Civil society groups are coming together all over the country to campaign for a green Diwali and how to celebrate Diwali that is pollution free. The Diwali ban could be the harbinger of a movement against the noise pollution and air contamination unleashed by ear shattering firecrackers. Diwali, in the traditional sense, has little to do with myriad fireworks. Here are 10 green Diwali ideas and pollution free festival of lights and how to celebrate Diwali without crackers.
1) Instead of polluting the environment, you can eschew the firecrackers and celebrate a really “Green Diwali”. It can be an eco-friendly affair this year. Don’t use electric lights. Instead, go for small earthen lamps and candles. It would reduce electricity consumption. Flickering lamps look better too. Go for LED lights if there is has to be electric illumination (they use 80% less energy than regular lights) to celebrate pollution free Diwali.
2) Although crackers are banned in Delhi, people in other places could go for environment-friendly ones that are considered less polluting than others. Better still, give firecrackers a complete miss this Diwali.
3) Use natural colors rather than chemical colors and use natural ingredients such as rice powder (white); pulses or turmeric (yellow); cloves or cinnamon (brown); cardamom or fennel (green)
4) Use fresh flowers such as marigold, jasmine, roses and lilies for decoration to suit the festive ambience in place of gaudy streamers and electric lights.
5) Use eco-friendly paint for your homes to celebrate pollution free Diwali.
6) Use organic incense sticks as well as fresh flowers. Stay away from synthetic room fresheners.
7) Eschew commercial sweets; they have too much artificial color and sugar. Make your own sweets such as Laddoos, Barfi, Kheer, Gajar ka halwa using natural items such as milk, coconut, jaggery, dry fruits, etc. They will be both unadulterated and nutritious.
8) Don’t buy wrapping paper for gifts and stop trees from getting cut. Use painted newspaper, pieces of cloth, etc. instead.
9) Try making your own Diwali cards. If you don’t fancy making them, go the technology way. Just tweet, message on Facebook or SMS your wishes or WhatsApp them.
10) Create awareness about the environment, organize nature walks and talks on the topic. You could also host a marathon on the subject to create awareness to celebrate pollution free Diwali.
You can still have the fun and celebrate a green Diwali clean Diwali. Let’s all take the pledge on green Diwali.
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To all the Captain Planet who came in with the message of pollution free Diwali, Thank you. I hope you will keep the spirit of pollution free environment alive!! I hope you won’t be bursting crackers on your friends and near one’s weeding not at new year Eve , I hope you are not going to use any mode of transport that pollutes the air, hope you guys will bring bicycle revolution in our country and file a petition to ban vehicle that pollutes our environment, I hope you will put environment first than your comfort by never switching on the AC. And obviously many more things you can do to save our environment and yes ,
HAPPY DIWALI!!😊
The messages from this post are really appreciatable, not only in India all over the world pollution make the biggest issue to the peoples for avoiding this problem we have to do something. This is the first step for that, in fact, the last 2 years I never use crackers on Diwali. Thank you for this awareness post celebrate Diwali with nature
Happy Diwali!!!
We should not use fire crackers because fire crackers is a not good for humans and environment.
Wow! What a point of view. I love the way you put your thoughts into words. Read more about Eco-Friendly Diwali on https://diwalidecorations.wordpress.com/
I really wanted to experience Diwali in India. The more it will be exciting if it is pollution-free.
An informative article