed and water.