Other than its usual activities, Clean Coonoor also observes relevant International Days and Anniversaries in a fitting manner. We believe that these occasions are powerful advocacy tools to educate the general public on issues of concern, to mobilise political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity.
The file that removes the rough edges from the good old days – Nostalgia
“We all have our time machines, don’t we. Those that take us back are memories… And those that carry us forward, are dreams.”
H G Wells
2018
International Mountain Day Dec 12 – 14 11 December happened to be International Mountain Day, and keeping in tune with this years theme ‘Mountains Matter,’ Clean Coonoor along with the Keystone Foundation of Kotagiri held a sensitisation programme for a group of students from Chennai on a three day visit to the Nilgiris. The event was held at the Keystone premises today, and chiefly centred on why ‘Mountains Matter.’ Save our Sholas ; Save our Springs Run-a-thon Oct 27 A type of climax vegetation peculiar to the Western Ghats, the shola / grassland mosaic, this mosaic plays a crucial role […]
2019
Goodbye 2019 Dec 31 And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!and gie’s a hand o’ thine!And we’ll tak’ a right gude-willie waught,for auld lang syne. Inauguration of Waste Management Park Oct 30 A revamped Waste Management Park was inaugurated by the District Collector at Ottupattarai, Coonoor today. The facility which has been given a facelift has as well been provided with a plastic baler, an incinerator, a shredder and a compost bin to tackle the waste generated in the township. Addressing the gathering Ms Innocent Divya stated that it is the joint responsibility of the administration and the citizenry, to ensure […]
2020
Period of Co-operation Extended Dec 16 Memorandum of Understanding exchanged between Clean Coonoor and the Coonoor Municipality, extending activities at the Waste Management Park, by another three years! World Soil Day Dec 05 Clean Coonoor with the MHO of the Coonoor Municipality had an interactive session with children at Christian Mission Service on the occasion of World Soil Day – 5 December focusing on this year’s theme – ‘Keep soil alive, Protect soil biodiversity’. Teaching young minds the art of enriching our gardens by composting kitchen waste. A Warm Welcome Nov 09 Thanks Vidhya Prajwal & Prajwal Acharya The Beginning […]
2021
Wet Waste Handling Dec 01 The day witnessed a new dimension in the Public Private Partnership between the Coonoor Municipality and Clean Coonoor. The previous Memorandum of Understanding hitherto confined activities to dry waste handling alone. According to a new MoU signed between the two parties Clean Coonoor will handle the more difficult forms of compostable organic wastes, that which are usually considered as troublesome and difficult to compost, such as poultry and fish wastes, fibrous wastes like banana leaves and stems, tender coconut husks and such. Where the grass grows wild, where the winds blow free! Nov 13 The […]
2022
Workshop for Station Headquarters & Regimental Centre Dec 10 A seminar on sound waste management practices was held for officers of the Army Station Headquarters – Wellington and the Madras Regimental Centre. Woman of the Year Nov 23 The Managing Trustee felicitated as Woman of the Year by the Inner Wheel Club of Ketti Valley – a honour richly deserved – makes Clean Coonoor proud! Awareness on Breast Cancer Nov 02 The most commonly overlooked malady in women, but which if diagnosed early is totally curable, is cancer of the breast, the leading type of caner in women worldwide. To […]
2023
He loves his country best who strives to make it best Dec 13 Sensitisation on sound waste management practices for JCOs and NCOs My Heart Leaps Up… Nov 17 Three very young and very much welcome visitors to the Waste Management Unit! (Pardon the hyperbole) “Child is father of the man” is an idiom originating from a poem of Wordsworth. There are many different interpretations of the phrase, the most popular of which is that adults are the product of habits and behaviour developed when young. 4 Years of Solid Waste Management Oct 30 Four Years have rolled by since […]
2024
Celebrating 10 Years of Conserving Our Hills Nov 30 A celebration looking back at the unique campaign going by the name ‘Clean Coonoor,’ which was set in motion post deepavali a decade ago, was held at Hotel Vivek. Officials, volunteers, partners, funders, and well wishers gathered together for an evening of music and dinner, and not only reminisced about past experiences, but as well ruminated about the future. The focus was chiefly on ‘Solid Waste Management,’ the challenges that had been faced so far – the experience that was drawn over the last decade – the challenges that were faced […]
2025
Facility Tour for Delegates from a Mountain Town Mar 06 Delegates from across four municipalities in Nepal visited the Waste Management Facility at Coonoor to study our methods of dealing with municipal waste. The facility tour was the initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs and the District Administration. Encouraging the Embrace of Diversity Feb 22 An occasion where more than 30+ individuals of the Residents of Brooklands Association of Coonoor banded together, and along with employees and volunteers of Clean Coonoor and the sanitation staff of the Coonoor Municipality, succeeded in getting rid of their neighbourhood 1090 kgs of […]
